Comment by freddie_mercury

> But when I was an infant -- which is not that long ago, parents were advised otherwise.

So...research was done and people learned they were wrong?

I'm not quite following what you think the takeaway was here?

The "Back to Sleep" campaigns saw something like a 50% decrease in infant mortality within 12 months in the UK. It isn't really comparable to "fad diet of the year" medical advice.