A story told in headlines: the repercussions of the Trump-RFK Jr anti-vax agenda keep getting worse…
- NBC News, 10.20: Pennsylvania warns of rise in congenital measles and infection during pregnancy; State health officials said 66 pregnant women have gotten measles since the outbreak began in April.
- Healthline, 10.21: RFK Jr.’s Revised Vaccine Schedule May Cause 83% Surge in Hepatitis B Infections
- The Hill: US measles cases top 4,400, far exceeding last year’s totals
- Forbes, 10.21: U.S. On Track To Lose Measles-Free Status As Cases Surge
- Philadelphia Inquirer, 10.22: Measles is thought of a childhood illness, but more PA adults are getting sick
- NYT, 10.21: C.D.C. Ignored Request From States to Validate a New Measles Test
- Guardian, 10.22: Experts alarmed by ‘less transparent’ CDC as US measles deaths rise; Agency declines to reveal in which state latest measles death occurred as it delays reporting other measles deaths
Statement from Protect Our Care president Brad Woodhouse: “RFK Jr’s public trust rating is in the toilet for a reason. Donald Trump and his health secretary have abused the power of the executive to throttle vaccination rates by fabricating safety concerns. Now the U.S. measles elimination status is doomed with infections at a 35-year high. More babies are getting infected with measles at birth as more unvaccinated adults get sick and leave entire communities vulnerable. Kennedy’s CDC continues to gaslight efforts to document measles infections and deaths in real time, hampering local efforts to promote the only solution to this crisis, the MMR shot. And if RFK Jr has his way and nixes the Hepatitis B shot for newborns, we’ll see up to a 225% leap in infections of the liver cancer-causing disease. Yet Trump and RFK Jr only seem proud of making preventable disease great again. They keep promising some big payoff proving ‘vaccine injury’ — flying in the face of decades of science to the contrary — while ignoring the very real and rising human toll of their anti-vax agenda. American families will keep getting sicker so long as Trump and RFK Jr are the ones making the public health decisions.”
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