Generalization of 24/7 footage of infants <12 months could be a game-changer in the 50-year-long scientific and legal controversy around medical determinations

Generalization of 24/7 footage of infants <12 months could be a game-changer in the 50-year-long scientific and legal controversy around medical determinations of shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma (SBS/AHT) [1]. It is hotly debated whether the majority of these diagnoses (frequently relying on the sole observation of blood around the brain and behind the eyes in infants without any obvious explanation nor history of major trauma) represent actual cases of child abuse, or false allegations of abuse on infants suffering from undiagnosed rare diseases [2]. Legal and societal ramification of this controversy are unprecedented, with thousands of parents and caretakers emprisoned and as many children removed from their home. The persons accused of shaking their baby because subdural and retinal hemorrhage were found are presumed guilty, and they have no way of proving their innocence, that is, that their baby was never shaken... UNLESS they're able to provide 24/7 footage of their infant (or at least, the few hours/days before the baby's sudden collapse). I estimate that these events occur in 1 infant out of 3000 every year. I think we have the technology to generalize such recording systems dedicated to infants <12 months at a reasonable cost. With a few thousands systems in the US population for example, we'd have within a single year a few instances of babies collapsing (most often at home), brought to the hospital and presenting subdural and retinal hemorrhage with the videotaped proof of what happened before the collapse: abuse or no abuse. Whatever the cameras find out, this could be the final blow to this enduring controversy. Of note, this recent article [3] showing exactly this, a history of short fall supposedly causing these injuries that was dismissed by doctors who usually believe short falls never cause them. Video footage obtained by the police actually proved the history of the short fall (the doctors thought it was an "outlier" though). [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37650402 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37650402 [2] https://shakenbaby.science/ https://shakenbaby.science/ [3] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1091853123001179 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S10918...