Here’s how a child dies of measles

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/child-dies-measles-vaccines/685969/

60 cases in London, where vaccinations are lowest in the country.

It’s a paid read. Copy and paste the story?

I can't read that, but this is Roald Dahl's account of his daughter dying of measles pre vaccine
https://fs.blog/roald-dahl-letter-daughter/

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measles-historic-confirmed-cases-notifications-and-deaths/measles-historic-confirmed-cases-notifications-and-deaths#measles-notifications-and-deaths-in-england-and-wales-1940-to-2025.

Edit. Link not formatting correctly!

http://archive.today/o4kka

In both 2024 and 2025 there was one child death and in both cases the child had underlying immunological issues.

On the other hand, nearly 4,000 children under the age of 18 died and those in the most deprived parts of the country and ethnic minorities are twice as likely to die in childhood that white British children and children in the most affluent areas. .

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4000 children died of what?

If you search there are sites which can remove a paywall easily.

Heartbreaking.
And very worrying with an increase in cases.

So it’s not actually a case but a story.

Maybe she’s suggesting poverty. And that it’s odd to be worrying about 1 measles death while we don’t worry about the increased risks associated with poverty. Perhaps.

It’s a narrative made up of information from doctors. Are you suggesting these things don't happen?

@AnxiousUniParent do you think the low mortality could be linked to the fact that until recently we had excellent rates of measles vaccination in the U.K., and most areas still have that now?

I hadn’t realised how high the hospitalisation rate was, or that you could suffer deadly complications years later, like the baby.

I’m old enough to remember having measles. I remember it because it was so painful. I have a friend who has a cousin that was left disabled by measles.

A friend of mine had measles as a child. She’s blind in one eye as a result.

Deaths are low thanks to the vaccines which more and more idiots are refusing these days without any medical justification. Yes I absolutely judge.

Not sure how true or relevant this is? But my daughter took her baby for their first set of immunizations yesterday and the nurse said the MMR uptake had dropped in their area since the addition of the chicken pox vaccine. She presumed it was because most of the older siblings had already had chicken pox and were fine they didn't see the need for them to have it? And because it's all in one they refused it. Not saying I'm against it but perhaps it could be offered separately so that people still take up the MMR? As measles is on the rise and can be nasty! I know this is probably just anecdotal so obviously just my experience.

Completely agree, I judge too. I cannot fathom how a parent would fail to protect their child from any deadly disease. It makes my blood boil.

My twin brother died of measles aged 5 in 1962.

There are lots of reasons vaccines are given together. To refuse all because you don’t feel you need one of them, nit because there’s any harm in it sould be bonkers. Plus have they not seen a case of shingles? It’s not fun. You don’t get it if you haven’t had chicken pox.

Decades ago when my children were little, I remember reading in a book about childrearing by Penelope Leach how nasty measles was, and how even if your child had one of the milder cases and made a complete recovery from it, you should expect to have to spend at least a week and probably more nursing the child through the worst of it - child in bed, properly ill and miserable. Who would want that for their child if it could be avoided? And nowadays, when it's so common for both parents to be working full-time, how would you manage to get that amount of time off between you?

I'm so sorry.

My cousin contracted measles as a child which left her severely brain damaged. I just don’t understand the reasoning behind not getting your children vaccinated, worried parents can always discuss their concerns with a clinician.

https://www.ncmd.info/publications/child-death-review-data-release-2025/#:~:text=There%20were%203%2C492%20child%20(0,remained%20higher%20than%202019%2D20... I couldn't easily find an analysis.. sorry.. but based on the fact that there is 1 death due to measles, this is a clue that the other 3,492 were not measles. (apologies.. I trnasposed the 4 and 9 in my head when reading.. and read this as 3,942) .