Texas measles outbreak update: 124 cases, 18 hospitalized, & now the first death of a child, who was not vaccinated.

Tragic, preventable, & a direct consequence of the deadly lies spread by anti-vaxx grifters, one of whom is now the most powerful health official in the US.

@luckytran I find it shocking that parents can legally choose not to vaccinate their kids against diseases that can be deadly or disabling. It seems like it falls under the same area as refusing to get a kid available medical care.

@distinctm1nd @luckytran important not to pass judgment on individual cases without knowing specifics. There are children who genuinely can't be vaccinated for legit medical reasons, and there have been cases where those children died and their parents were cruelly targeted for blame by people who assumed they were anti-vaxx.

By all means shame anti-vaxxers as a group but be careful about assumptions on who's part of that group.

@chaucerburnt @luckytran thank you for reminding me of that. Yes, I shouldn't pass judgement without knowing specifics.