RFK Backs Measles Vax After Attending Child’s Funeral

The New York Times reports:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, attended the funeral on Sunday of an 8-year-old girl who died of measles amid an outbreak that has burned through the region and called into question his ability to handle a public-health crisis.

The child’s death, in a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, early Thursday morning, is the second confirmed fatality from measles in a decade in the United States.

The girl died of “measles pulmonary failure,” according to records obtained by The New York Times. The hospital, part of UMC Health System, confirmed the death later on Sunday, adding that the girl was unvaccinated and had no underlying health conditions.

USA Today reports:

In a lengthy post on X Sunday, Kennedy said that he visited Gaines County in West Texas to console the families whose young children have died, later confirming that “the 642 confirmed cases of measles across 22 states, 499 of those in Texas.”

“The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine,” Kennedy said, adding that he spoke to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and redeployed CDC teams to the state after Abbott’s request.

Kennedy, who has a controversial history of questioning the safety and efficacy of vaccines, including falsely linking them to autism, said people are being successfully treated with Vitamin A and cod liver oil for the highly contagious respiratory illness. Multiple children needed treatment for Vitamin A toxicity last week.

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