Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Reasons for measles outbreak in Texas: misinformation, distrust, fear, stupidity


Not to mention lack of leadership.

Headline:  The Texas Tribune, 3/4/2025

Devi Shastri and Carlos Nogueras Ramos report:
Alongside measles in this region, where voters overwhelmingly supported President Donald J. Trump, there’s another outbreak: one of misinformation about vaccines, distrust of local public health officials and a fear of governmental authority overruling family autonomy. And on the national stage, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the country’s top health official and an anti-vaccine activist, dismissed the Texas outbreak as “not unusual.” 
“Do I trust all the vaccines? No,” Klassen said. “And I get from (Kennedy) that he doesn’t trust all the vaccines, either. And he is very well educated in that; I’m not.”

Related posts:
Texas has its priorities, but health care is not one of them.  (3/4/2025)

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