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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.

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[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago

Yeah, but at least he didn't have autism!

[–] NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

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?

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Sorry for the kid. Maybe the parents will also learn the legal side of "criminal neglect". They simply murdered their own child.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only if the parents are brown.

If white, "it was gawds will".

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[–] DNS@discuss.online 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They didn't murder they own kid, it was God simply telling them it was their kid's time to go. I mean that with 100% sarcasm, but there are people out there who believe just that.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

but there are people out there who believe just that.

That is the sad part.

[–] mok0@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These morons think God's will controls everything, apparently it didn't occur to them that God also intended for humans to create vaccines.

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[–] arc@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

The chances of America charging these parents is zero. And this poor kid is just a herald of of things to come - people dying of preventable, contagious diseases because morons and kooks think vaccines are some kind of left wing conspiracy.

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How's all that winning working out for Texas?

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 18 points 1 day ago

Congratulations Texans! You did it!

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 80 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

We did it, America! From the brink of eradication all the way to killing children in Texas in around a decade! We're number one! We're number one!

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I swear I might actually punch someone if I hear them talking about kids dying "with" measles vs. "from".

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think that word substitution is a necessary part of the logic of the people who see people other than themselves as inherently less than them and deserving of suffering if their health would cause them even the slightest inconvenience...for lack of a better word I'll call these people "the cullers".

The cullers see the deaths that occur from disease as just being "nature taking its course". It's only a small step from "healthy people don't die of this" to "they deserved their deaths because they're weak" and then a slightly larger jump to the even more horrifying "we should kill off the weak on purpose in the name of efficiency".

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

If the child could medically get vaccinated, the parents murdered their own kid. You don't get to be a parent and get something like vaccines wrong.

[–] SpikedPunchVictim@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At least they didn't get autism.

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[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Meanwhile RFK Jr. is like "It's one child Michael, what could it cost? 10 dollars? "

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[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What a fantastic thing for the parents to experience! I love that they will have to live with the fact that their child is dead of a completely preventable disease purely because of their own decisions.

[–] commander@lemmings.world 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What's sad is, they won't even change from this.

That would require admitting they were wrong.

Stupidly insecure people are incapable of admitting fault unless they literally have no other choice in order to be accepted by their peers.

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[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 6 points 1 day ago

My late father used to smoke at least a pack a day. He did that for almost fifty years. When he was diagnosed with incurable lung cancer he said, and I quote: "We'll never know why I got this".

People can be really good at dodging responsibility even in the face of overwhelming evidence.

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

These are Mennonites. Preventing gods gifts of disease is the devils work.

[–] TheCelticPirate@lemmy.world 205 points 2 days ago (11 children)

That poor kid. Easily preventable if they didn't have stupid parents. At what point can we hold the parents accountable?

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 95 points 2 days ago

In a sane system, at this point.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 68 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

When the parents are irresponsible, most other nations step in and make the responsible choice for their children in their place, whether the dumb parents like it or not.

But in the US, the state is even more irresponsible than the parents.

What a sad, sad country it has become...

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Not everywhere in the us, but Texas, where this is happening currently, seems especially bad, at least in counties outside Dallas and Houston area.

This could easily happen in parts of SoCal or anywhere with big Mennonite or Amish cults too.

[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago

When can we hold Bobby Brainworms accountable?

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[–] archonet@lemy.lol 65 points 1 day ago (25 children)

I feel sorry for the kid, but at the same time, I hope the funeral is the most painful, drawn out event for their parents, that everyone who comes lets them know exactly whose fault it is that their child is dead. I hope it's a learning experience for them.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 40 points 1 day ago (2 children)

People who don't get vaccines are stupid.

They're not going to learn their lesson; they're going to think that it was a random act of God without explanation.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It is not an uncommon occurrence for evangelical extremists to tell you to be grateful your child or whoever is dead because they get to be with God. These people are mental.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago

Unfortunately, no one in the antiVax is going to change their minds until it hits them very close. That kids first cousins might, maybe, get vaxed. More likely, they'll blame it on the hospital, or the flu.

Even if they're willing to admit that the vaccination would have saved his life they're going to be torn getting their other children vaccinated because of the possible negatives they think could happen. In their view it's a slight chance of death versus guaranteed autism.

I bet if you go ask them right now they'll point out that colds Have death rates associated with them. Just another avoidable unavoidable tragedy.

They'll refuse to be reasoned with or educated. These people were literally taking horse dewormer and an attempt to avoid vaccines.

I don't think that wishing them extra pain is particularly useful. We're all mad at them but realistically they're just undereducated, obstinate, and programmed.

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 110 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That child died because their parents are fucking morons. They should be held accountable.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yup. Or if you don't vacate yourself or your children you shouldn't be allowed to travel, go to events, and you get medical care in a tent outside

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 16 points 1 day ago

As a person with a weakened immune system, I am totally with you on that.

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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 85 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Queue the childs parents: If only we'd known how dangerous measles was we'd have gotten our child vaccinated!

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If only this country could’ve been founded by people who knew the heartbreak of losing a child to a preventable disease.

In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if the child died under it: my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen. -Benjamin Franklin

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[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nah, they'll wish there was a way to protect their child from dangerous childhood diseases and that the fascist medical system failed them.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Ah, also another classic.

A big storm approaches. The weatherman urges everyone to get out of town. The priest says, "I won't worry, God will save me".

The morning of the storm, the police go through the neighborhood with a sound truck telling everyone to evacuate. The priest says "I won't worry, God will save me".

The storm drains back up and there is an inch of water standing in the street. A fire truck comes by to pick up the priest. He tells them "Don't worry, God will save me."

The water rises another foot. A National Guard truck comes by to rescue the priest. He tells them "Don't worry, God will save me."

The water rises some more. The priest is forced up to his roof. A boat comes by to rescue the priest. He tells them "Don't worry, God will save me."

The water rises higher. The priest is forced up to the very top of his roof. A helicopter comes to rescue the priest. He shouts up at them "Don't worry, God will save me."

The water rises above his house, and the priest drowns.

When he gets up to heaven he says to God "I've been your faithful servant ever since I was born! Why didn't you save me?"

God replies "First I sent you a fire truck, then the national guard, then a boat, and then a helicopter. What more do you want from me!!??

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[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 day ago (4 children)

it's ok, everyone. it was god's plan.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 66 points 2 days ago

The danger of a measles outbreak is especially scary if you have a baby, because they can't even get this vaccination until 12 months old. Similar if you're immunocompromised, I'm sure.

This is why herd immunity is so important.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago

Hopefully the poor parents can find some comfort in the fact, that at least the child wasn't infected with autism...

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This is really sad for an easily preventable disease. Below the fold, they mention this (which a lot of people won't see without reading the article)

The outbreak is largely spreading in the Mennonite community in West Texas, where small towns are separated by vast stretches of oil rig-dotted open land but connected due to people traveling between towns for work, church, grocery shopping and other errands.

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