A measles outbreak in West Texas has resulted in two deaths, amid the spread of misinformation about vaccines by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s secretary of health and human services. In a discussion on The Opinions, Alexandra Sifferlin and Jessica Grose analyze how modern healthcare successes have led to complacency regarding illnesses like measles. Grose noted that historical threats have been forgotten as vaccines successfully reduced such dangers, highlighting the need for awareness in the face of resurgent misinformation and health risks.
Grose says, "We have eliminated so many things that used to kill so many people that people have forgotten how dangerous those things are."
Sifferlin and Grose discuss the recent measles outbreak and the misguided beliefs about vaccines circulating among officials, emphasizing health system failures.
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