We would absolutely not take the MMR,” the mother said after her daughter became the nation's first death from the highly contagious, but preventable, disease in a decade.

The parents of a young girl who died after contracting measles last month in West Texas are speaking out about their position on the MMR vaccine.

The parents of a child who died from measles said the disease is “good for the body," but an expert tells PEOPLE it can put children "in grave danger"