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With apologies to Tom Jones ...

Kennedy made his first public appearance in the top health role on Wednesday at a cabinet meeting with Donald Trump in the White House. He said that the measles epidemic was being followed by the government “every day”, but then appeared to try to minimize the seriousness of the spread.

“It’s not unusual. We have measles outbreaks every year,” he said.

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[–] NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago

The US is not battling the spread of the disease. They appointed RFK Jr., which is the opposite of battling disease.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

US Battles... But are they? What are they actually doing to stop the spread?

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 6 points 4 months ago

Brain worms love measles.

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago

Are measles vaccines available there? Seems like it would be the obvious solution, but I'm just a random guy. Who knows what's right and wrong apparently lol