RFK Jr. Sets The Record Straight On Measles Outbreak In Texas

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the measles outbreak while attending his first cabinet meeting.

Kennedy shared, “We are following the measles epidemic every day.”

He added, “Incidentally, there have been four measles outbreaks this year. In this country last year there were 16. So, it’s not unusual. We have measles outbreaks every year.”

His comments come as a child died in rural Texas fromg measles.

Watch Kennedy here:

RFK Jr. just shut down a reporter for fearmongering over the measles outbreak:

“We’ve had 4 measles outbreaks this year. Last year, we had 16. It’s not unusual. We have outbreaks every year.”pic.twitter.com/Ixl6bWuFmt

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Here’s what NBC News reported:

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday appeared to downplay the seriousness of the West Texas measles outbreak that has killed a school-age child.

The child’s death, the first from the disease in a decade in the United States, was confirmed by Katherine Wells, director of public health at the health department in Lubbock, Texas. The child had not been vaccinated against the measles.

The outbreak has so far infected at least 124 people — mostly children — in rural West Texas.

“We are following the measles epidemic every day,” Kennedy said during a meeting with President Donald Trump’s cabinet at the White House. “Incidentally, there have been four measles outbreaks this year. In this country last year there were 16. So, it’s not unusual. We have measles outbreaks every year.”

Kennedy also said that two people had died in the outbreak and that the people hospitalized were done so “mainly for quarantine.”

RFK Jr. sets the record straight on the measles outbreak.

“There have been four measles outbreaks this year in this country.”

“Last year, there were sixteen. So it's not unusual.”

“We have measles outbreaks every year.”

“We’re watching it and there have been twenty people… pic.twitter.com/y3LL5JnXEH

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Per BBC:

A rapidly spreading outbreak of measles in Texas has killed two people, US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr, said on Wednesday.

They are the first mortalities from measles in the US in nearly a decade.

One of those victims was an unvaccinated child who died in a Texas hospital after testing positive for measles, according to the state’s health department.
Secretary Kennedy, who was speaking at the first cabinet meeting for President Donald Trump’s current term, did not give any information on the other victim and the BBC was not able to confirm the death.

The Texas Department of State Health Services reported on Tuesday that it was aware of 124 cases diagnosed since the outbreak began in early January, up from 90 cases on Friday. Almost all cases – 101 – were in patients 17 and younger.