4-Year-Old Dies From Flu After Anti-Vaxxers Warn Mom Against Tamiflu
“The doc prescribed tamiflu I did not pick it up,” she wrote, according to NBC News. She added that her typical “natural cures” for illness like peppermint oil and Vitamin C weren’t working. Apparently none of the people in the group advised her to seek medical attention, and instead suggested she treat it with other “natural” cures.set up by the family, the child was eventually hospitalized after suffering a fever-induced seizure, and died there four days later.
NBC reports that members of the “Stop Mandatory Vaccines” group have previously spread conspiracies about outbreaks of preventable diseases, calling them “hoaxes” perpetrated by the government. They also use the groups to mass-contact parents whose children have died and suggest without evidence that vaccines may be to blame.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends patients take antiviral treatment for the flu, like Tamiflu, as prescribed. Antiviral treatment is recommended as early as possible for any patient with confirmed or suspected influenza who:
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