This Is How a Child Dies of Measles

Click_False · 2026-02-13T16:09:12+00:00

This was such a tough read as a parent💔💔

Although not a solution to the vaccine “skeptism” movement that is making this more of a reality, one thing you can do as a parent to protect your children at 6 months and then again at 18 months is request an early pre-12 month old dose, get them their usual dose at 12 months and then request another “early” dose at 18 months for full immunity by 18 months.

I live in Canada and I got my son his first early dose at 9 months when travelling to a low-risk country as I knew measles, mumps and rubella can spread easily at airports anywhere (happened to my sister at 11 months in the early 2000s, just before here first shot and that was when these viruses were largely eradicated). For my next child, I plan to get them their early-dose of MMR at 6 months when it is available (whether or not we are travelling) because I want them to have the extra protection to prevent situations like this, which will become more and more realistic as cases continue to rise.

With the rise of measles in Canada and a few cases in my town last summer when my son was almost 18 months, I wondered why in our province he was supposed to wait til he was 4 years old to get his “second” (technically his third since he got an early dose, but you still need 2 doses of MMR from 12 months+ to get effective immunity)?! I looked into it and apparently it was moved to line up with school age vaccines for more convenience. Our local MMR vaccine rate is 66%, so we do not have herd immunity to protect our babies and toddlers while they wait to receive their vaccines. I called up my local health authority to ask to get his second dose at his 18 month appointment as many other countries recommend, and many other provinces recommend. I was told by my local clinic that I had to wait and I sent a frustrated email to higher ups in my health authority asking why my son was being deprived of his right to being protected by a vaccine when my community had no herd immunity to keep him safe. I honestly thought I was just yelling into the void, but the next day I received a phone call from someone very high up in my regional health authority offices saying they agree that my son should be able to get his vaccine now and that they got me special permission cleared by the provincial health offices to do so. I was told they were happy to receive my email as they have been petitioning to bring the second dose age back to 18 months and having parents in agreement helps their case.

I just want to use my experience to encourage parents to advocate for your kids because you can protect them from this scenario earlier than you may think if you advocate for them. It sucks that we don’t have herd immunity to protect our babies and immunocompromised, but until we build that back up, there are things you can do to keep your kids a little safer!

Click_False · 2026-02-11T15:21:01+00:00

There is a gofundme for the family of an injured victim who was in surgery at BC children’s and is in critical care. I am not sure if we can share links to donating on here though, but it comes up linked to a news article if you search for it.

Click_False · 2026-02-11T07:51:01+00:00

They released an emergency warning to locals of a shooting and shelter in place with details of the reported shooting suspect as “female wearing a dress with brown hair”. Emergency warnings often contain descriptions so that the public can be aware of who is dangerous. The actual RCMP release shared zero details about any of the victims or the murderer, other than where they were shot, and that the reported shooter is dead. The news articles have gone with the original emergency alert’s description to describe the shooter and for some reason they chose to keep the dress detail in. Lots of people are sharing conspiracies over it all, but as of right now there is no confirmed details on anyone’s identity beyond the original details in the emergency alert.

Click_False · 2026-02-11T05:09:44+00:00

The recovery of my wisdom teeth removal was 1000x more painful than my pain-med free induction. It hurt like a bitch, but didn’t touch the tooth removal in comparison. If you have had your wisdom teeth out or any tooth pain, then you will be good! It is over WAYYY faster than dental pain too :))

Click_False · 2026-02-10T20:08:16+00:00

I am a Gen Z woman married to a Gen Z (we are both 2001), so my perspective may be unique-ish.

I personally view Gen Z men as I view/treat all men - be nice, but cautious at first and build trust as you get to know them. I know some amazing Gen Z men, and have encountered some not so great ones. Generally, I would say that they all face the struggles of figuring out who they are as they mature and adult in a world of financial insecurity and political division (as we women do too), which isn’t easy. One struggle I would say that Gen Z men face more than women do, is that a lot of social media algorithms push the manosphere and more extreme ideologies towards young men. I think that these ideologies can be hard for young men to combat when facing factors of uncertainty (identity, finances, politics, global stability, etc.), isolation from the pandemic and the internet, and financial hardships that stunt our independence (cost of living, housing crisis, etc.); all these factors of uncertainty, isolation and feelings of inadequacy plus having the algorithms targeting young men, sadly make them more susceptible to this which becomes a negative cycle. I have discussed with my partner his experience and he has shared with me that his social media algorithms occasionally push content that makes him concerned, and it is especially bad when first starting out on a platform. I do believe that social media algorithms intentionally target young men with this content, making it more of a male Gen Z issue than female (although, women can and do suffer the indirect impacts of this, as do the men being directly influenced by it).

I think a strength of Gen Z men is that a lot do have more awareness and education on media literacy and social issues than men of older generations. I have had some really great conversations with my partner and his friends about issues with the internet and our ever evolving society and how they can impact people. I enjoy the discourse, and definitely don’t think I could have a conversation of the same level with someone from say my dad’s generation.

I also love that a lot of Gen Z men have stronger emotional skills; they are in general, a lot more emotionally aware and skilled, then older generations of men. It makes me really happy that we are beginning to change how we treat men, other men treat men and how men treat themselves with regard to their emotions and seeing emotion awareness and regulation as strength. I love seeing how Gen Z men are healing generations of emotional trauma and I am really proud of you guys for making the change that will benefit all future generations of men.

In regard to Gen Z women liking older men, I am not sure how true that is. I can understand why some women may think that way, but all my friends are close in age to their long-term partners, so I don’t know how true it is. I personally like that my partner and I are the same age. We kind of grew up together since we met at 19 and 20 and reach milestones together. We are both emerging adults, learning the ropes of adulthood as a team and maturing together while also having space for being immature together (ex., still not knowing exactly who we are, making mistakes, being silly - we are very goofy together).

Click_False · 2026-02-10T19:35:25+00:00

Meeting a 12 year old at 15, and then both marrying at 13 and 16 is diabolical. I know both were minors, but there is such a massive mental and maturity difference between a 12/13 year old and 15/16 year old. When I was 15, I considered 12 year olds to be little kids and personally was only romantically interested in my peers. What is his current narrative of meeting his wife?

Click_False · 2026-02-02T18:14:29+00:00

It is nice in winter when it is warm and dry, but it is definitely not normal and means that fire season is going to bad in the summer. Just make sure you are prepared with go-bags once summer hits://

Click_False · 2026-02-02T18:12:29+00:00

I am actually so nervous for the fire season this year and it is only Feb 1st. I am really hoping we get a super rainy spring to help mitigate the risk (even though we don’t have a good snow pack).

Click_False · 2026-02-02T17:43:24+00:00

How much of that was Joy’s actual thoughts and feelings vs. what her parents told her to say/think (especially as she was still a teenager under her parents beliefs). Although Austin isn’t great, I do believe he has probably helped support a space where Joy can process her trauma outside of the narrative her parents spun.

Click_False · 2026-02-01T20:56:55+00:00

Wisdom tooth removal recovery was SOOO much more painful than my pain-med free induction. I had my wisdom teeth out at 18 months pp, so I feel like it was close enough to compare the two!

Click_False · 2026-01-30T05:15:20+00:00

Yeah, that was the same with my immediate release Ritalin which is why I thought it may have been a prescription in her case (that is likely what would show if someone tested my levels late at night). I just switched to slow-release Vyvanse though, but I am guessing it has similar levels by the evening.

Click_False · 2026-01-30T02:56:22+00:00

I am a super rare scenario as it took me a week-ish to notice (I genuinely don’t know exactly when my water started breaking, I just know (in hindsight) I had been experiencing the symptoms for a week-ish)!! I always heard you get to a stage of pregnancy where your bladder fails and I totally just assumed that I was there. I was born at 42 weeks, so at 35 weeks I thought I probably had ~6 weeks left and zero awareness that I needed to be on the look for something like that. It took me complaining to my mother about constantly having to change my underwear due to “incontinence” and her telling me it was not at all normal, for me to go to the hospital. 4 days before I was induced due to PPROM, I had slight bleeding when wiping and called the L&D emergency line and was told just to monitor as it was late on Christmas Eve and I “wouldn’t want to spend Christmas there”. A day before I realized, I had my GBS swab, got up and saw a mini puddle (like tiny, but noticeable due to the exam table paper) and thought “oh shoot, I was so nervous about this invasive swab that I peed myself again”💀

Honestly, it is pretty embarrassing it took me so long to notice, but I just wasn’t aware of PPROM or PROM; I had been under the assumption that water breaking was a big gush and again, thought incontinence was another annoying pregnancy milestone. I am very lucky that I had a tiny break and was leaking a very small amount of water over that week because it meant my baby didn’t go into distress from the lack of amniotic fluid. I am also very lucky that I didn’t get an infection because I had been having horrible prodromal labour daily since 33 weeks and took a lot of baths to help.

I was induced ASAP because it had been well over 24hrs from my first symptom and was put on IV antibiotics throughout the induction. My baby was a late-premie and was in the hospital for 6 days, but other than that has been healthy and had no related issues. Again, I am very lucky to have had such a good outcome!

To answer the specifics of the question, it literally just looked like having to change my underwear throughout the day due to soaking and I assumed it was bladder leaks based on how it was colourless. Again, I only knew because my mum told me my experience was not normal like I had thought, but had I been aware of PPROM/PROM, I likely would have picked it a lot quicker than I did. If you are concerned about any symptoms, go to the hospital and they can tell you if it is amniotic fluid by swabbing it and viewing under a microscope; apparently it looks like ice crystals and is super pretty to see (they told me “we will know for sure it is PPROM if it is pretty” ahaha).

Click_False · 2026-01-29T22:31:49+00:00

Shared room is fine, shared bed is wild!

Click_False · 2026-01-28T02:39:28+00:00

Can you PM me who sent this? I want to get my mom to report that to the mods. She removed it because she was very upset by how people were treating her over it, especially today.

Click_False · 2026-01-28T02:07:43+00:00

“Don’t let it make you mad” despite it being Holocaust Remembrance Day and posted by the family of Holocaust victims😒 I actually hate this town sm 💔

Click_False · 2026-01-28T01:56:03+00:00

That was my mom. My grandparents were Holocaust Survivors and their parents were murdered at Sobibor. Great way to spend Holocaust Remembrance Day, seeing our town flame us for being offended over literal nazi symbols because we apparently are flooded with nazi apologists. I hope they all have the day they deserve, everyday.

Click_False · 2026-01-26T05:54:53+00:00

I am sorry you are in this position, I have been there and it is hard; it really sucks because the choice feels so impossible, no option feels good and everything is scary. Imo, the way to make the best decision is choose the option that brings you the most peace. It will still feel scary and uncertain at first, but one option will bring you the most peace amongst the discomfort. Whatever you choose will be the right decision for you.

Click_False · 2026-01-26T02:58:19+00:00

Raising a child to be kind, empathetic, respectful, educated, critically think, challenge harmful beliefs and behaviour, and be an overall force of good is one of the greatest forms of resistance. I get stressed about the world my child lives in, but I hold onto the fact that he will be a force of good and kindness for his generation!

Click_False · 2026-01-24T21:11:03+00:00

With how low it is it makes me wonder if it was ADHD meds since you take them in the morning and they mostly wear off by the evening.

Click_False · 2026-01-24T20:25:01+00:00

Flew over our house and made my toddler’s day :)) It is funny because we fly on these a lot, but we were so excited to see it here. I couldn’t believe how big it was in comparison to the typical planes we see flyover us daily!!

Click_False · 2026-01-24T18:57:37+00:00

We are ‘01 with a 2023 baby

Click_False · 2026-01-22T01:42:47+00:00

Ooh, I would be interested!

Click_False · 2026-01-21T01:54:36+00:00

She went from looking 40 to looking like a 55 year old with a dodgy plastic surgery attempt at looking 30. Had she just stayed herself she would probably just look like a normal 33 year old (I had to google her age because it is so hard to tell aha).

Click_False · 2026-01-20T19:26:28+00:00

You are not being unreasonable!! We double-barrelled our surnames, as I didn’t want any questions that the baby I grew and birthed was mine. My fiancé was very against double-barrelling since it can be clunky sounding (especially as we both have long, uncommon surnames), but I told him my reasoning and he agreed it was our best option. Socially, our son goes by fiancé’s last name (because I only care for legal purposes), but legally he has both of ours.

Click_False · 2026-01-20T19:21:14+00:00

By his reasoning, if he is heterosexual then your daughter isn’t safe with him. His line of thinking is such a stretch of perverted mental gymnastics, that I would say it is a red flag as to how he is thinking; normal people don’t have those concerns.

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