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.”
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.”
Which was nearly five times as many as the year before, and a tiny fraction of the cases from 1990.
There weren’t any “outbreaks” in 2023, so right there that proves his statement false, at least if we’re being as pedantic as you.
You want to know how we keep measles outbreaks low? By responding to them and not hand-waving them away.