6-year-old dies in Spain's first diphtheria case since 1987

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / AFP

Madrid (AFP) - A 6-year-old boy has died in Spain's first case of diphtheria since 1987, his hospital said Saturday.

The child had not been vaccinated against the disease amid controversy over the potential side-effects of the jab, and had been fighting the bacterial infection for a month.

The Vall d'Hebrone hospital in Barcelona confirmed on its Twitter account "the death of a patient with diphtheria" who had been hospitalised at the end of May.

An infection that mostly affects the nose and throat, diphtheria is highly contagious but has become increasingly rare in western Europe in recent decades due to high rates of vaccination.

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[brer cat]

1. It is really sad for children to die

from a disease that is so easily preventable.

[Person 2713]

2. The anti vaxxer doctor committed suicide today also

http://aattp.org/lying-charlatan-anti-vaxxer-doc-commits-suicide/

Was part of it hearing about this boy's death I wonder

[demigoddess]

3. you have all heard about Shingles, right?

if you have had chicken pox, later on you might get shingles. Well, spread the word that there is also a post-polio disease thing, I do believe. We knew a guy who had polio as a child, back in the years before the vaccine, and survived it quite nicely, but then as he approached his sixties, he came down with this post-polio disease and died. Maybe the anti-vaxxers should hear about this and a poor little boy dying from diphtheria which is prevented by a little jab.

[lisby]

6. My friend's father has it.

It's pretty terrible, from what I've heard.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. There's also a late-in-life shingles vaccine; and the anti-virus medicine is highly effective.

If you suspect you have an outbreak of shingles, get it looked into ASAP. I got a case and in less than 24 hours after seeing the first signs I had it diagnosed and was taking the anti-viral (7 day course even though not an anti-biotic). It knocked it right down and I've not had lingering shingles.

[Fred Friendlier]

4. How terribly sad

Let us hope that this tragedy will serve as a warning to those who might be tempted to believe the antivaxxer lies.

[SunSeeker]

5. Fucking idiot anti-vaxxers. Poor little boy.

Adults who should know better failed him and they cost him his life.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Are there legal grounds for charges of "withholding necessary care" ?

[SunSeeker]

10. Sure, it is considered child neglect. nt

[riversedge]

7. So unnecessary in this day and age!

[Thor_MN]

11. Sad that the stupidity of the parents is visited on their children.

[itcfish]

12. Well Now the Spanish

Government will pass laws that all children will be vaccinated or they will not be able to attend school. No religious exceptions. No exceptions at all. (except children with cancer who are undergoing treatment of course).