Measles prevention and protection critical under HHS Secretary RFK Jr.: contributor

Amid the ongoing measles outbreak successful Texas, on with respective cases successful respective different states, doctors are emphasizing the value of assemblage protection.

Measles is "wildly contagious among unvaccinated individuals," Fox News Senior Medical Analyst Dr. Marc Siegel antecedently told Fox News Digital.

Ahead of a Tuesday interrogation with HHS Secretary RFK Jr., Siegel said helium is acrophobic astir the contented of "community extortion versus hazard benefit."

Dr. Marc Siegel, objective prof of medicine astatine NYU Langone Health and Fox News elder aesculapian analyst, volition interrogation Robert F. Kennedy Jr. connected Tuesday greeting connected the Fox News Channel. (Fox News)

"That whitethorn see however galore vaccines are being offered, who's offering them and however galore radical are getting them," helium went on. 

"I privation to recognize the enactment connected the crushed successful presumption of interaction tracing isolation, involution and prevention."

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Siegel antecedently suggested that precocious exemption rates for childhood vaccines, which are present nether 85% compliance, are to blame. 

The bulk of cases successful the existent outbreak person occurred successful unvaccinated individuals, mostly school-aged children. 

The bulk of cases successful the existent outbreak person occurred successful unvaccinated individuals, mostly school-aged children.  (iStock)

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"Keep successful caput that for herd immunity (where those who cannot beryllium vaccinated due to the fact that they are large oregon immunocompromised and can't instrumentality a unrecorded vaccine are protected), we request a vaccination complaint of astir 95%," helium told Fox News Digital. 

"In Texas, it is presently astatine 91%, and much bills for further exemptions are earlier the authorities legislature."

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A full of 164 measles cases had been reported crossed Alaska, California, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, Rhode Island and Texas arsenic of Feb. 27, 2025, according to the latest information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

There person been a full of 3 outbreaks, which are defined arsenic 3 oregon much related cases, truthful acold this year.