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The parents of the unvaccinated 6-year-old girl in Texas who died of measles last month say they still do not encourage any parent to have children vaccinated. They maintain that getting measles builds the immune system and prevents cancer in future. They say that measles are not as bad as they're made out to be.

~ Terri Langford


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texastribune.org/2025/03/20/te

The Texas Tribune · Texas parents of child who died of measles urge others not to vaccinateThe couple, members of the Mennonite community in Gaines County, were interviewed by the anti-vaccination group Children Health Defense.

And their daughter who died? Well, this was God's will. Her time in this world was over and she's now better off.

The interview in which they made these statements was given to an anti-vaxxer group associated with Director of the Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.


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"These people are so committed to their beliefs that they literally lost their daughter and are still convinced that, somehow, the vaccine is worse. What is it that they think is worse than death? I get that they don’t want to feel responsible for their daughter’s death (which, let’s be clear — they absolutely are), but if that doesn’t convince them they are wrong, I’m not certain anything will."

~ Robyn Pennacchia


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wonkette.com/p/measles-are-goo

Wonkette · 'Measles Are Good For You' Say Parents Whose Kid Died Because Of MeaslesBy Robyn Pennacchia
William Lindsey :toad:

No, having measles does NOT protect anyone from cancer in the future. This is rank disinformation of the stupidest sort possible, and anyone peddling it needs to be held responsible for doing so and for believing arrant toxic nonsense that any informed and halfway intelligent person knows better than to believe.


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@wdlindsy Vaccinating would have made the kid woke and death is better I guess.

@bhasic dude, that's crude but absolutely right.