You can’t help but think given all the COVID. Conspiracies that there’s a really distrust in modern medicine - undoubtedly now why we are seeing huge cases of measles as people aren’t vaccinating and instead turning to these nature alternativesI was thinking about this case today as one of my son's fellow home educated friends is currently very unwell with tonsillitis and has been for about 10 days yet his mother refuses even to give him calpol let alone take him to the GP. Instead she is treating him with manuka honey, soup and air purifiers.
Not the same thing but the mentality of "only I know what's best for my child and I don't trust anyone in authority", whilst taken to an extreme with CM and MG, is nonetheless present in quite a few parents.
Hope that lad is ok and not in too much pain