In December 2018, little Shira Goldschmidt came down with a runny nose and a fever of 104F.
Her mother, Fainy Sukenik, took her to see her pediatrician, who said the eight-month-old had a virus that would pass.
But then, less than a week later, red spots appeared all over Shira's body and her parents knew she had contracted measles.
The infant was having trouble eating and drinking and was struggling to breathe, so she was rushed to the ER, and she was hospitalized, reported CNN.
Sukenik says she's furious because her daughter was too young to get her MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) shot and slammed anti-vaxxers for fueling the global outbreak - and even suggested they 'wear a sign' so she can avoid them
However, it's unclear how Shira contracted the virus because it's possible to be infected by someone who is vaccinated.
Shira Goldschmidt, eight months (left and right), from Israel, came down with a runny nose and a fever of 104F in December 2018. Her pediatrician believed it was a common virus that would quickly pass
A few days later, the red spots that are the hallmark of measles appeared on Shira's body. She was too young to be vaccinated because doctors don't administer the shot until patients are at least one year old. Pictured: Shria with her mother, Fainy Sukenik
Sukenik has four children, the youngest of whom is Shira, and they are all up-to-date on their vaccines.
However, Shira was eight months old when she contracted the virus. Most countries, including the US, don't administer the first MMR dose until children are at least one year old.
Sukenik told CNN that she was terrified when her daughter began exhibiting the hallmarks of measles.
'It wasn't just dots on one part of her body,' she said. 'They were everywhere: inside her mouth, between her fingers, in between her toes. I'm an experienced mother, and never ever have I seen something like this.'
Her parents had to take her to the hospital when the baby stopped eating and drinking and was too weak to hold her own head up.
Doctors put Shira in isolation and administered IV fluids.
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Vermont California Missouri West VirginiaBoth in the US and in Israel, where Sukenik lives, the highly infectious disease has been spreading among people who are unvaccinated or live in states that allow non-medical exemptions for vaccines.
'I'm so angry and so frustrated,' Sukenik told CNN. 'On Facebook, I wrote to the anti-vaxxers: "You are hurting our kids because of your choice". '
In December, when Shira first fell ill, Sukenik wrote a post on Facebook where she slammed those who were willingly
