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Alberta baby born prematurely dies due to measles, in province's first death (www.cbc.ca)
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"This is a heartbreaking loss, and no words can capture the pain of losing a child. My sincere condolences go to the family during this profoundly difficult time,"

If I could I would kick every antivaxer right in the face because of this.

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[–] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

That's horrifying. I truly believe that the family should attempt to sue RFK Jr. and the Trump Administration. Is that something that can be done? I know that international lawsuits are complicated, but it seems like there was a pretty clear cut cause here. Disinformation purposefully spread by a foreign government and its officials. My condolences to the family.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Baby caught measles from mom, mom likely also wasn't vaccinated, which even if she's young predates Trump and the lowly worm. Babies can't be vaccinated against measles until they're older, they've even started doing it at 6 months but definitely not at birth. So this is a gift from religious conservatives of the sort that have always been in Alberta and not vaccinating. This trend began many years before this, and I would say really started to surge in about 2002-ish.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I think the whole thing started in 98 with Wakefield and his claim that MMR vaccine caused autism.

    If I remember correctly he wasn’t even an antivaxer rather he wanted to sell his schedule.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Antivaxxers have existed for as long as vaccines have existed, but he and Jenny McCarthy sure popularised the movement.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Fair enough. Probably not a case in this scenario then. Still, something fitting what I described is probably coming soon. Little kid gets sick from an American tourist, ends up dead. I'm almost surprised that I haven't heard of something like that happening before.

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