That Time the Texas Dept of State Health Services Fact Checked Propaganda About the Death of a Child With Measles
Don't they have enough to do without debunking anti-vaccine propaganda?
With the death of a child with measles, anti-vaccine influencers went into overdrive to try and find a reason for why the child died.
For them, it isn’t enough that the child had measles, as they believe measles is mild and something that is actually good for kids!
So instead of simply believing that a child could have died with measles, they made up stories about the child having RSV.
Or that the child was immunocompromised.
Or that the child was given an MMR shot after being diagnosed with measles.
“There has been one fatality in a school-aged child who lived in the outbreak area. The child was not vaccinated and had no known underlying conditions.”
Texas Department of State Health Services - Measles Outbreak – March 4, 2025
Not surprisingly, none of those things were true.
The child who died was unvaccinated and previously healthy.
But how can a child with no underlying health conditions die with measles?
Because measles is a serious, life-threatening disease!
It is why the great majority of us vaccinate and protect our kids, so that they don’t get measles.
Unfortunately, getting fact checked by public health experts won’t stop these folks…
They have already moved on to new conspiracy theories!
Don’t believe them.
This child died because they weren’t vaccinated and had measles.
That’s it.
If these folks really want to do some investigating, maybe they can figure out which anti-vaccine influencer scared the child’s parents away from getting them vaccinated and protected. That is what is truly unacceptable!!
References
Texas Department of State Health Services. Measles Outbreak – March 4, 2025. https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/measles-outbreak-march-4-2025
Call to Action. Vitamin A for the Management of Measles in the United States. https://www.nfid.org/resource/vitamin-a-for-the-management-of-measles-in-the-us/
This ant vaxx rhetoric is a cult. The goalposts and facts change to fit their narrative. It is very sad really
Read Dr. Suzanne Humphries’ book, “Dissolving Illusions” and “Turtles All the Way Down”. Might change your perspective a bit? Unless you have some vested interest in pushing vaccines.