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Summary

A father whose unvaccinated six-year-old daughter became the first U.S. measles death in 10 years remains steadfast in his anti-vaccine beliefs.

The Mennonite man from Seminole, Texas told The Atlantic, "The vaccination has stuff we don't trust," maintaining that measles is normal despite its near-eradication through vaccination.

His stance echoes claims by HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who initially downplayed the current North American outbreak before changing his position under scrutiny.

Despite his daughter's death, the father stated, "Everybody has to die."

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[–] danglybits23@lemm.ee 48 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Makes sense, what if she took the vaccine and it killed her? Oh, wait..

These people should be in prison for murder and forcibly sterilized.

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[–] person1@lemm.ee 0 points 17 hours ago

Follow the god that failed...

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Can't fix stupid

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

Sounds like a negligent homicide charge.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

In a logical world, but in a country that gives religious woo a lot of privilege, I somehow doubt it.

[–] CptCosmicMoron@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 day ago

So basically, he's saying he'd rather have a dead child than a child with autism or whatever malady he thinks vaccines cause. Holy hell.

[–] mkhopper@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Made even more sad given that, as a child, he likely received the MMR vaccine.

These fools never seem to think about that part.

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe, depends if he was born and raised Mennonite then it's possible he didn't. But that also means he likely did nothing to comfort his daughter as she died or else he would have caught it too

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[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (8 children)

If you can accept the will of God that your child dies without vaccination, you can accept the will of God that your child survived vaccination, even it it caused something unexpected.

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[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

She died because of their willful ignorance.

Welcome to the anti-intellectual American experience.

[–] Saryn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Ignorance is not bliss. And neither is being a useless coward.

[–] segabased@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

Brainwashed cult, and unfortunately we don't have time to deprogram these people

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

Of course he does. He's desperate to justify his actions, because the alternative is to admit to himself that his choices killed his daughter.

[–] JesterAUDHD@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

You can lead a horse to water that lost their baby to dehydration, but you can’t make them drink

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There's a lot of stuff that I don't fully understand that I trust. Seatbelts for example. Saw a video a long time ago on how they work but totally forgot about how they work.

Point is, you have to trust other people and recorded evidence for most things in life.

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