Topic: Childhood Health

In 2016, Del Bigtree met Dr. Marcus Zervos, the head of infectious disease at Henry Ford Health and a key figure in the Flint water crisis investigation. Zervos, who was initially pro-vaccine, admitted to Bigtree that proper placebo-controlled safety trials for childhood vaccines had never been conducted. He agreed to perform a retrospective comparative study of 18,000 children to prove the safety of the vaccine schedule, promising to publish the results regardless of the outcome.

The rise of chronic illness in American children is attributed to the takeover of food companies by tobacco industry scientists and lobbyists. Calley Means is cited regarding the addictive nature of ultra-processed foods marketed to youth. Dr. Drew also points to the destruction of family systems and the reliance on government-provided school meals as contributing factors to the declining health of the next generation.

The World Council for Health called for a moratorium on the entire childhood vaccine schedule in September 2023. Dr. Peter McCullough argued that improved sanitation has made many traditional vaccines, such as those for polio and diphtheria, less compelling. He cited studies suggesting that children who do not follow the standard vaccine schedule may have better health outcomes.