The death of a New Mexico adult comes eight days after a 6-year-old child succumbed to the disease in Texas last week.

An unvaccinated New Mexico adult who tested positive for measles has died, the second death in a growing measles outbreak centered along the West Texas-New Mexico border, officials said Thursday.

The individual did not seek medical care before death, New Mexico health department officials said. The official cause of death is still under investigation by New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Investigator. However, the state health department scientific laboratory has confirmed the presence of the measles virus in the person, the state health department said.

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  • @yesman
    24•3 days ago

    While these parents made a catastrophic decision, remember that they are the only people in the chain who got consequences. Hang all the blame on their head, and you acquit the people who spread and profit from these lies like Andrew Wakefield, RFJ Jr., and the Social Media companies.

    • @CharlesDarwinEnglish
      6•2 days ago

      Yep. A responsible “social media” would have absolutely squelched that crazy antivaxxer stuff. There are limits to “free” speech.

      • @TrickDacy
        4•2 days ago

        Zuckerberg essentially said that society has shifted to wanting its own “alternative facts” and so he’s just going to let them have it. Truly Orwellian. Jon Oliver did a very… sad… segment on it.

    • @Podunk
      5•2 days ago

      I agree on principal. And i agree with you 100% on your sentiment. In fact i got downvoted and fought pretty hard on lemmy to try and hold judgement on the people affected. (And by pretty hard i mean i said something that people slightly objected to. I did nothing really)

      I also have, through local interactions, found that the particular community involved are in complete willful ignorance about this subject.

      They dont care.

      Seminole isnt far away from me. Local buisinesses here where i am are directly connected. They were traveling there literally this weekend. Ive interacted with the community involved and they say it is a no issue or fake news. Its all coolaid all the way through.

      They dont care. Its gods will.

      My standards on judgement still hold, but in my experience the evidence at this point is not anything that exonerates any of them in the slightest…

      Its all cult mentality. But this time it isnt rfk and trump. Its just hardcore religion and blinders.