Toddler Died From Meningitis After Anti-Vaxx Parents Treated Him With Maple Syrup Instead Of Medicin

[Purveyor]

Two Mormon parents who own a nutritional supplement company are accused of letting their toddler son die from meningitis because they tried to treat him with home remedies instead of medicine.

David and Collet Stephan have pleaded not guilty to charges that they failed to provide the necessities of life to their 19-month-old son Ezekiel, reported CBC News.

Prosecutors in Alberta, Canada, say the couple did not call an ambulance until the boy stopped breathing and instead fed him supplements with an eye dropper and lay down with him.

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Collet Stephan, 35, told police that a friend told the couple their son had meningitis — inflammation caused by an infection of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

She said they tried to boost the boy’s immune system by feeding him with olive leaf extract, whey protein, water with maple syrup and juice with frozen berries.

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[lame54]

1. Must have watched Super Troopers...

Idiots

[joeybee12]

2. Phuckers...if you want to be that stupid, don't have kids...

and just damage only yourselves.

[Solly Mack]

3. Idiots.

[mountain grammy]

4. It's an awful way to die..

they watched their child suffer terribly. I can't even imagine being this nuts.

[polly7]

8. +1. nt.

[spooky3]

5. Horrible. But I know people who hold similar views. Fortunately,

their kids are now grown, so if they want to believe that attitudes cause cancer, that "natural" remedies are all that serious illnesses require, etc., only they will be harmed by their beliefs - except when they outwardly blame others who have cancer for their own fates. They are well-meaning, but scientifically ignorant, unfortunately.

[lindysalsagal]

7. There's nothing "well-meaning" about cults who kill their own kids.

Arrest anyone who keeps their kid away from doctors and schools. It's child abuse. I don't care what their lame religious cult says. Murder is murder.

[spooky3]

9. I totally agree. I was referring to my friends' views - and no kids at risk.

[KamaAina]

6. Well, at least he didn't get teh autism!