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How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old's measles death (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago

The very annoying things right now:

  • This was a family of Mennonites, as @IHeartBadCode@fedia.io said, their way of life is purposely dumbified - 15 years ago this would have been a sad story about a child that died because of a cult with backwards thinking.
  • Media is broadcasting it like "omg look how America is going backwards" - which yes, we are, but the full story is helpful - they're just dramatizing this one poor kid's death for the clicks. (Example of a way for media to be more truthful: "6 year old Mennonite child in cult dies of Measles due to their ridiculous belief system.")
  • Anti-vaccine groups should be given no credibility. Crazy is supposed to live on the fringe so they know they're crazy and nobody will listen to them, not make Comcast News.
  • The US government is hiding how bad the measles outbreak is, some alt accounts on bsky suggest the cases are in the 2000s a few days ago, probably higher now.
  • Brain worm in charge of HHS which won't help anything.
  • It happened in Texas, which given the current climate, media stirring the pot will just drive more opposition between people in the US when we need unity against Tyranny.
  • Articles like this are just for the clicks.

an increasingly vaccine-hesitant country

Come on, Comcrap. Loud doesn't mean popular.

Trash "news" service.

[–] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

When I read the title I assumed maybe she got measles even though she was vaccinated or something, but no. She was unvaccinated, got measles, and died. And her parents are saying measles isn't as bad as people are making it sound. Absolutely insane. It killed their daughter, and because it didn't kill ALL of their kids, it's fine actually? I wonder what percentage of their kids it would need to kill before they admitted maybe it was serious? These people are sick, unfortunately with something way worse than measles.

[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's because these people are poorly educated. This group of Mennonites is very back woods thinking. There are zero ways they will ever trust vaccines.

You ask what percentage of kids it will take? 0% All of their children could die and they would chalk it up to God's will and get busy on making more.

Most people cannot comprehend just how backwards some of these groups are but think of life early 1700s. That's what you are dealing with. No one can convince these people anymore than someone can make the sun set in the East.

There is nothing that can be done about these people. Hell some don't even speak English, they still speak the old low German language. Like this couple they speak a broken mix between 1700s German and English that's developed in that area.

I cannot stress this enough, these people are never going to vaccinate. The cost of life is completely irrelevant in this aspect.

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Insanity. I didn’t believe it, so I read the article and… yeah the mother says it’s not that serious and the father claims it’s good actually, what on earth? So it killing one of their kids makes it… not that serious? Idiots.

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Makes me worried these parents really don’t love their kids, or even worse.

That the anti vaxers found sociopaths to use really makes it apparent it’s more of a death and destruction movement rather than good people worried about the progress of tech and mislead.

[–] littlebrother@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you understand now that.. most people who have kids, have no clue why they are having kids or how to be parents.

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yea, even for people who mean well, it can get confusing and easy to make mistakes in so many ways.

I think if a parent intends to really try, that helps a lot. But there will always be a subset of people who do not have good wishes to their kids; I think a very vocal minority of them make up the movements against modern health practices