r/EverythingScience • u/PostHeraldTimes • 18d ago

Medicine Anti-Vaxx Mom Whose Daughter Died From Measles Says Disease 'Wasn't That Bad'

https://www.latintimes.com/anti-vaxx-mom-whose-daughter-died-measles-says-disease-wasnt-that-bad-578871
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u/LegitimateSituation4 18d ago

Bet she's against abortion and claims to be staunchly "pro-life."

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u/my_okay_throwaway 18d ago

Sadly, I grew up around people like this and I’d take that bet.

I’ll never forget one woman telling me she won’t be vaccinating her kids because her husband’s uncle had polio as a child. It nearly killed him and he lived his life with health problems, pain, and a terrible limp but she said “it’s not even that bad” because he didn’t actually die from it. Pro-life, but what kind of life will that kid have?

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u/internetALLTHETHINGS 18d ago

It's hard to reason with people who on principle oppose minimization of suffering.