Though the boy hadn’t been officially diagnosed, he had a fever and a seizure. She also explained that two out of her four children had been diagnosed with the flu, and the doctor prescribed Tamiflu (an antiviral) for everybody in the household.
Tamiflu is well known as the most common medication used to treat the flu, as it can alleviate symptoms and shorten the length of the illness.
The post has since been deleted from the “Stop Mandatory Vaccination” page.
The grieving mother disputes the allegations in the viral NBC article, asserting that she did everything the doctors told her to do.
“I’m hurting so bad right now and so is his dad and his brothers. Our whole family is hurting,” she said in another interview. “And it’s like we feel like we failed because we did what we had to do. We called the doctors. We called the hospital. We gave them the medicine we were instructed to give. We did everything.”
A Facebook spokesperson released the following statement via email regarding the tragedy:
“This is a tragedy and our thoughts are with his family and loved ones. We don’t want vaccine misinformation on Facebook, which is why we’re working hard to reduce it everywhere on the platform, including in private groups.”
However, thus far, Facebook has not made an effort to shut down the anti-vaccination groups, citing an “unease with being the arbiter of truth.”
