Reposted by @is-a-bel.bsky.social
This was a hard story to report.
Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably.
But more and more families are declining the shot.
And babies are dying.
www.propublica.org/article/more...
propublica.org
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.