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Mom of 7-year-old hospitalized with brain swelling from measles: ‘I still wouldn’t have given my son the vaccine’ (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/actually_infuriating@lemmy.world

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

whole 'god has a plan' shit and that the son was chosen for it, by god.

They have to do that now, because the alternate would mean admitting that they're abusing (possibly murdering) their child. And I guess their brain needs to protect them from that reality.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

There's also the consequence that admitting anything else would mean their god isn't in control. I'm not sure what would terrify such a person more - admitting they were wrong about how to care for their kid, or admitting their god lacks the power to intervene in their life.