As Measles Outbreak Spreads, RFK Jr. Reverses Message and Urges Vaccination

Image by Jim Watson / AFP via Getty / Futurism Longtime vaccine hater Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. appears to be walking back his own skepticism amid a significant measles outbreak spanning states including Texas, California, New Jersey, and more. In an op-ed for Fox News — yes, the same media giant that's spent years fearmongering about vaccines — the new Health and Human Services secretary said it was "crucial" that everyone gets the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine after a school-aged child in the Longhorn State became the "first measles-related fatality in the United States in over a decade." The allegedly brainwormed health secretary didn't mention that the deceased child wasn't vaccinated against MMR — or that last week, when asked about that child's death, he claimed that measles outbreaks are "not unusual." "We have measles outbreaks every year," the political scion said during his first-ever meeting of cabinet secretaries. "There are two people who have died, but we are ... Read full article.