Health Secretary RFK Jr. Endorses the MMR Vaccine

On Sunday, Kennedy comes to visit West Texas with the aim of comforting two families who lost their children because of measles. In the United States, the measles outbreak is causing terror, and 481 cases have been recorded till now, and two children in Texas and one adult in New Mexico died recently; all of them were unvaccinated.

There, he shared his instructions sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to his order, the team has to send the supply to the pharmacies and the Texas run clinic lacking the MMR vaccine or other medical supplies to handle the current situation.

The White House is not very happy with RFK Jr, because in February, the secretary had not said anything about the first case of death in Texas because of the measles outbreak. The unclear and slow communication by RFK is making the political situation about the measles outbreak worse because this shows that the secretary does not have any interest or their team is not worried about the condition in the US.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing the angry outcry from anti-vaccine activists over his endorsement of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. He mentioned in a long post to the social media platform X about the MMR vaccine:

The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine

The post also showed that Kennedy had done research about the MMR vaccination and other facts about it. That post had mixed reactions, but most of the anti-vaccine workers are feeling anger and discomfort with his current statement.

Dr. Sherri Tenpenny has been a permanent anti-vaccine activist since the beginning and is famous for his claims about COVID in Ohio legislative hearings and has reacted to RFK Jr.’s statement, posting:

I’m sorry, but there is no defense for this poorly worded statement

Del Bigtree is another anti-vaccine activist and considered the Kennedys’ companion in the anti-vaccine campaigns; he supported him during his presidential run and has recently co-founded a non-profit organization, MAHA, with Kennedy, but now, he seems unhappy with his post.

According to Bigtree, Kennedy’s post had “got cut off”, and his unproven claims about the connection of vaccination and autism, along with other statements, had made the topic.

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Dr. Kathryn Edwards’ Views about MMR Vaccine Matter

Since he joined as the health secretary, RFK Jr. has been under continuous criticism because of his views on vaccination. In the current post about the MMR vaccine, Dr. Kathryn Edwards, the retired professor of pediatric infectious disease, seems glad about Kennedy’s concerns. She said,

I’m delighted to hear what Secretary Kennedy has said about giving the vaccination

According to her, she was expecting this statement and worried at the start of January when the measles outbreak was at the initial level in the United States. At that point, Kennedy had not said or done anything and had taken it easy, but now, the increase in the case numbers is alarming. Still, Kathryn says, it’s better late than never.