Of course she's doubling down. Anything else would mean facing the extent of her responsibility in the death of her child, which would be absolutely crushing to her ego and self-image as a parent.
She's protecting herself psychologically, that's not surprising.
It's simpler than that. Reversing her position would (1) burn her relationships with most of her social graph, and (2) paint a big target on her back...when nasty anti-vaxers are enjoying a strong tail wind from Washington.
In other news, very few victims of armed robbery say "over my dead body, thief!".
I doubt that either of the parents have (1) or (2) in their mindset/decisioning tree. This is just Darwinism in full effect. Nature has a habit of shaking off the weak, and the weak minded.
Looks really interesting! I've been looking for resources on how to ask better questions, it'll surely come in handy.
I wonder if there's a PDF / single-file version somewhere, for easier consumption on e-readers?
Ha! I went through half of the Turkish course but stopped around two years ago, thanks for the reminder, I resumed my progression!
I'll be looking at the new courses too :)
And thanks a lot for making all of this work available to all!!
