Robert Kennedy Jr, Minister No-Vax changes his mind: “The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the vaccine”

An 8 -year -old girl died in Texas due to measles. In the US state an epidemic is underway. Since the beginning of the year there have been 499 cases. The girl was not vaccinated, had no previous pathologies and was in the hospital for complications due to the disease. He explained it to the BBC Aaron Davis, vice -president of the UMC Health System. The Secretary of Health of the United States Robert Kennedy Jr participated in the girl’s funeral. “I am here to console the family and the community,” wrote the American health minister on X, known for his antivaccinist positions. He also said that “The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the vaccine” denying many of his previous statements.

The situation in Texas is serious and has crossed the boundaries of the state. In all the United States, more than 640 cases of measles were recorded this yearmore than double the 285 cases recorded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last year. Many of the cases of this year, almost all in unvaccinated people, are linked to the epidemic started in western Texas. Morbillo is a highly contagious disease that can lead to serious complications, in particular for those who are not vaccinated.

The no-vax groups attributed, without having evidence, the two deaths of two children to medical errors, but the same minister referred to measles and epidemic. “My intention was to go down in silence to console families and be with the community in their moment of pain.” And again to “support Texas’s health officials and to learn how our HHS agencies can collaborate with them to control the measles epidemic”. “The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MPR vaccine,” wrote Kennedy, referring to the measles, parotitis and rubella vaccine.

These are his words on X: «At the beginning of March, I lined up a CDC team (American center for the control of nd diseases) to strengthen the local and state response capacity in different regions of Texas, provide pharmacies and clinics managed by Texas with MPR vaccines needed and other medicines and supplies medical, collaborate with local schools and health facilities to support investigations on contacts and reach communities, including religious leaders, to answer any questions or answer the offices that seek health care. From that moment, growth rates for new cases and hospital hospitalizations have stabilized. The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MPR vaccine. I spoke with the governor Abbott and offered the continuous support of the HHS. At his request, we redistributed the CDC teams in Texas. We will continue to follow the example of Texas and to offer resources similar to other jurisdictions concerned ».

Last February a six -year -old girl not vaccinated in the local Mennonita community was the first girl who died of measles in the United States in a decade. In March, an unvaccinated man died in New Mexico after contracting the virus, even if the cause of his death is still under investigation. President Donald Trump on Sunday told journalists aboard the Air Force One who believes that the epidemic is widely contained. «So far it is a rather small number of people, compared to what we are talking about. It is something that people know for many years. It’s not new. We will see what happens. If he progresses, we will have to act. A very strong action », reports the BBC.

The United States declared the measles eliminated from the country in 2000, but it could lose the status of state free from the disease due to the increasingly frequent epidemics, caused above all by the lack of vaccines. Morbillo is a disease ad very high contagiousness index (97-98%): High vaccination rates are necessary to prevent outbreaks. To reach the immunity of flock, about 95% of the population must be vaccinated. Two doses of immunization, demonstrated safe, are 97% effective in preventing virus and reducing serious infections.

The recent epidemic originated in a religious community that firmly refuses vaccines. Local health officials in Western Texas told BBC that they had seen limited progress in attempts to improve vaccination rates. Kennedy’s first response to the worsening of epidemics has aroused criticism from health experts. Kennedy, skeptic on vaccines, initially described the situation as unusual. He changed his approach after the girl’s death in February. He did not openly tell his parents to vaccinate their children, but he encouraged them to speak with their doctors of the vaccine. Kennedy has in the past promoted vitamin A as cure for measles. In Lubbock, in Texas, the Covenant Children’s Hospital edited several children for vitamin A intoxication, after they had been hospitalized for complications due to measles.

In a post following the one in which he talks about the Kennedy vaccines, however, he praised doctors who edited measles in the community where there were no vaccinations. «In Seminole, Texas, with Jake and Tina Fehr, whose 2 -year -old daughter, Helena, was just resigned after three weeks in intensive care, Peter and Eva Fehr, whose daughter, Kayley, 6 years old, died in February, and Pete and Eva Hildebrand, whose daughter, Daisy, 8 years old, we buried this afternoon. I also visited these two extraordinary healers, dr. Richard Bartlett and dr. Ben Edwards, who treated and healed about 300 men’s men’s children affected by measles using budesonide and clarithromycin in aerosol. It was a heartbreaking day, but I felt a lot of warmth and love from the entire Mennonita community. I have made a link with many of these resilient, laborious, enterprising and lovers of God in the last three months and it was nice to finally meet them in person ».