Posted on 09/12/2025 9:55:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Researchers from a large health care system in Michigan found that vaccinated children were more likely to develop a chronic health condition, but never published the findings, according to a copy of the study obtained by The Epoch Times.
Henry Ford Health System, whose employees carried out the study, said it was deficient.
Dr. Marcus Zervos, an infectious disease specialist at the Henry Ford Health, and colleagues studied 18,468 children born between 2000 and 2016 who were enrolled in the health system’s insurance plan, drawing data from medical, clinical, and payer records and supplementing with information from Michigan’s immunization registry.
After 10 years, 57 percent of the vaccinated children had a chronic health condition such as asthma, compared to just 17 percent of the unvaccinated children.
“This study found that exposure to vaccination was independently associated with an overall 2.5-fold increase in the likelihood of developing a chronic health condition, when compared to children unexposed to vaccination,” the authors wrote. “This association was primarily driven by asthma, atopic disease, eczema, autoimmune disease and neurodevelopmental disorders. This suggests that in certain children, exposure to vaccination may increase the likelihood of developing a chronic health condition, particularly for one of these conditions.”
The study was first reported by Aaron Siri, managing partner of Siri & Glimstad LLP, this month in his book, Vaccines, Amen: The Religion of Vaccines.
Before receiving a copy of the study, The Epoch Times asked Zervos and his coauthors for it and questioned why it was never published.
Zervos responded to questions about the study by asking in an email, “Can you tell me what book this appeared in.” When told, he did not respond further.
Co-authors did not return inquiries.
A spokesperson for Henry Ford Health acknowledged that researchers there carried out the study.
“This report was not published because it did not meet the rigorous scientific standards we demand as a premier medical research institution,” a spokesperson for Henry Ford Health told The Epoch Times in an email. “Data has consistently shown vaccinations are a safe and effective way to protect children against potentially life-altering diseases.”
Siri, who has worked with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., represents a group called the Informed Consent Action Network. He and Del Bigtree, the group’s CEO, say they met with Zervos in 2017 and proposed that he compare the health of vaccinated and unvaccinated children.
They initially proposed obtaining data from a federal network called Vaccine Safety Datalink, but Zervos suggested utilizing the health data from Henry Ford Health, Siri wrote in his book.
Siri requested that the researchers publish the results of the study, regardless of what it showed.
“Dr. Zervos looked us right in the eyes and assured us that he was a man of integrity and would publish the results, whatever the finding,” Siri said.
Siri received a copy of the study in 2020. He and Bigtree say that Zervos and a coauthor told them that superiors at Henry Ford Health did not want it submitted for publication and that they were concerned they could lose their jobs if they submitted it.
“The only real problem with this study—and why it didn’t get submitted for publication—is that its findings did not fit the belief and the policy that ‘vaccines are safe,’” Siri said during a Senate hearing in Washington on Sept. 9. “Had it found vaccinated children were healthier, it no doubt would have been published immediately. But because it found the opposite, it was shoved in a drawer.”
Previous research comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated children has returned mixed results. A German study published in 2011, for instance, found that unvaccinated children were more likely to suffer diseases targeted by vaccines. An American study published in 2020 found vaccinated children had higher odds of suffering from developmental delays, asthma, and ear infections in their first year of life.
Dr. Jake Scott, an infectious disease doctor at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, told the hearing that he reviewed the study and found it problematic. One issue was how vaccinated children visited doctors during the study period more often than unvaccinated children, according to Scott.
“When diagnoses require doctor visits, children seeing doctors more often will inevitably have more recorded conditions,” he said. “This is classic detection bias that inflates risk estimates without reflecting true health differences.”
Even after excluding unvaccinated children whose parents never took them to the doctor following birth, the vaccinated group still had an increased risk of developing a chronic health condition, the researchers stated, according to Zervos and the other researchers. They also analyzed the data at one, three, and five years following birth and found that the vaccinated children were still more likely to develop a chronic health condition. “Therefore, our findings do not appear to be due to differential use of health resources,” they wrote.
The researchers also said that their findings “cannot prove causality and warrant future investigation.”
The hearing was held by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the panel, said during the hearing that the study was “high-quality” and “suspiciously withheld by the authors.”
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), its ranking member, questioned why it has taken five years following completion for the study to be disclosed to the public.
“My hope has always been that the scientists would publish it,” Siri said. “And we’ve tried to persuade them many, many times, so it could go through the normal, peer-review process.”
Nothing to see here.
My best friend’s daughter has been a teacher of grammar school students for almost 25 years, and never caught anything that the kids brought to school. Her school district made it mandatory for teachers to get the Covid shots. She told me that since she’s had the shots, she catches all the illnesses her students come in with.
I guess they knew what was good for them.
My doctor advises me to get shots for tetanus and shingles.
Saw on news max’s ticker tape at bottom of screen that moderna znd pfizer vaccines have now been linked to the death of 26 children in a study on the issue.they likely killed wzy more than 26 though
My doctor also gave me the same recommendation. Shingles seems to be the “sexy” vaccine of late.
Tetanus is the only one I will accept. Funny thing, this is the first time I remember having a strong reaction to tetanus shot. I will pass on the next one in ten years.
You may be a provider’s patient, but if your provider is part of a health system, he or she does not work for you.
For America to truly achieve MAHA, the system needs to change so that providers who want to go independent can do so.
Except for their own data. Think their own Scientist that they claim got it all wrong are still employed? You betcha.
BKMK
I advise against shingles, I got it last year and have felt worse since. I regret getting it. I’ve decided no more vaccines for me. I’m 70 and have at least 6 tetanus shots, don’t plan to get anymore.
The blurb from Amazaon on Vaccines, Amen: The Religion of Vaccines by Aaron Siri.
Ever hear “I believe in cars” or “I believe in tools”? Probably not. But people routinely say, “I believe in vaccines.” This saying carries a truism because claims about vaccines often require faith. Belief. It is why challenging these claims often results in an emotional, not logical, reaction.
If you want the facts about vaccines—not beliefs and dogma—this book delivers. From the game-changing National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 through today’s post-Covid-19 landscape, Siri lays it all out based on a decade of experience deposing the world’s leading vaccinologists and prosecuting over a hundred lawsuits against health agencies. On that journey, he found that common claims about vaccines are often contrary to the evidence. This book lays bare this evidence, often the result of epic legal battles. There is what medical and health authorities tell the world, and then there is what they admit under oath in a lawsuit.
If you want to learn the truth about vaccines and the secret world of vaccinology, this book injects a heavy dose of reality and reveals the power structure and facts regarding vaccines as they have never before been laid out. Once you see the evidence, you cannot unlearn the truth.
News from the Amazoan...just my typo.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/12/rfk-jr-resignation-doctors-strike/
The last time(s) that happened the death rate declined.
I will add, “ Unvaxed children healthier”…….and in my experience, smarter.
Both my children remained largely unvaxed, I filed religious exemptions for both my children throughout school. The result was one graduated HS Valedictorian, the other highest honors, same same through college.
Just a coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.
I have read reviews of the shingles shots that say much the same thing.
For your consideration.
Shingrix User Reviews & Ratings
https://www.drugs.com/comments/zoster-vaccine-recombinant/shingrix.html
My best friend who is an attorney refused most of the vaccines for her two boys and they are as healthy as an Ox. She was always convinced the vaxxes caused autism.
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