Washington, D.C. — Two Pennsylvanians have died of measles, the first deaths in the state from the disease in 35 years, in the county where RFK Jr. once told a crowd that the cure for measles is ‘chicken soup and vitamin A.’ In July, the United States hit the highest number of measles cases in over 35 years, and last year three people died.
Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse issued the following statement:
“Two families are burying their loved ones because of Donald Trump and RFK Jr. Full stop. The two most powerful men in American health policy have fueled a measles outbreak in this country by turning their backs on more than half a century of sound science in favor of bullshit conspiracy theories. Trump and RFK Jr. have caused vaccination rates to drop and sparked the worst national measles crisis in three decades. RFK Jr. spent a career manufacturing doubt about the MMR shot, and now he and Trump have only amplified this anti-science, dangerous rhetoric. It’s been one anti-vax stunt after another as they’ve thrown out settled science and replaced it with pure junk, gambling with people’s lives in the process. Now two more people are dead, and it’s not close to over. Trump and RFK Jr. have blood on their hands, and every day they refuse to reverse course, they’re daring it to happen again. Mr. Kennedy, fucking resign already.”