The parents of baby Elijah Edwards were told that they had lost their son to an infection so rare he would be the only one in the country to die from it for years. But just over a year after his death, Joann and Christian Edwards from Mountain Ash found out that Elijah is not the only Welsh baby to have died with the infection, and that multiple other babies in Wales had been fighting the rare condition.
Earlier this month, Public Health Wales announced it was investigating a cluster of infections of enterovirus that had led to myocarditis (inflammation of the heart). Enterovirus is a common childhood infection which can cause a range of symptoms. It rarely affects the heart, however, in very young babies, enterovirus can cause severe illness in the first few weeks of life.
PHW is investigating 10 cases of enterovirus with myocarditis that occurred in Wales between June 2022 and November 2022. One of these babies sadly died.
Elijah was born at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil on February 25, 2022. He died at Bristol Children's Hospital 12 days later. Mum Joann said Elijah's case is not one that is being investigated as PHW informed her that it was outside of the dates of enterovirus season.
When she heard the news that other babies had been affected by the condition, Joann said she was "gobsmacked". She said: "We were asking loads of questions. 'Where this sort of thing comes from? Any other newborns like this?' And basically we were told no, probably two to three other children in the last few years. We were led to believe that we were a one off. He was a very unlucky, a very unlucky case, and that we may never know the answer as to where or how he contracted it."
Elijah was born healthy, and was discharged from hospital with Joann a day after he was born. Coronavirus restrictions were still in place, which meant no other visitors saw Elijah in that timeframe other than dad Christian, as well as the health care professionals at the hospital.
Within a few days of being at home Elijah appeared to be lethargic and constipated, but the symptoms were put down to jaundice. When he was a week old, he completely stopped feeding so his parents rushed him to A&E. He was first given a diagnosis of sepsis and then bronchiolitis. He was transferred to the University Hospital of Wales, where they picked up stress on his heart.
Joann said they were asked if there was a family history of heart conditions, and there was not. He was eventually moved again to Bristol Children's Hospital where they picked up the enterovirus, and were told it was a condition that is known to attach to the heart in newborns.
"The consultant said it was very likely he contracted it within 24 hours of being born. I had never heard of it before. But we still don't have any answers. It has been hard. With my daughter, if we didn't have her, I don't know how we would have survived it, to be honest. When you have another child, you have got to keep going for them."
Joann said she was upset and angry to read about the fact that other cases of myocarditis and enterovirus were being investigated in Wales. "All this time we've been kind of ignored and told you're on your own, it is something that has just happened to you, and all of a sudden this has come out and actually this has all happened on our doorstep.
"I would have appreciated it a lot more if they had contacted us in advance. Just to let us know it was going to come out."
She said just a week or two before, Joann had chased Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board for the findings of an investigation they promised would happen into Elijah's death. Joann and Christian were told they would have the results of the investigation at the end of 2022, but they are still waiting. The health board have said the investigation is now nearing its conclusion.
The family are confused as to why Elijah's death is not one of the ones being looked at in the timeframe according to Public Health Wales, and believe there has to be a link with them somewhere.
Public Health Wales said that Elijah's death was not being looked at as it did not coincide with the enterovirus season. Joann said: "I just find it really weird because we're talking a really small gap from like a scientific point of view when trying to find a link as to why this has happened. I can't see why you would narrow it down. I know you see an enterovirus season, but clearly if he had it in March, February, then it is possible to have it outside our season.
"I just think it's even more significant because obviously there's more than one child, more than one born that's died. Me and my husband have struggled with it because we were told kind of all the way through, you were the only one, you were the only one. It's quite isolated and you can't really speak to other people. Just to think that your baby has died of basically a common cold is hard to get your head around."
Public Health Wales (PHW) is leading the investigation and is working closely with the paediatric team at the Children's Hospital for Wales. Paediatricians in Wales have been advised and will continue to consider the possibility of myocarditis in babies presenting with sepsis (blood poisoning).
A spokesperson for Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board said: “Having taken longer than initially anticipated, the investigation into Elijah’s very sad death is nearing conclusion and we sincerely apologise to his family for any failures in our communication with them throughout this process. We will share the findings of our investigation with the family as soon as is appropriate. The death of a child is deeply tragic and we express our heartfelt condolences, as well as an offer of support, to Elijah’s family as they continue to come to terms with their loss.”
A Public Health Wales spokesperson said: “We send our sincere condolences to the Edwards family following Elijah’s death, and our thoughts are very much with them. In developing the terms of the investigation into this cluster of cases of severe myocarditis, the dates were set at June 2022 to April 2023 to coincide with the enterovirus season. This means that Elijah’s case is not included in the incident investigation into the cluster due to the time scale being looked at, however we are very aware of the case and he has not been forgotten. We will look to include him as part of the wider clinical investigation of the cases. We would be happy to discuss Elijah’s case further with the family if they would find it helpful.”
I heard this morning that 2 ITU nurses, both in their 40s with familes, died 'unexpectedly' this week. They worked in the major trauma hospital for West Wales in Swansea. A friend's wife teaches at the medical school and the information was passed on. I am hearing of so many deaths and illnesses, even amongst my family. I think Wales is probably the most jabbed country on the planet, certainly up there with Israel if not worse.
Yes, the NHS staff were jabbed first in December 2020. I know a NHS consultant who got her second jab in February 2021 and has been ill ever since. I fear for the future for so many.
When you realise every single visitor to Epstein Island is now a CIA asset everything makes sense. The CIA were all over Epstein and everything was recorded. They run the government, the pharma industry, the federal reserve and the media. RIP America.
That's over 150 billionaires, presidents, princes, etc, etc. that are now all controlled by the CIA. The CIA have billions to spend on war and now they are now at war with everyone, the American people, (Covid bioweapons, censorship, "domestic terrorists" etc etc), Europe especially the poor (Nordstream), Russia and China.
More likely big pharma will have to do without the needed employees to fill the vacancies. I doubt there are enough trained individuals to fill the roles of these specialists. If enough people leave, it will make a dent in pharmaceutical output. One can hope that some of the "quitters" will step forward in greater numbers, especially when they see they are not alone.
Inside Pharma substack is from logistics and manufacturing- very informative. At one time, R&D, Trials, manufacturing all done in house, but now everything is contracted out. All these covid jabs were procured by US military, they had suppliers and manufacturers set up many years ago and the "branded" names only supplied there names the vials. They were contracted to supply "prototypes" or "countermeasures" under something called "Other Transaction Authority" which meant it wasn't a pharmaceutical product and therefore did not require clinical trials or to be made to Good Manufacturing practise either. This bioweapon attack on US and the rest of the world has been decades in the making. substacks Due Dilligence and Art for manufacturing and Bailliwick News for all legal side. Look up Limits to Growth or John Coleman.
OTA is used for many DoD contracts when they need something that is not firm fixed price (FFP) or cost-plus-fixed/incentive-fee (CPFF/CPIF) type contracts. It is the contract form with the most leeway in (not) following FARs, CLINs, etc. Yes these particular contracts did not require GMP or any FDA standards. I completely agree that much of OWS was well underway before there was a coronavirus "pandemic".
Thanks for this feature story on one man trying to make a difference. He's right: We need many more brave whistleblowers to come forward. This ain't for sissies, but do it anyway.
Yep. There's a reason Julian Assange is locked up in a dungeon and will be for the rest of his life. They don't care about Julian Assange. They are just sending an impossible-to-miss message to any other would-be Julian Assanges. Ed Snowden ran away to Russia for a reason. He can't ever come home either. Message sent and received.
More on the myocarditis in babies in Wales.
'Doctors said our baby died from a rare infection, then we discovered the truth'
Elijah Edwards died from a virus that attacked his heart, but he is not the only one
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/doctors-said-baby-died-rare-26918665
The parents of baby Elijah Edwards were told that they had lost their son to an infection so rare he would be the only one in the country to die from it for years. But just over a year after his death, Joann and Christian Edwards from Mountain Ash found out that Elijah is not the only Welsh baby to have died with the infection, and that multiple other babies in Wales had been fighting the rare condition.
Earlier this month, Public Health Wales announced it was investigating a cluster of infections of enterovirus that had led to myocarditis (inflammation of the heart). Enterovirus is a common childhood infection which can cause a range of symptoms. It rarely affects the heart, however, in very young babies, enterovirus can cause severe illness in the first few weeks of life.
PHW is investigating 10 cases of enterovirus with myocarditis that occurred in Wales between June 2022 and November 2022. One of these babies sadly died.
Elijah was born at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil on February 25, 2022. He died at Bristol Children's Hospital 12 days later. Mum Joann said Elijah's case is not one that is being investigated as PHW informed her that it was outside of the dates of enterovirus season.
When she heard the news that other babies had been affected by the condition, Joann said she was "gobsmacked". She said: "We were asking loads of questions. 'Where this sort of thing comes from? Any other newborns like this?' And basically we were told no, probably two to three other children in the last few years. We were led to believe that we were a one off. He was a very unlucky, a very unlucky case, and that we may never know the answer as to where or how he contracted it."
Elijah was born healthy, and was discharged from hospital with Joann a day after he was born. Coronavirus restrictions were still in place, which meant no other visitors saw Elijah in that timeframe other than dad Christian, as well as the health care professionals at the hospital.
Within a few days of being at home Elijah appeared to be lethargic and constipated, but the symptoms were put down to jaundice. When he was a week old, he completely stopped feeding so his parents rushed him to A&E. He was first given a diagnosis of sepsis and then bronchiolitis. He was transferred to the University Hospital of Wales, where they picked up stress on his heart.
Joann said they were asked if there was a family history of heart conditions, and there was not. He was eventually moved again to Bristol Children's Hospital where they picked up the enterovirus, and were told it was a condition that is known to attach to the heart in newborns.
"The consultant said it was very likely he contracted it within 24 hours of being born. I had never heard of it before. But we still don't have any answers. It has been hard. With my daughter, if we didn't have her, I don't know how we would have survived it, to be honest. When you have another child, you have got to keep going for them."
Joann said she was upset and angry to read about the fact that other cases of myocarditis and enterovirus were being investigated in Wales. "All this time we've been kind of ignored and told you're on your own, it is something that has just happened to you, and all of a sudden this has come out and actually this has all happened on our doorstep.
"I would have appreciated it a lot more if they had contacted us in advance. Just to let us know it was going to come out."
She said just a week or two before, Joann had chased Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board for the findings of an investigation they promised would happen into Elijah's death. Joann and Christian were told they would have the results of the investigation at the end of 2022, but they are still waiting. The health board have said the investigation is now nearing its conclusion.
The family are confused as to why Elijah's death is not one of the ones being looked at in the timeframe according to Public Health Wales, and believe there has to be a link with them somewhere.
Public Health Wales said that Elijah's death was not being looked at as it did not coincide with the enterovirus season. Joann said: "I just find it really weird because we're talking a really small gap from like a scientific point of view when trying to find a link as to why this has happened. I can't see why you would narrow it down. I know you see an enterovirus season, but clearly if he had it in March, February, then it is possible to have it outside our season.
"I just think it's even more significant because obviously there's more than one child, more than one born that's died. Me and my husband have struggled with it because we were told kind of all the way through, you were the only one, you were the only one. It's quite isolated and you can't really speak to other people. Just to think that your baby has died of basically a common cold is hard to get your head around."
Public Health Wales (PHW) is leading the investigation and is working closely with the paediatric team at the Children's Hospital for Wales. Paediatricians in Wales have been advised and will continue to consider the possibility of myocarditis in babies presenting with sepsis (blood poisoning).
A spokesperson for Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board said: “Having taken longer than initially anticipated, the investigation into Elijah’s very sad death is nearing conclusion and we sincerely apologise to his family for any failures in our communication with them throughout this process. We will share the findings of our investigation with the family as soon as is appropriate. The death of a child is deeply tragic and we express our heartfelt condolences, as well as an offer of support, to Elijah’s family as they continue to come to terms with their loss.”
A Public Health Wales spokesperson said: “We send our sincere condolences to the Edwards family following Elijah’s death, and our thoughts are very much with them. In developing the terms of the investigation into this cluster of cases of severe myocarditis, the dates were set at June 2022 to April 2023 to coincide with the enterovirus season. This means that Elijah’s case is not included in the incident investigation into the cluster due to the time scale being looked at, however we are very aware of the case and he has not been forgotten. We will look to include him as part of the wider clinical investigation of the cases. We would be happy to discuss Elijah’s case further with the family if they would find it helpful.”
No idea. However, official jab stats for Wales is that 95% of people had at least 1 jab, 90% had a second and 76% a third.
I heard this morning that 2 ITU nurses, both in their 40s with familes, died 'unexpectedly' this week. They worked in the major trauma hospital for West Wales in Swansea. A friend's wife teaches at the medical school and the information was passed on. I am hearing of so many deaths and illnesses, even amongst my family. I think Wales is probably the most jabbed country on the planet, certainly up there with Israel if not worse.
Yes, the NHS staff were jabbed first in December 2020. I know a NHS consultant who got her second jab in February 2021 and has been ill ever since. I fear for the future for so many.
When you realise every single visitor to Epstein Island is now a CIA asset everything makes sense. The CIA were all over Epstein and everything was recorded. They run the government, the pharma industry, the federal reserve and the media. RIP America.
That's over 150 billionaires, presidents, princes, etc, etc. that are now all controlled by the CIA. The CIA have billions to spend on war and now they are now at war with everyone, the American people, (Covid bioweapons, censorship, "domestic terrorists" etc etc), Europe especially the poor (Nordstream), Russia and China.
Courage is only to take the first step and that is to pray to God to guide you.
Thank you for sharing. This is very important to know. God bless him.
A very important story, thank you.
Meanwhile, the low rumbling sound of a freight train named Karma Express is heard in the distance..getting closer
They need to come forward publicly and speak openly and being the smoking guns. When they just leave they will hire the morally corrupt.
More likely big pharma will have to do without the needed employees to fill the vacancies. I doubt there are enough trained individuals to fill the roles of these specialists. If enough people leave, it will make a dent in pharmaceutical output. One can hope that some of the "quitters" will step forward in greater numbers, especially when they see they are not alone.
Inside Pharma substack is from logistics and manufacturing- very informative. At one time, R&D, Trials, manufacturing all done in house, but now everything is contracted out. All these covid jabs were procured by US military, they had suppliers and manufacturers set up many years ago and the "branded" names only supplied there names the vials. They were contracted to supply "prototypes" or "countermeasures" under something called "Other Transaction Authority" which meant it wasn't a pharmaceutical product and therefore did not require clinical trials or to be made to Good Manufacturing practise either. This bioweapon attack on US and the rest of the world has been decades in the making. substacks Due Dilligence and Art for manufacturing and Bailliwick News for all legal side. Look up Limits to Growth or John Coleman.
OTA is used for many DoD contracts when they need something that is not firm fixed price (FFP) or cost-plus-fixed/incentive-fee (CPFF/CPIF) type contracts. It is the contract form with the most leeway in (not) following FARs, CLINs, etc. Yes these particular contracts did not require GMP or any FDA standards. I completely agree that much of OWS was well underway before there was a coronavirus "pandemic".
Thanks for this feature story on one man trying to make a difference. He's right: We need many more brave whistleblowers to come forward. This ain't for sissies, but do it anyway.
Yes, they need to but remember what happened to docs that spoke out - not just them losing jobs but how all media handled it?
Yep. There's a reason Julian Assange is locked up in a dungeon and will be for the rest of his life. They don't care about Julian Assange. They are just sending an impossible-to-miss message to any other would-be Julian Assanges. Ed Snowden ran away to Russia for a reason. He can't ever come home either. Message sent and received.