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Antibiotics in fetal and early life and subsequent childhood asthma: nationwide population based study with sibling analysis

BMJ 2014; 349 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g6979 (Published 28 November 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;349:g6979

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Again in an article that investigates chronic non-communicable disease (NCD) effects of the microbiome and again vaccines are ignored, brushed aside as an "environmental factor".

Vaccines are not an environmental factor.

Vaccines take out commensals and as such change the microbiome more permanently than antibiotics.

It is unacceptable that respectable epidemiologists, research councils, public health departments or editors of medical journals continue to condone that kind of deliberate mis-information.

Competing interests: No competing interests

01 December 2014
Wouter Havinga
GP
NHS
GL6 6JL