A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.

A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.

The death was a “school-aged child who was not vaccinated” and had been hospitalized last week, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Wednesday in a statement. Lubbock health officials also confirmed the death, but neither agency provided more details. A news conference is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office.

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  • @NotMyOldRedditName
    60•6 hours ago

    Queue the childs parents: If only we’d known how dangerous measles was we’d have gotten our child vaccinated!

    • @[email protected]English
      19•2 hours ago

      If only this country could’ve been founded by people who knew the heartbreak of losing a child to a preventable disease.

      In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if the child died under it: my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen. -Benjamin Franklin

    • @Mr_Dr_Oink
      2•1 hour ago

      This isn’t relevant to your comment, but out of curiosity. Have i been using the wrong cue in this context? It is cue and not queue, right? Like cue ball or cue the music, meaning begin or start and not queue like lining up or waiting your turn?

    • @MuskyMelon
      30•6 hours ago

      Nah, they’ll wish there was a way to protect their child from dangerous childhood diseases and that the fascist medical system failed them.

      • @NotMyOldRedditName
        39•6 hours ago

        Ah, also another classic.

        A big storm approaches. The weatherman urges everyone to get out of town. The priest says, “I won’t worry, God will save me”.

        The morning of the storm, the police go through the neighborhood with a sound truck telling everyone to evacuate. The priest says “I won’t worry, God will save me”.

        The storm drains back up and there is an inch of water standing in the street. A fire truck comes by to pick up the priest. He tells them “Don’t worry, God will save me.”

        The water rises another foot. A National Guard truck comes by to rescue the priest. He tells them “Don’t worry, God will save me.”

        The water rises some more. The priest is forced up to his roof. A boat comes by to rescue the priest. He tells them “Don’t worry, God will save me.”

        The water rises higher. The priest is forced up to the very top of his roof. A helicopter comes to rescue the priest. He shouts up at them “Don’t worry, God will save me.”

        The water rises above his house, and the priest drowns.

        When he gets up to heaven he says to God “I’ve been your faithful servant ever since I was born! Why didn’t you save me?”

        God replies "First I sent you a fire truck, then the national guard, then a boat, and then a helicopter. What more do you want from me!!??

        • @[email protected]English
          6•1 hour ago

          I’ve been urging my wife to use this parable on her elderly parents who keep refusing our help. They sold their house about 20 years ago and used the money to buy an RV so they could travel around the US… while they waited for the rapture to take them up to heaven.

          They blew all their retirement savings and now they’re living in a trailer park trying to deal with a multitude of medical issues for which they don’t have insurance. Because they never expected to live this long. And they keep saying they’re waiting for god to send them a solution to their problems.

          • @NotMyOldRedditName
            3•36 minutes ago

            dang, sorry to hear you’re having to go through this with her parents =(

        • Amon
          14•5 hours ago

          That is literally Noah’s ark from the POV no one talks about