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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by helsinkiandrew on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @02:36AM (#37670977)
> the assumption that this is plain malice designed to let the state rob a few more individuals of their freedom makes much more sense.

Of course it makes much more sense that there was a massive conspiracy across the medical, legal, prison industry, and press to put more people in prison. Rather than some doctors and legal professionals assuming SIDs was a simple explanation for a not very well understood medical phenomenon probably with many causes.

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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by bondarchuk on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @02:39AM (#37670993)
>Of course it makes much more sense that there was a massive conspiracy across the medical, legal, prison industry, and press to put more people in prison.

Not like it hasn't happened before. And you're overestimating the required massiveness of the conspiracy IMO.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal

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