And there it is. The first death from measles in over a decade in the United States. In, of course, an unvaccinated child. This is the direct result of the anti-vaxx lies spread by people like RFK Jr.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/26/nx-s1-5309800/texas-measles-child-death-vaccination

@petergleick We need to call the far right myths peddlers what they are: pro-death.

When a woman needs abortion due to a health condition and dies because their law stops doctors from helping her - her blood is on their hands. When a real, not imaginary, already born baby dies of a preventable disease - they are directly responsible.

Never before have the words "death cult" been so literally applicable.

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RFK Jr = United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

Just to remind those people what kind of bullshit they voted for :)

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US applying for Darwin Award.
@petergleick I despise #RFKJr, but you can't necessarily blame him for this specific death. The infected of Texas are mostly Mennonites, who refused vaccines for religious/cultural reasons, not RFK's fake science.
@petergleick Remembering the line from Clockwork Orange: โ€œCongratulations, my boy, you are now a murderer!โ€
@petergleick The parents should sue elected anti-VAX officials. This childโ€™s death is the direct result of their misinformation and outright lies.