A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.
The death was a “school-aged child who was not vaccinated” and had been hospitalized last week, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Wednesday in a statement. Lubbock health officials also confirmed the death, but neither agency provided more details. A news conference is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office.
Not so loud about their beliefs when they backfire, eh?
I hope this kid’s parents suffer terribly. This child depended on them to keep it alive, literally the most fundamental part of being a parent, and they failed miserably. It’s the worst form of betrayal: the kind that costs lives. I wonder what Jesus would have to say about that?
I don’t wish suffering on them. Their child is dead. They’re suffering enough. They’re likely to just hold stronger to whatever beliefs they have and blame whatever bs reason they can think of.
I hope they learn. They learn that there are truths and things in this world that are real, and everything isn’t some messed up conspiracy theory. That you can challenge others beliefs as long as you also challenge your own.
The fact that their choice to not vaccinate contributed directly to their child’s death is a hard pill to swallow, but let’s hope they swallow it all the same.
Not a chance.
They’ll find a convenient scapegoat (probably trans people) and dig in deeper.
You legitimately have too much patience.
In so far that anyone can deserve to suffer, these pieces of shit do.
Sorry for the kid. Maybe the parents will also learn the legal side of “criminal neglect”. They simply murdered their own child.
Only if the parents are brown.
If white, “it was gawds will”.
Or “It was The Markets will” if you’re a centrist or capitalist. Their belief system works pretty much exactly the same, just a different god. Centrist so-called atheist enablers are not excused from this equation.
These morons think God’s will controls everything, apparently it didn’t occur to them that God also intended for humans to create vaccines.
“Capitalism created vaccines.” - The Average “Enlightened” Centrist
That poor kid. Easily preventable if they didn’t have stupid parents. At what point can we hold the parents accountable?
We’ve done that up here, for parents trying to treat childhood illnesses with distilled water and kale smoothies. Parents went to jail, grandparents are raising the child, if I remember right.
Ah shit. The rubes got 3-4 months of jail or house arrest for killing their child through stupidity, and appealed that. They got a judge later accused as biased and got the sentence overturned. The crown was considering a third trial, but couldn’t because the evidence was no longer great. And the idiots tried to push for court costs after skating scot-free.
In a sane system, at this point.
Keen to hear from those who fight for the rights of the unborn foetus.
Obviously a bit of thinking for you to do here.
