(Bloomberg Standing) – In a grim milestone for public health, measles in the US have reached cases of measles because the virus was declared a virus in 2000.
The focal point may have already taken place in Western Texas when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the Office of the Minister of Health and Human Services, but since then he has refused to offer unskilled support to the only way to stop a highly infectious disease: vaccination. If something happens, in his attempts to undermine confidence and access to immunization.
1,288 cases of measles recorded centers for control and disease prevention for just over six months at the top of 1,274 infections in 2019 and represent a high height of 33 years. The outbreak caused 162 hospitalization and three deaths, including two children. These numbers represent cases of confirmed CDC; The actual number can be much higher.
Most of the news comes from Western Texas, where the infection rate fortunately slowed down. However, this year cases have appeared in 39 countries, including 27 outbreaks defined as three or more related cases.
In the past, the measles clumps served as a reminder of the importance of vaccination and motivated parents to ensure that their children were up to date on their shots. For example, in the middle of the outbreak of 2019, such as the then secretary of HHS President Donald Trump Alex Azar, he called the suffering “completely prevented” and emphasized the importance of immunization. “We know that vaccines are safe because they are among some of the most respected medical products we have,” he said.
However, this focus occurred for a dark moment for public health in the US. Reports on the rapid spread of cases in Texas disintegrated during the first weeks of Kennedy’s appointment and served as an early test of leading Vax-A activists repeatedly failed. Instead of unambiguous support of vaccination as the key to stopping the dissemination of the disease, only lukewarm support for the MMR vaccine, scope between misinformation on its safety and recommendations for unproven treatment.
He did the work of anyone who cares much harder about public health. And things could get worse during the next focus – whether they are other measles, winter flu season or any other pathogen. The problematic sending of Kennedy’s news was just the beginning of his project to undermine vaccines. He moved using his megaphone to disrupt confidence in immunization and now actively transforms health policy in its anti-cocced form.
He decided to reduce access to COVID shots and fired the entire CDC advisory panel responsible for deciding how vaccines were deployed. They were replaced by people who are unskilled for this work, including some anti-Vaxxers. The group spent their first encounter with the release of the safety of the vaccine vaccine for years, and has begun to investigate the safety of the childhood vaccine plan.
The establishment of public health is finally pushed back. On Monday, the coalition filed six medical associations accusing Kennedy of trample over the long -term processes to determine the policy of the vaccine when he announced that Covid Shots would no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women.
@Cdcgov recommended an immunization plan. Bottom line: It is common sense and it is a good science. Now we are one step closer to the promise of @potus that America will be healthy again. pic.twitter.com/ytch2afclp – secretary Kennedy (@seckennedy) 27th May 2025
The suit given by groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians and the American Public Health Association, requires that previous instructions be restored. “The pediatricians cannot be silent because the system we rely on to support life -saving vaccines is cut off piece by piece,” said Susan draws, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, to call with reporters.
Although Covid vaccines are the center of the action (which could be widespread if Kennedy prevents access to others), the group warned that the impact of policy was much wider. “We hear from pediatricians across the country that parents are particularly concerned about each individual vaccine – and for a child’s immunization plan,” Kressly said. They are not sure what the recommendations mean and to whom to trust, she said.
Other parents are afraid that changing the COVID policy is a step towards losing access to all shots. “This causes uncertainty and anxiety during almost every child visit that includes vaccines,” Kressly said.
Sindhu K. Srinivas, President of the Society for Maternity Medicine, noted that pregnant women are beginning to question the safety and necessity of long -term vaccines such as influenza and TDAP. Like several doctors involved in the suit, Srinivas said that the situation threatens relationships with their patients and would eventually endanger the health of patients.
The real consequences of Kennedy’s monthly attack are materialized. Shame, completely avoiding the high watermark on measles is just the beginning and the bets increase with each new directive.
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