@EricsElectrons But it isn't.
One, no one ever saw cyclops from The Odyssey.
Two, the studies have not happened. So we can't say.
"No evidence of harm" means too many things, from "we didn't look" to "at X statistical power we found nothing".
Look into it.
https://t.co/P2vF4Fv4t1
Say you've lost your keys. You pat one pocket of a four-pocket jacket and say: "no evidence my keys are in my jacket."
That's what "no evidence of harm" is often short for in safety reporting.
1/10
Full post with the evidence table, primary source links, dose calculations, and what a proper safety demonstration would look like:
https://t.co/CpcM2Mrjdh
14/14
Are aluminium adjuvants safe?
Safe for whom? At what rate? Compared to what?
For a substance injected into virtually every infant, the default is: no, until safety is demonstrated. That demonstration has not been made.
1/14
The safety case has not been made.
The studies that could make it are listed in the post.
A parent who declines an intervention whose risk is unmeasured is not ignoring the evidence.
They are responding to its absence.
13/14
@DrTessaT@Jikkyleaks@stkirsch The math: 10^7 cells/mL ÷ 10^3 epitopes/vaccine = 10,000.
But 10^7 is total lymphocytes.
Infant B cells are ~5×10^5/mL (neonatal) to ~1.5×10^6/mL (1-6mo).
Same formula: 500 to 1,500.
This is the paper they are referring to: https://t.co/7ECA5QyRsw
@DrTessaT@Jikkyleaks@stkirsch Offit's "10,000 vaccines" claim cites zero studies of infant immune systems. It's a napkin calculation from a textbook, a theory paper, and an HIV study. The key number is total lymphocytes, not B cells. Use infant B cell counts and you get ~500–1,500.
Injected aluminium adjuvant can get walled off in a granuloma, or carried to the brain by macrophages.
In mice (vs saline): lowest dose, 50x more brain Al than controls. No granulomas. Higher doses: granulomas formed, brain Al below controls.
1/13
The hypothesis is specific and testable: local containment determines systemic distribution. Two controlled experiments tested it through different variables. Both confirmed it. The question has never been tested in humans with the right model.
12/13