How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.’s Watch - KFF Health News
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Inoculation campaigns that protect children and adults from dangerous diseases rely on a delicate web of state and federal laws and programs. If senior officials cast doubt on vaccine safety, the whole system might collapse, especially in red states.

Summary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as the top U.S. health official under Donald Trump has alarmed public health experts, who fear his anti-vaccine stance could lead to outbreaks of diseases like measles, polio, and meningitis.

Kennedy has promoted debunked vaccine-autism theories and may weaken federal vaccination programs, delay new vaccines, and undermine immunization requirements.

Vaccine-preventable illnesses are already rising, with 16 U.S. measles outbreaks this year.

Experts warn that declining vaccination rates threaten public health, while drug companies and vaccine advocates brace for significant challenges under the new administration.

  • HeyJoe@lemmy.world
    14·
    15 days ago

    The worst part is it will take way longer than we expect to turn on him. This will be treated like everything else, and the excuses will pile up. The blame shifted, and the media is lying, democrats making this worse than it is. it’s going to take way more people to suffer than probably should before we return to a majority and say enough is enough. I truly hate these people…

    • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldEnglish
      6·
      15 days ago

      If one of my kids dies from one of these preventables because of this dumb fuck’s antivac idiocy, I’m taking up hunting. I’m not a violent person, and don’t keep guns in the house on principle, but you fuck with my family and that’s gonna change.

      Here immunity protects everyone. Even people who are vaccinated can get ill from enough exposure, especially if the viruses mutate from circulating around and around in dipshit unvaccinated circles.