In this case, I have concluded, after review of the evidence, that it is more likely than not that the vaccines played a substantial causal role in the death of J.B. without the effect of which he would not have died. The role of inflammatory cytokines as neuro-modulators in the infant medulla has been well described and is likely the reason for a significant number of SIDS deaths occurring in conjunction with mild infection. I have concluded that it is more likely than not that the vaccine-stimulated cytokines had the same effect in this vulnerable infant during sleep.
Thomas L. Gowen
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
PUBLISHED DECISION
No. 13-611V
https://ecf.cofc.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2013vv0611-73-0
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