Children's Health Defense
Polly Tommey and Brian Hooker, Ph.D., called out The Atlantic for what they described as a “very insensitive” article published today about the father, named Peter, of the 6-year-old West Texas girl who died after testing positive for measles.
“It’s devastating that somebody would go to this depth to get their story,” said Hooker, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) chief scientific officer, who has been in touch with the family of the child.
Atlantic writer Tom Bartlett “invaded” the viewing of this little girl who passed away, Hooker said during an interview with Tommey, CHD.TV program director, on an episode of “Good Morning, CHD.”
Hooker said:
“Evidently, the number of reporters that were trying to get to the family was so overwhelming that they had to call the sheriff’s office to barricade the entrance where the viewing was taking place. But somehow this individual got in.”
Tina Siemens, a Mennonite business owner and award-winning author, confirmed what Hooker said. She told The Defender that on the day of the viewing, “the father calls me in a panic. He says, ‘There’s media knocking while we are viewing our little girl for the first time.’”
Siemens immediately contacted the community’s local judge. “Can you please get our sheriff department, our police department, to go and make sure this family is left alone in this unimaginable grief time?”
The judge did…
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