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First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak
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- pfdietz 2y agoI wonder how those parents feel about having murdered their child.
- mac3n 2y agoAs i expect you know, that's not how they see it - they were trying to keep the child healthy. Now you might ask how RFK Jr feels about this.
- anonzzzies 2y agoI guess the reasoning is that the vaccins in other kids killed their kid. I've seen this said on x when the topic comes up.
- I_Am_Nous 2y agoThey are Mennonite parents in a Mennonite community, so I don't believe they would see it as murder.
- Jtsummers 2y agoRFK Jr. says this isn't unusual (per the article's quotes), but here are some CDC numbers: https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html 93 cases so far this year on that page (20 February, so slightly dated), less than two months into the year. 14 of the prior 25 years (2000-2024) had lower totals than what we've seen in less than two months for this year. The article says 124 cases in the west Texas outbreak, which alone puts this year in the top 10 for this century in number of cases without counting other cases. The median for this century using the CDC numbers for 2000-2024 was 85, average was 179. So it's 50% over median and closing in on the average. Again, 2 months into the year.
- techorange 2y agoI have a theory that one of the things that drives misinformation/conspiracy theories is that the more passionate you are about being duped, the more vulnerable you are to misinformation.
- duxup 2y agoI was at my doctor last week. I was due for a vaccine, I had to stop them from "selling" me on vaccines. I told them I'm ok with vaccines and to do it. Kinda sad you see doctors have to gear up in sales mode for such simple and beneficial things.