DR. FRED R. KLENNER: Little mention, if any, is given to rheumatic fever, yet rheumatic fever cripples more children each year than does poliomyelitis, the ratio being 10 to 1 for infection and 3 to 1 for crippling

Yesterday, I chatted with @P_McCulloughMD and talked about the massive decline in deaths from infectious diseases before antibiotics or vaccination OR without any vaccines at all, as in the case of scarlet fever or rheumatic fever. Polio got attention because of mass media… pic.twitter.com/pOYhw89nZ2

— Roman Bystrianyk (@RBystrianyk) August 9, 2024

Yesterday, I chatted with

@P_McCulloughMD

and talked about the massive decline in deaths from infectious diseases before antibiotics or vaccination OR without any vaccines at all, as in the case of scarlet fever or rheumatic fever. Polio got attention because of mass media showing iron lungs and children in leg braces, whereas rheumatic fever got none. Dr. Klenner noticed the reason in the 1950s.

Little mention, if any, is given to rheumatic fever, yet rheumatic fever cripples more children each year than does poliomyelitis, the ratio being 10 to 1 for infection and 3 to 1 for crippling. The explanation is obvious. There is nothing spectacular about rheumatic fever. Those crippled by rheumatic fever can walk. The damaged heart muscle and heart valves of these victims are not visible to the public eye. It takes a child on crutches to open our eyes and, incidentally, open our pocketbooks.

[Fred R. Klenner, M.D., “The Vitamin and Massage Treatment for Acute Poliomyelitis,” Journal of Southern Medicine and Surgery, August 1952, vol. 114, no. 8, pp. 194–197.]