Parents of girl who died after measles infection said they wouldn't get MMR vaccine

The parents of a young miss who died aft contracting measles past period successful West Texas are speaking retired astir their presumption connected the MMR vaccine.

The child, property 6, died connected Feb. 26 aft being hospitalized successful Lubbock, arsenic reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services. 

The bureau stated it was "the archetypal decease from measles successful the ongoing outbreak successful the South Plains and Panhandle regions" — adding that the kid was not vaccinated.

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On March 15, the child’s parents spoke with Children’s Health Defense astir the acquisition successful an interrogation that aired connected "Good Morning, CHD."

The household lives successful Seminole, Texas, successful Gaines County, which is wherever the immense bulk of measles cases person occurred successful the existent outbreak.

The parents of a young miss who died aft contracting measles past period successful West Texas (not pictured) are speaking retired astir their presumption connected the MMR vaccine. (iStock)

When the girl, named Kaylee, archetypal got sick, the parents said they figured it was measles due to the fact that the unwellness was "going around" successful their community.

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Two days aft the miss developed a rash, her parent took her to the doctor, who provided a cough remedy and recommended fever-reducing medication.

Although Kaylee’s measles started to spell away, she began processing complications, including a fever that continued to rise, her parents told Children’s Health Defense.

"And past I conscionable noticed 1 greeting that she was saying she was getting precise tired, and I was conscionable noticing her breathing wasn't normal," the girl’s parent said. "That’s erstwhile we decided to instrumentality her to the exigency room."

"We would perfectly not instrumentality the MMR [vaccine]," the girl's parent said. "The measles wasn't that bad. They got implicit it beauteous quickly." (iStock)

At the hospital, successful summation to measles, Kaylee was recovered to person pneumonia successful her near lung. She was admitted to the ICU and enactment connected a ventilator.

"I conscionable retrieve earlier they wanted to enactment her connected the ventilator that she was precise thirsty," the parent said successful the interview. "Her rima was each sticky and I wanted to springiness her water, but they didn’t fto me."

The kid passed distant soon aft that.

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The couple’s 4 different children developed measles aft their sister’s decease — but each recovered aft receiving breathing treatments, the parents said.

Even aft their daughter’s death, the parents are not proponents of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR vaccine).

As of March 20, a full of 378 confirmed measles cases had been reported successful 18 U.S. states.

"We would perfectly not instrumentality the MMR [vaccine]," Kaylee’s parent said. "The measles wasn't that bad. They got implicit it beauteous quickly."

The mates said they person not yet received their daughter’s decease certificate, noting that it is imaginable she died of pneumonia alternatively than measles.

In summation to measles, the Texas miss was recovered to person pneumonia successful her near lung. (iStock)

The girl’s begetter added that measles could assistance to "build people’s immune systems successful the agelong run."

"God does nary wrong, and He wanted this to aftermath radical up," helium told Children’s Health Defense. "He’s woken america up for sure, to commencement a amended beingness and travel person to Him."

What to cognize astir the MMR vaccine

Texas DSHS has reported that the bulk of measles cases person been mostly unvaccinated, school-aged children.

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Measles is simply a highly contagious microorganism for those who person not antecedently been infected oregon vaccinated, with up to a 90% accidental of transmission.

The MMR vaccine is 1 of the astir communal puerility inoculations and has been a request for schoolhouse attendance since its improvement successful the 1970s.

As of March 20, a full of 378 confirmed measles cases had been reported successful 18 U.S. states, according to the CDC. (iStock)

"The modular proposal from wellness authorities similar the CDC is simply a two-dose bid of the MMR vaccine," Fox News aesculapian contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier antecedently told Fox News Digital.

"For astir people, these 2 doses provide lifelong immunity — astir 97% effectiveness against measles."

Each person’s concern is antithetic and should beryllium weighed cautiously aft a thorough speech with a trusted aesculapian team, Saphier added.

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Dr. Marc Siegel, objective prof of medicine astatine NYU Langone Medical Center and Fox News' elder aesculapian analyst, besides emphasized the value of measles vaccinations — "particularly with the fig of circulating measles cases and underimmunized radical coming into the U.S. astatine a clip erstwhile determination is simply a large measles surge astir the world."

"The modular proposal from wellness authorities similar the CDC is simply a two-dose bid of the MMR vaccine."

For those who are traveling to an country wherever a measles outbreak is occurring, Siegel recommended they see a doc for a measles "titer test" and get a booster if they are not showing immunity. (The titer trial measures an individual’s level of immunity to the virus.)

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MMR is simply a unrecorded microorganism vaccine and cannot beryllium fixed to pregnant women oregon immunocompromised people, the doc noted.

As of March 20, a full of 378 confirmed measles cases had been reported successful 18 U.S. states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.