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Relax, it's all good. Bobby has everything under control.
As health care professionals work to care for patients, they are also attempting to combat the proliferation of misinformation about how to prevent and treat the disease, some tell ABC News.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/amid-growing-texas-outbreak-contagious-measles/story?id=119300039
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been one of the prominent voices on measles, making comments that public health experts say are not accurate.
In multiple interviews, Kennedy has claimed that vitamin A and cod liver oil are effective treatments for measles. He also said that poor diet contributes to severe cases of measles and that -- while vaccines prevent illness -- they also cause severe illnesses and even death.
abcnews.go.com
It's reassuring to know trump put a medical expert in charge.........wait..........what?
The “remedies” are being utilized primarily by parents — many of whom have anti-vaccine views — to treat and prevent measles in their children, and include consuming high doses of vitamin A, sometimes in the form of cod liver oil.
Excessive consumption of vitamin A can result in serious health complications — indeed, several unvaccinated children in Texas have had to be treated for liver damage due the vitamin-based regimen some families are using, a children’s hospital in Lubbock, Texas, announced.
truthout.org
But hey, I'm sure this will all go away when the weather gets warm.............just like COVID did, right Don?
As of last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said at least 378 cases of the virus have been confirmed in 2025 – and that number is expected to keep rising.
“What is interesting about this current outbreak is the speed at which it’s expanding and increasing,” said Dr. William Moss, an epidemiology professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and director of the school’s International Vaccine Access Center.
Or not. MAGA, Make Americans Grieve Again.
RFK Jr. claims measles can be treated with vitamin A, linked to poor diet. Here's what science says
Between the two states, 256 cases have been confirmed as of Thursday, mostly in those who are unvaccinated or with unknown vaccination status, according to state health officials. At least one unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has died and another suspected death is being investigated in New Mexico in an unvaccinated adult. At least 10 other states have also confirmed cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.As health care professionals work to care for patients, they are also attempting to combat the proliferation of misinformation about how to prevent and treat the disease, some tell ABC News.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/amid-growing-texas-outbreak-contagious-measles/story?id=119300039
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been one of the prominent voices on measles, making comments that public health experts say are not accurate.
In multiple interviews, Kennedy has claimed that vitamin A and cod liver oil are effective treatments for measles. He also said that poor diet contributes to severe cases of measles and that -- while vaccines prevent illness -- they also cause severe illnesses and even death.
RFK Jr. claims measles can be treated with vitamin A, linked to poor diet. Here's what science says
RFK Jr. has claimed measles can be treated with vitamin A and that severe infection is linked to poor diet. But many experts who spoke with ABC News disagreed.
abcnews.go.com
It's reassuring to know trump put a medical expert in charge.........wait..........what?
Kids Are Getting Sick From RFK Jr.’s False Measles Remedy, Doctors Say
Unproven remedies for treating measles peddled by Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are complicating doctors’ efforts to deal with an outbreak in West Texas.The “remedies” are being utilized primarily by parents — many of whom have anti-vaccine views — to treat and prevent measles in their children, and include consuming high doses of vitamin A, sometimes in the form of cod liver oil.
Excessive consumption of vitamin A can result in serious health complications — indeed, several unvaccinated children in Texas have had to be treated for liver damage due the vitamin-based regimen some families are using, a children’s hospital in Lubbock, Texas, announced.
Kids Are Getting Sick From RFK Jr.’s False Measles Remedy, Doctors Say
Nearly 380 cases of measles have been identified in the US this year, the highest number since 2019.
truthout.org
But hey, I'm sure this will all go away when the weather gets warm.............just like COVID did, right Don?
U.S. measles outbreak spreading ‘like a forest fire’
Measles, one of the most contagious viruses in the world, has been confirmed in 17 states and counting as outbreaks multiply around the country.As of last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said at least 378 cases of the virus have been confirmed in 2025 – and that number is expected to keep rising.
“What is interesting about this current outbreak is the speed at which it’s expanding and increasing,” said Dr. William Moss, an epidemiology professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and director of the school’s International Vaccine Access Center.
Or not. MAGA, Make Americans Grieve Again.
