A school-age child has died from a rare complication of measles contracted in infancy, Los Angeles County health officials said Thursday.
The child, who had been too young to be vaccinated when they were infected by the virus, died of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, according to the county health department. The incurable disorder causes progressive brain damage and is nearly universally fatal.
About 1 in 10,000 people who get measles develops the disorder, but the risk is 1 in 600 for infants.
So some asshole or their asshole parents thought not getting vaccinated was a “personal choice”.
Personal euthanasia choice
Yeah, but their FREEEDUMB.
It’s about to get a whole lot worse, too, thanks to the assholes in charge. Making America “healthy” again, like the good ol’ days, before we had vaccines…
As someone with a weakened immune system, I would just like to say that I am so excited.
And were protected from thalidomide babies.
FDA no longer has expert review and they’re choosing the “scientists” who review anything new. There’s also further decrease in food screening (FDA again) and a loss in tracking and prevention of infectious diseases (CDC). The destruction of American health is going to make us so much weaker as a county long-term in a way that isn’t as easily recovered from like the economic shitshow of Tariffs and incoming stagflation.