Peter Hildbrand, whose 8 -year -old daughter, Daisi died in early April after his test was proven due to measles, said he did not regret the rejection of the MMR vaccine.
“Certainly not,” Hildbrand said when asked whether he or his wife regretted the insecurity of Daisi. “Hence onwards, if I have any other children in the future, they will not be vaccinated at all.”
The comments were made during an interview published Defending children’s health (CHD), a non -profit organization founded Robert F. Kennedy JuniorWhich focuses on childhood health epidemics, but is known for its anti -joining positions.
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Why do it matter
Desci Hildbrand has become a pivotal point in discussions about the policy of vaccination in the United States, especially since the country is wrestling with the outbreak of the most dangerous measles in more than a decade. Texas alone has reported more than 480 cases and 56 cases in the hospital since January, according to the Ministry of Governmental Health.
Amid the public health crisis, Kennedy, who has now served as Minister of Health and Humanitarian Services, visited the Hilderland family in Siminol, Texas, to express condolences.
Kennedy wrote on X, previously twitterHe came to “condole the families and to be with society at the moment of their grief,” and stressed that the MMR vaccine is “the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles.”
I came to Jeans County, Texas, today to rest the Hildbrand family after the 8 -year -old Daisi lost. She got to know the 6 -year -old Kylie Fahr family after her death in February. I also developed bonds with the deep affection for other members …
– Secondneedy Secretary April 6, 2025
What do you know
Hilderend Daisi described a fun child. “As I said earlier, she was always happy, and always played – Jordan has always been out of play,” he said. “She was always interested in other children as well, as you know? It would be difficult to move forward, and I definitely know that, but I think this is our only option that we got.”
Daisy was the second child who dies during the continuous outbreak of measles in Texas, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A 6 -year -old girl from the Minunite community in Siminol, Texas, has become the first American measles state in more than a decade when she died in February due to complications of the measles pneumonia.
A spokeswoman for the Children’s Hospital at the Lubuk Medical Center, where Daisy was treated, confirmed that she was not fortified and had no well -known health conditions.
Doctors said she had died due to “pulmonary failure.”
But the director of the CHD-TV Polly Tommey, who conducted an interview with Hildbrand, denied that Daisy or the first child died of measles, and called on this “fear”.
And reiterated allegations that the MMR vaccine causes autism, and then claimed, without providing specific evidence, that “they kill these children in these hospitals.”
She said: “The medical error, everything you want to call, these children are given terrible treatments that kill them.”
Newsweek I called CHD, via email, to order evidence of Tommey’s claims, and comment.
Al -Ahed Children’s Hospital did not comment, as the first child was treated, on the latest statements of Tommy, but he participated in a March 20 statement with Newsweek Which was originally released after an interview with the parents of the first child: “A recent video circulating on the Internet contains misleading and inaccurate claims regarding the care provided during the children’s era. The patient’s secret laws prevent us from providing information directly related to this case.
Newsweek I also called the University Medical Center, via email, for more comment.
On March 2, Kennedy published an article Fox News He said that health care providers, community leaders and policy makers should make vaccines easily available to those who want them.
He wrote: “The vaccines not only protect individuals from measles, but also contribute to the immunity of society, and to protect those who cannot vaccinate for medical reasons.”
But Hildbrand said Atlantic Ocean Kennedy expressed his doubts separately. He said: “You do not know what is in the vaccine anymore,” It was said that Hildbrand said: “
Newsweek The US Department of Health and Humanitarian Services contacted, via e -mail, to respond to this on behalf of Kennedy.
What people say
Hildbrand He criticized the hospital who treated his daughter, claiming that he failed to use a request treatment. And he told Atlantic Ocean. “They used to say that IV steroids were better.”
Immunology World Dr. Michael Mina He said: “The use of budesonide to try to treat measles simply, not, from a biological or mechanical point of view, is logical. It is much better to prevent measles in the first place through vaccination.”
Children’s Hospital Covenant He said: “Measles are a very infectious disease, which is likely to threaten life, which often creates serious and known complications such as pneumonia, encephalitis and more.
What happens after that
As the outbreak continued, Kennedy published additional teams from CDC To help Texas and give pharmacies and local clinics with more MMR vaccines. Whether these efforts will reflect the doubt about vaccines in difficult societies such as Siminol are still unconfirmed.
