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First case of measles reported in Kentucky as US battles spread of disease (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Powderhorn to c/usnews

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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 3 days 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 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] SteevyT 6 points 3 days ago

I heard that a handgun can kill measles in a petri dish

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 6 points 3 days ago

Brain worms love measles.

[–] Megaman_EXE 5 points 3 days 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

[–] anon@lemmus.org 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

While we have a presidential cabinet doing their best to get rid of any department maintaining these viruses. . . I'm not blaming them for the outbreak, but I will blame them when it becomes a frequent issue across the country again.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago

Conservative anti-vax idiots are responsible for the measles outbreak in the first place, so Trump and his administration are entirely responsible for its impact for encouraging a distrust in science among conservative idiots.