You can’t fix stupid, and the result is that stupid can kill you.

In her hometown of Lubbock, Texas, Leah, a pregnant mother, has been avoiding stores and other public spaces for the last two weeks.

On Wednesday, the city saw a six-year-old child who was not vaccinated against the virus die – the first US death from the measles in nearly a decade.

With a baby on the way, Leah could be putting her foetus at risk of health complications if she contracted the virus, despite her own vaccination. Her paediatrician also advised her to move up her older son’s second shot of the vaccine – the full course for the immunisation – as the risk to his health grows.

Measles ffs. We thought measles was a thing of the past, thanks to the miracle of vaccination.

The US declared measles “eliminated” from the country in 2000, but in recent years, as anti-vaccine sentiments rose, the country has seen several outbreaks of the virus.

Because it’s so much fun to be all quirky and original and interesting by promoting anti-vaccine “sentiments” instead of vaccinating your kids.

On Wednesday, Robert F Kennedy Jr, the nation’s newly confirmed top health official, called the Texas outbreak “not unusual”, a claim disputed by doctors and local residents.

Public health experts and Lubbock residents said the health secretary’s past remarks about childhood vaccines – as well as actions he’s taken related to them since entering office – could fuel an outbreak that is worrying parents across Texas and nearby states.

The “health secretary” is actively promoting disease and death.