When questioned about a growing measles outbreak in West Texas that has claimed at least one life, Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told reporters “we have measles outbreaks every year.”

  • @Sanctus
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    91 day ago

    Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000. This meant the absence of the continuous spread of disease was greater than 12 months. This was thanks to a highly effective vaccination program in the United States, as well as better measles control in the Americas region.

    You egg

    • John Richard
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      -220 hours ago

      Eggactly the same thing I described.

      • @Sanctus
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        219 hours ago

        And when I said “a thing of the past” you assumed I meant it exists in no capacity. When what that means is its not a problem anymore.

        • John Richard
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          -117 hours ago

          And when I said “a thing of the past” you assumed I meant it exists in no capacity

          Prob because that is exactly what “a thing of the past” means by definition.