Man Whose Daughter Died From Measles Stands by Failure to Vaccinate Her: "The Vaccination Has Stuff We Don’t Trust"
futurism.com
The father of the first person to die from measles in a decade does not regret his anti-vaccination stance.

Summary

A father whose unvaccinated six-year-old daughter became the first U.S. measles death in 10 years remains steadfast in his anti-vaccine beliefs.

The Mennonite man from Seminole, Texas told The Atlantic, “The vaccination has stuff we don’t trust,” maintaining that measles is normal despite its near-eradication through vaccination.

His stance echoes claims by HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who initially downplayed the current North American outbreak before changing his position under scrutiny.

Despite his daughter’s death, the father stated, “Everybody has to die.”

  • MuskyMelon@lemmy.world
    35·
    21 hours ago

    If you can accept the will of God that your child dies without vaccination, you can accept the will of God that your child survived vaccination, even it it caused something unexpected.

    • Great Blue Heron@lemmy.caEnglish
      42·
      20 hours ago

      Or accept that God sent the scientists that developed the vaccine. The whole “will of God” argument is always so full of holes - logic doesn’t come into it.

          • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
            3·
            18 hours ago

            1 Corinthians 7-12 is a good start. From the ESV.

            7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

    • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
      7·
      18 hours ago

      A storm descends on a small town, and the downpour soon turns into a flood. As the waters rise, the local preacher kneels in prayer on the church porch, surrounded by water. By and by, one of the townsfolk comes up the street in a canoe.

      “Better get in, Preacher. The waters are rising fast."

      “No,” says the preacher. “I have faith in the Lord. He will save me.”

      Still the waters rise. Now the preacher is up on the balcony, wringing his hands in supplication, when another guy zips up in a motorboat.

      “Come on, Preacher. We need to get you out of here. The levee’s gonna break any minute.”

      Once again, the preacher is unmoved. “I shall remain. The Lord will see me through.”

      After a while the levee breaks, and the flood rushes over the church until only the steeple remains above water. The preacher is up there, clinging to the cross, when a helicopter descends out of the clouds, and a state trooper calls down to him through a megaphone.

      “Grab the ladder, Preacher. This is your last chance.”

      Once again, the preacher insists the Lord will deliver him.

      And, predictably, he drowns.

      A pious man, the preacher goes to heaven. After a while he gets an interview with God, and he asks the Almighty, “Lord, I had unwavering faith in you. Why didn’t you deliver me from that flood?”

      God shakes his head. “What did you want from me? I sent you two boats and a helicopter.”