Child dies of horrifying measles complication in Los Angeles
SSPE is a rare but always fatal disease that destroys a child's brain.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/09/child-dies-of-horrifying-measles-complication-in-los-angeles/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@arstechnica Roald Dahl's daughter died from a more immediate Measles brain disease.
He wrote about it.
@arstechnica If only there was a solution. Some kind of vaccine perhaps.

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The child was too young to get the vaccine, so the child did not die because of not getting the vaccine when they should; instead they died because someone else probably did not get the vaccine when they should.

@arstechnica Another unnecessary and preventable death at the hands of Trump, MAGA and RFK jnr.
@arstechnica @TerriBlue416 This is heartbreaking. That poor kid.
@arstechnica Wasn't a fetus so Republicans won't give a shit.
@arstechnica This is so enraging. The baby did not need to die, but because of assholes like Wakefield and RFKjr, be prepared to see many more.

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Tim Mellon, Gilded Age eugenicist, paid the second most amount of bribery to get RFK Jr and Trump into public office to enact his agenda.

2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200

Dead children is part of Mellon's goals.

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I know Americans love their freedom but cases like this one are the reason why in some countries in Europe the measles vaccine is mandatory.

Vaccinate yourself and your family.

#vaccinessavelives #vaccineswork

@arstechnica I think they should start charging the parents with murder.