Two days after initially downplaying the outbreak as “not unusual,” the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, on Friday said he recognizes the serious impact of the ongoing measles epidemic in Texas – in which a child died recently – and said the government is providing resources, including protective vaccines.

“Ending the measles outbreak is a top priority for me and my extraordinary team,” Kennedy – an avowed anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist who for years has sown doubts about the safety and efficacy of vaccines – said in a post on X.

Kennedy said his federal Department of Health and Human Services would send Texas 2,000 doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine – typically meant to be given to children in a series of two shots at 12 to 15 months old as well as between the ages of four and six years old – through its immunization program.

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    “Spend more time in the real world”? Fuckin-a that is some pompous, condescending bullshit. You have no idea who the fuck I am or what I’ve experienced.

    Done now. You’ve made it incredibly clear exactly what type of person you are

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      Bruh you’re literally on here implying the US military is going to start gunning down its own citizens and that we’re anything like the situation in Palestine lol

      Good talk

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        Your reading comprehension apparently sucks. If that’s what you took away from my comments you never bothered to look past the keywords

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            Excuse me for literally typing on my phone from a plane and missing a typo. That’s some weak ground you’re standing on