We Are Living Through The Worst Measles Outbreak In 30 Years — But RFK Jr. Won't Tell You That
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The HHS secretary also plans to stop recommending vaccines for children, according to reports.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is reportedly planning on making significant changes to recommendations for childhood vaccines, even as the country’s worst measles outbreak in 30 years continues to fester.
According to the Washington Post and The New York Times, HHS plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines as Kennedy, a well-known vaccine skeptic, seeks to align the U.S. immunization schedule with Denmark’s. Danish public health officials, however, say the two countries can’t be compared because of different health needs and the fact that Denmark has universal health care.
It’s unclear which vaccines could potentially be affected.
The proposed changes come as measles — a disease for which there is a very effective vaccine and which was eradicated from the U.S. in 2000 — spreads, with a particular uptick in South Carolina.
There were 144 cases in the state as of Friday, mostly among unvaccinated school children, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health. Another 224 people are in quarantine because they’ve been exposed and four are in isolation because they are contagious.
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