RFK Jr. recommends measles vaccines for community immunity while supporting personal choice

Amid the ongoing measles outbreak successful Texas, Fox News elder aesculapian expert Dr. Marc Siegel sat down with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. successful an exclusive interrogation to sermon contagion concerns.

"The caller Health and Human Services caput told maine helium is recommending vaccines for the intent of assemblage immunity," Siegel told Fox News’ Sandra Smith connected America Reports pursuing the Tuesday interview.

"He’s moving with Texas wellness officials to supply galore much doses of the changeable successful Texas."

At the aforesaid time, RFK continues to judge successful idiosyncratic choice, Siegel added.

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During the interview, RFK noted that astir of the radical impacted successful Texas are portion of the Mennonite community, including an unvaccinated miss who tragically died.

Fox News elder aesculapian expert Dr. Marc Siegel sat down with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. successful an exclusive interrogation connected Tuesday, March 4, to sermon the measles outbreak. (Fox News)

While the HHS caput does urge vaccines successful "highly unvaccinated communities similar the Mennonites," helium acknowledged that there’s "a batch of mistrust successful vaccines."

"There are radical who cannot beryllium — and should not beryllium — vaccinated successful that community, due to the fact that they person autoimmune diseases oregon different immune problems," helium said. "If you bash get vaccinated, you’re protecting those radical from a imaginable spread."

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Kennedy is besides calling for much transparency and much studies connected vaccines, arsenic good arsenic close reporting of vaccine injury, Siegel said.

A "startling" 108 radical were treated for measles successful Texas successful the past 48 hours, RFK noted.

Therapies specified arsenic the usage of cod liver oil, which contains vitamins A and D, "are working," helium said.

The Texas Department of State Health Services has reported 159 measles cases since precocious January 2025. (iStock)

Cases of measles proceed to dispersed pursuing the archetypal outbreak successful Texas.

As of Tuesday, March 4, the Texas Department of State Health Services has reported 159 cases since precocious January.

Twenty-two patients person been hospitalized successful Texas since the outbreak began successful the state’s South Plains region.

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Last week, Texas reported the archetypal measles decease – a school-aged kid who lived successful the country and was not vaccinated against the virus.

The bureau warned that owed to the highly contagious quality of measles, further cases are "likely to occur" successful surrounding communities.

The microorganism has dispersed extracurricular Texas borders, with the CDC reporting 164 cases nationwide arsenic of Feb. 27. (iStock)

The illness has since spread extracurricular Texas borders, with the CDC reporting 164 cases nationwide arsenic of Feb. 27.

Cases person been detected successful Alaska, California, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, Rhode Island and Texas.

Pennsylvania has besides reported its archetypal lawsuit successful Montgomery County, according to section quality sources.

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Fox Weather reported connected Monday that this Pennsylvania lawsuit led to a traveler informing astatine New York’s JFK Airport.

Officials cautioned that individuals who traveled wrong and from Terminal 4 of the airdrome connected Feb. 25 whitethorn person been exposed, and immoderate whitethorn person already been contacted astir imaginable infection.

Most of these U.S. cases person occurred successful unvaccinated, school-aged children, according to the CDC.

The champion mode to forestall corruption is to beryllium immunized with 2 doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, according to experts. (iStock)

There person been astir 200 reported cases since the opening of the year. In 2024, determination were 285 cases for the full year, per the CDC.

Forty percent of past year's cases were hospitalized for isolation oregon absorption of complications.

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Texas wellness officials emphasized that the champion mode to forestall corruption is to beryllium immunized with 2 doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.

The microorganism tin stay successful the aerial and connected surfaces for up to 2 hours aft the infected idiosyncratic has departed, doctors caution.