The United States faces an ever-worsening food allergy epidemic. An estimated 1 in 12 children (8 percent) have food allergies, and prevalence has risen by at least 50 percent since 1997. Childhood food allergies are the most common cause of anaphylaxis (a “severe allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death”). A decade-long analysis of billions of health care claims reported a nationwide increase of 377 percent in claims for anaphylactic food reactions, and a separate analysis of emergency department (ED) visits over roughly the same period documented a 214 percent increase in visits for food-induced anaphylaxis—observed in children of all ages but with the highest rates in infants and toddlers. Peanut and tree nut allergies—which have tripled since 1997—are the most frequent triggers of ED visits for anaphylaxis, and over a third (35 precent) of the children who experience peanut-related anaphylaxis do so following their very first exposure.
… multiple strands of published evidence—including experiments dating back over a hundred years—indicate that injected vaccines are major culprits.
