Parents of girl who died of measles in TX say it was God's will, and to avoid vaccination

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The couple, who are Mennonites, believe their daughter’s death was the will of God. They recently appeared in an interview with antivaccine nonprofit Children’s Health Defense to talk about their daughter’s death.

“Don’t do the shots,” the girl’s mother said.

She added that measles “isn’t as bad as they’re making it out to be.” The woman said her four other children recovered from the disease after receiving alternative treatments, including cod liver oil and vitamin A, which doctors say have no effect on measles.

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“The measles are good for the body,” the girl’s father said, adding that the disease boosts the immune system and wards against cancer, an untrue claim repeated by antivaccine groups and most recently by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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