Summary
The parents of a 6-year-old unvaccinated Texas girl who died from measles stated in an interview that the disease “wasn’t that bad” despite her death.
The family belongs to a Mennonite community and remains opposed to the MMR vaccine, citing perceived risks. Four other siblings contracted milder cases.
Health officials and public figures, including RFK Jr., urged vaccination to curb the outbreak. The girl’s symptoms worsened to pneumonia before she died in intensive care.
The case marks the first U.S. child measles death in nearly a decade.
It also has a scary list of long-term adverse effects, so her surviving kids aren’t out of the woods yet.
I feel heartbroken that the baby died from the measles solely due to anti-vaccine measures, as the mother said, “it’s not that bad” regarding the measles. I wish I could take action… It seems unfair to me. Vaccines are a significant advancement in our scientific healthcare; they are tested and developed based on scientific evidence and knowledge. All of my siblings and both of my parents are absolutely safe because we strictly emphasize and are aware that vaccines are there to protect us from diseases.
God gave us vaccines. Voilà problem solved. Oh and god made sure we had enough blood to share with others. For the Jehovah’s crowd.
Corrected the ducking autocorrect.
I shared my thoughts out of empathy for the child and the importance of science-based healthcare. I believe conversations like these should be about raising awareness, not turning it into a sarcastic jab at others’ beliefs or tragedies.
The family belongs to a Mennonite community
Well, yeah…
They’re an extremist religious cult…
They don’t think their kid is dead and gone, they think “Sky Daddy called our angel home”.
This is what happens when people are convinced reality doesn’t matter because they have eternity in the afterlife.
And yet they won’t fuq off there themselves!
Like the other person said, what seperates them from regular death cults is rules against suicide.
Like, my mom’s just regular crazy Christian. She’s been ready to go for over a decade and would be happy about it. But if she takes direct action to die, she goes to the bad place.
So like, during COVID she was leaving the house more than pre-Covid, just intentionally doing dumb shit because putting yourself in a dangerous situation where you might die…
Still isn’t direct action
People that want to die, are willing to die over literally anything, are incredibly dangerous for a society.
They’ll pull a gun because you waited too long at a green light and be 100% ok dying in a highspeed shootout. Because as long as they don’t kill themselves, they believe they’re going straight to heaven
That’s the reason churches made suicide a sin that’ll send you to hell. Close up that loophole real quick
Convenient, isn’t it? Tell everyone, hey there’s this really cool place you go if you die, but only if you die on our terms!
They say no parent should ever have to bury their child.
Not them. No, those monsters deserve it. The rest of their children too.
The children don’t deserve to die because of their parents.
Antivaxxers are adopting rabbit tactics to continuing their bloodline. Pump out enough kids and some will survive.
This couple is truly living in the 1800s.
Yeah it’s sad our kid died of disease, but the other 4 made it so it’s okay
What could possibly be worse?
I hope this decision haunts these people for the rest of their lives. I know they won’t publicly speak out ever, likely to save face and toe the line in their community. But when they lay their heads down at night, I hope they are truly ashamed of their failure as parents.
I hope this decision haunts these people for the rest of their lives
It won’t. They’ve already justified it to themselves and moved on. Disgusting.
