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LoisB

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40. Heart-wrenching.

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 02:24 AM

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Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know. [View all] marble falls 21 hrs ago OP

Such a heartbreading story. riversedge 21 hrs ago #1

IGNORANCE EddieOnTheMesa 21 hrs ago #2

Ignorance kills. marble falls 21 hrs ago #6

Post removed Post removed 19 hrs ago #25

Wow, that reply from [Name removed] disappeared while I was watching! 🤣 ShazzieB 19 hrs ago #28

Yes, our MIRTS team deserve a heck of a lot of credit plus all of us on DU too, for watching out, being on the SWBTATTReg 19 hrs ago #30

Ignorance AND incompetence AND arrogance. 3catwoman3 19 hrs ago #29

11 years old, how sad. In tears here. Srkdqltr 21 hrs ago #3

Poor girl...another unnecessary death purr-rat beauty 21 hrs ago #4

Please read more carefully. The child was 5 months old when she niyad 20 hrs ago #16

HER parents weren't careless or ignorant... slightlv 20 hrs ago #19

If everyone could see an infant, a todder, even a teen die of measles--as rare as it remains... hlthe2b 21 hrs ago #5

And the fact it takes a while to do it. marble falls 21 hrs ago #7

RFK Jr. needs to see this. nt oasis 21 hrs ago #8

Better yet, RFKjr needs to contract measles. Intractable 21 hrs ago #9

Given his age, he's probably well vaccinated... Wounded Bear 20 hrs ago #11

I'm sure RFK has all his shots! Do as I say, not as I do. nt Intractable 20 hrs ago #12

Given his age, he likely had measles as a child. ShazzieB 19 hrs ago #31

I had it and I was born in 1969. Haggard Celine 10 hrs ago #38

I managed not to ever get mumps. ShazzieB 8 hrs ago #39

Every day of his stinking life. Tape it on his bathroom mirror, put a poster of it over his bed, put an interlock on ... marble falls 21 hrs ago #10

Works for me. calimary 20 hrs ago #14

It won't change anything. 70sEraVet 20 hrs ago #23

This is a hard story to read LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #13

Message auto-removed Name removed 19 hrs ago #27

Some of those non vaxxed children who reached adulthood mwmisses4289 20 hrs ago #15

Wakefield... progressoid 20 hrs ago #17

may he ROAST... From The Ashes 20 hrs ago #21

VILE SCUM AZ8theist 17 hrs ago #36

PLEASE, EVERYBODY, READ CAREFULLY. The child contracted measles at 5 months. niyad 20 hrs ago #18

Thought it couldn't read much clearer, thanks for extra reminder! marble falls 20 hrs ago #22

Apparently not, given some of the responses. niyad 18 hrs ago #33

I almost died when I was 7 from the measles Tree Lady 20 hrs ago #20

Fear and ignorance are powerful factors leading to deadly decisions. Passages 19 hrs ago #24

The shame of the Kennedy clan... GiqueCee 19 hrs ago #26

Malevolent fraud is an excellent description. 3catwoman3 19 hrs ago #32

Makes me sooooo maaaaaaaddd Chicagogrl1 17 hrs ago #34

Wakefield should be hanged for what he did to the world. AZ8theist 17 hrs ago #35

A "study" with a sample size of 12. 3catwoman3 13 hrs ago #37

Exactly. AZ8theist 7 hrs ago #41

Heart-wrenching. LoisB 8 hrs ago #40

The brain damage it can cause is forever The Blue Flower 1 hr ago #42

Heart breaking. And when we were kids in the '50s, moms held measles parties so they could get their kids measles ... marble falls 1 hr ago #43