The Texas Girl Who Died From Measles

[MagickMuffin]

8. I have a suggestion for them

At one point in the parking lot, Peter had asked me why his daughter matters to the rest of the country. I’d struggled in the moment to come up with an answer. For Peter and his family, the loss of their daughter is a private tragedy, one that would be excruciating no matter how she died. The fact that she died of measles, though, is a sign that something has gone wrong with the country’s approach to public health. Twenty-five years ago, measles was declared “eliminated” in the United States. Now a deadly crisis is unfolding in West Texas.

It is a preventable disease and whether or not you think it’s god’s will and we’re all gonna die anyway. Perhaps you should think of others. Your daughter’s death is because you refused to vaccinate her, and her siblings. You are putting more people at risk because of your backward ways of thinking.