RFK Jr says his response to measles outbreak should be ‘model for the world’
Public health experts argue he failed to give a full-throated endorsement of an extremely effective vaccineThe health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, said on a press tour that his response to a large measles outbreak in west Texas should be a “model for the world”. The statement comes after Kennedy attended the funeral of a third measles victim over the weekend.Kennedy’s response to the outbreak has been widely criticized by epidemiologists and public health experts, who argue he failed to give a full throated endorsement of an extremely effective vaccine, that cases appear to be severely undercounted and that officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been deployed late. Continue reading...
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Public health experts argue he failed to give a full-throated endorsement of an extremely effective vaccine
The health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, said on a press tour that his response to a large measles outbreak in west Texas should be a “model for the world”. The statement comes after Kennedy attended the funeral of a third measles victim over the weekend.
Kennedy’s response to the outbreak has been widely criticized by epidemiologists and public health experts, who argue he failed to give a full throated endorsement of an extremely effective vaccine, that cases appear to be severely undercounted and that officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been deployed late. Continue reading...
