[Interesco]

"After holding steady for years, sleep-related infant deaths rose by nearly 12% between 2020 and 2022, according to the most recent data. Researchers think the rise may be related to parents not getting the information on safe sleep they needed during the pandemic"

I'm not sure how many new mothers are taking the time to go through every unsolicited text they get. The majority of people consider printed media more trustworthy then online media [1] (I probably wouldn't click on a text message link with a headline about my newborn vs. a pamphlet provided by the hospital). There seems to be strong evidence that the "entire apparatus" did in fact work and was not superseded by text messages. I agree that there is a lot of useless busy work, but I don't think these cancellations are the way to address it

[1] https://printinthemix.cad.rit.edu/research/show/125

[ty6853]

My child was born during the beginning of the pandemic, when everyone* thought they were going to die. Doctors were falling over themselves to rush us out. The only education I recall was how to use a car seat to get our asses out of there. The normal protocols were definitely put on hold where we were, just make sure the baby will survive then eject.

* hyperbolic