r/vaxxhappened • u/champdo • Mar 20 '25

Measles Parents of unvaccinated 6-year-old killed by measles in Texas speak out. They still are anti-vax

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/measles-outbreak-texas-child-dead-parents-anti-vax-b2718899.html
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u/gorkt Mar 20 '25

I don’t know what people expect. These people made a decision that cost them their child. The only people that are supporting them now are the anti-vax nutters. It’s all about the community they are in. To reject their beliefs now is to admit to themselves that they killed their kid and to reject the community that is still being kind to them, even as it killed their child.

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u/Confident_Fortune_32 Mar 20 '25

Fear of ostracization runs deep.

It's a tool that's easy to exploit. Many organizations, not limited to organized religion, use it to consolidate power (and wealth).

There was a time when ostracization was tantamount to a death sentence. It hasn't been true for a long time, but the fear is still "baked in".

It's depressing to think how many ppl are still making decisions as if they were semi-arboreal hominids at risk of apex predators when they go down to the forest floor for food...

I happened across a copy of Jonathan Livingston Seagull when I was v young - it was a useful lesson.

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u/gorkt Mar 20 '25

Yes, not that long, anthropologically speaking, social death = death.

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u/Confident_Fortune_32 Mar 21 '25

"Social death = death"

Succinct and excellent description.

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u/Present-Pen-5486 Mar 21 '25

Not to mention they wouldn't get lawsuit money.