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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious respiratory disease since 2015.
The school-aged child had been hospitalized and died Tuesday night amid the widespread outbreak, Texas’ largest in nearly 30 years. Since it began last month, a rash of 124 cases has erupted across nine counties.
The Texas Department of State Health Services and Lubbock health officials confirmed the death to The Associated Press. The Lubbock hospital where the child had been treated — and where most measles patients have been hospitalized during the outbreak — didn’t respond to a request for comment.
https://apnews.com/article/measles-outbreak-west-texas-death-rfk-41adc66641e4a56ce2b2677480031ab9?
LeekofLegend
FUXK TEXAS
eaglesfield
Hey, the child didn't get Autism so good job Kennedy. Maybe he was appointed so Trump could break his own record for dead Americans from the way he handled Covid-19.
Swinesight
I give that state a one star review
Sorrontis
FYI https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/measles
lightfoot2
Oh just God's will (/s for sick fuck god.
SpartaWolf117
Not enough thoughts and prayers
Poppypoppoppop
What? The herbs and shit didn't work?? Nooooo
duktayp
TheTallyMarker
Don’t feel bad for the parents feel bad for the child
tooomanystevesgotbanned
"a rash of cases" I see what you did there.
drunkStar
I really feel like parents who don’t vaccinate their kids and then their kid dies and or gives a disease to a kid who can’t be vaccinated and that kid dies should be charged with murder.
ZoidbergIsGreat
I don't disagree with you but it would be an easier time getting something like neglect or child endangerment to stick
drunkStar
Good point. I’d really be happy if they did anything at all.
PinnHead350
Forcing people to have children so they can then go unvaccinated and die. Republicans are insane...
CrimeSceneShoe
GarmBlack
"Pro-life! Won't someone think of the children!"
Greypuppy
Republicunts think about children way too often, and it's not about how to keep them safe and healthy
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
LaTe StAgE aBorTiOnS
mondomar
The parents should be charged with murder.
tarquinious
hnngh
Obviously the parents didn't have enough faith and pray hard enough. /s
kickmyballsrealhard
Jail their parents
Burntpubes
Na
Bury under the prison. Fuck them, modern society is done with these ignorant morons, no more placating stupidity only remove it as they killed a fucking child.
mjperk
The parents should be charged. It was their job as guardian to look after that kid and they failed to do so. They failed to prevent a preventable death. Hell, in some ways they caused/enabled it. They fucked around so their kid could find out.
MendoncycleSmith
Good, I hope their parents are heartbroken, and begging Gawd for answers, and he sends a tornado to destroy their house instead.
mrthewhitee
Damn, if only there was some way to prevent this...
quade
They're really owning the libs now!
YuckFuMaga
They need to keep owning them libs. They can write “we owned the libs” on the tombstones. It will make me so sad
albaboss
These people are Mennonite’s. Idk if they’re apolitical but it isn’t Fox News harming them. It’s their religion. (Fuck Fox News too tho)
VibratingNipples
Only if there was a vaccine to prevent this, oh wait....
Wizdos
As heartless as it feels to say this; good. I hope the parents live the rest of their lives knowing that they let their child die. They failed.
jwillustrat
And the parents will claim it was “gods will”
duktayp
Check to see if the essential oils the parents were using were expired or something, I guess
irisewithredeyes
Invermectin got expensive with all these tariffs...
nefroye
I think the thing was he was Mennonite. They are exempt from vaccination laws.
truthader
A first amendment protection that requires herd immunity protection
doccynical
Ah well, then god killed him to test his family / cult. God sure does work in mysterious ways. Maybe they didn't pray hard enough. /s
ISwearitsmyfirsttime
I’m glad the parents have to deal with that for the rest of their lives…. Because their kid is dead from their irresponsibly. They should be in jail for homicide
Shpadoinkleman
Nah, it's a 'LiBtArD cOnSpIrAcY' that's responsible for their dead kid.
ZoidbergIsGreat
They'll find some way to externalize blame. Admitting fault requires a level of integrity they sorely lack
geruhn
They won't, they'll deny it somehow and just push it down and out at someone who they can blame. Sadly that's how too many human brains work :/ Accepting fault would require them to admit so much more, so it's easier to just double down
LordHosk
Pointing out and prepared for downvotes. We don't yet know if this child was unvaccinated due to parental stupidity and neglect or due to childhood ailment.
Remember the reason why its so important for every child who can be to be immunized is to protect the few who can't be.
Some children simply cannot be vaccinated and this child and their family could be complete victims here.
kazamaro
Yes, and babies don't get that vaccine before they are 15 months (at least where I live) that's why it's so important that when you are able to get it you take it.
modis
That’s fair, in this one case. But based on available data, (over 125 cases, rural Texas, school age children) we can be fairly confident this was an anti-vax parent’s doing. And if it wasn’t, the next one will be.
jsavidge
Thank you. I was thinking much the same thing.
xj4low
To quote my increasingly racist mom as she ages, "that community is mostly asylum seekers/illegals. They don't get vaccinated."
Breaks my heart to hear knowing she use to be a school teacher and loved all her students regardless of skin color or origins.
NotStephanie
Ugh! My MAGA uncle too. wtf
apestapatas
Same response from my coworkers. Maga in disguise.
rubypilgrim
Would be interesting to find some yearbooks of classes she taught, bake some cookies and sit with her and go through them looking at and talking about her students.
xj4low
There are just some minor racist remarks. Like when she talks about a checkout girl at the grocery store. Some reason, the checkout girls race makes it into the story.
Greypuppy
Had an aunt like that once. The story could be the most mundane shit about the neighbors, but if they were black, she'd mention that. Never heard "my white neighbor did xyz" or anything, it was either her neighbor or her black neighbor.
xj4low
Heart breaking really. The fact the dont realize it because it was part of their upbringing.
brainkandle1
Fox Brain? MAGA elite? Such a shame all these retired people just spoiling the rest of their lives being mad and angry and then dying with a permanent scowl on their faces.
xj4low
Nah, she isn't a fox newsie. She does watch a lot of legacy news and that's all owned by the rt now. My dad is a life long republican. AM radio listener and all. They have lived in AR a little too long, are retired, and spend too much time at church.
SarahTheEverlame
Ah yes, the "find out" stage.
Huor
Don’t gloat, a fucking kid is dead.
Zugswang
Too bad it's the kid paying the ultimate price for the shitty parent who didn't vaccinate them.
LordHosk
We don't yet know if this child was unvaccinated due to parental stupidity and neglect or due to childhood ailment.
Remember the reason why its so important for every child who can be to be immunized is to protect the few who can't be.
Some children simply cannot be vaccinated and the family could be a complete victim here.
SupernaturalReactions
It's rural Texas. Trust me, we know....
LordHosk
There are no sick children in rural Texas?
The whole reason that herd immunity is so important? Not a single one? who would already be immune compromised and in a weakened state susceptible to catch a infection and have their body traumatized by it?
SupernaturalReactions
I've lived in Texas all my life. Texans are mostly horrible people. Sad, but true.
hotaru251
parents probably heard news child died and said "damn liberals!"
theoriginaljfizz
Poor kiddo didn't deserve to reap the rewards of their parent's stupidity 😢
xj4low
Largest outbreak so far.
BabyWitchErika
it's one child dying. Thousands die yearly in school shooting and they cheer. Won't affect them.
Sorrontis
oh... not there yet. this is late "fuck around"
squelcheswetly
I think those parents found out. The country is still fucking around.
Sorrontis
fair
SarahTheEverlame
Ah. tbh I'm still learning when to start the perfect slow clap as well. My timing is off.
Sorrontis
1 kid isn't really finding out. call me when an entire school gets wiped out... because it'll happen. :|
truthader
Hard to believe anymore that this would work for gun violence and I’m not sure I have more faith in antivaxxers :(
MouseCheese1
khora
I hope they can interview him for this measles story.
Nathanfake
This guy has cause so created so much damage from seemingly a single decision. Remembering parents when they drop off theirs kids at school and say “make good choices”
AngelBunny8888
I love the fact that he dident want to stop vaccinations, he just wanted his own mmr jab that he was trying to patent to be the one they used, by "proving" the existing one was harmful, the anti vax thing was what he did when that dident work, a true pos.
IhopeUgetwhatUvoted4
If the people that think vaccines cause autism did read that, they wouldn't believe it.
TisCass
He did so because he wanted to sell his own version of the vaccine. The dude should be charged with manslaughter for his dangerous lies
AlcoholicAtaxia
https://howdovaccinescauseautism.com/
moose2000
Keptwinds
The link to the research on that page is 404'd
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
....yeah but, he flooded the zone with shit...and basically fucked off. He really should be forced to single handedly care for each of the dying kids
SleepyHollowAppleTree
That would be worse for the kids though.
agonarch
He absolutely knew what he was doing too, he was a vaccine developer and he wanted to cast doubt on the MMR specifically (because his recently finished vaccine was for one of mumps, measles or rubella/german measles and the MMR meant no-one would buy it).
The vaccines/autism link was provided for money to a lawyer who needed the link for a lawsuit they were in.
He made enough from those two mindbogglingly evil actions to double down, he should absolutely be liable for each no-vaccine death IMO
AlternateParent
I'd settle for negligent homicide charges
altrdgenetics
If a getaway driver can be charged for a murder inside of a bank during a robbery, seems like this should be the case here. He provided professional medical advice that people made decisions around and lost their lives over.
stoots24
I would like to add Jenny McCarthy to the list...
jesuisgur
Yeah, but she's just an actress, so for her it's an opinion, albeit a wrong one. For him, it was a job, and it was outright *fraud*.
RyvaTheRenamon
Don't forget Oprah
DrZombie1983
Don't let Jim Carey off the hook here.