RFK Jr. Spotlights Vitamin to Fight Rapidly Spreading Measles — But Experts Say Not So Fast

New York Post ^ | March 6, 2025 | Angelica Stabile

[nickcarraway]

As measles cases continue to emerge in several U.S. states, treatment and prevention are top of mind. As most infected individuals have been unvaccinated, school-aged children, U.S. health agencies have stressed the importance of receiving two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to prevent the disease.

In a recent Fox News Digital op-ed, HHS secretary RFK Jr. shared his “deep concern” about the measles outbreak and its rapid escalation. RFK Jr. noted that while there is no approved antiviral for measles, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a statement last week supporting the administration of vitamin A under physician supervision as supportive care. Previous research published in the International Journal of Epidemiology has shown that vitamin A, in conjunction with the measles vaccine, can be an effective intervention in preventing measles mortality in children.

RFK Jr. reiterated the importance of maintaining good nutrition and consuming various vitamins — like A, B12, C, D and E — as the “best defense against” chronic and infectious illness. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives before President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.In a recent op-ed, HHS secretary RFK Jr. shared his “deep concern” about the measles outbreak and its rapid escalation.

[Vermont Lt]

I had to get an update when I went to work at a hospital. And they didn’t even let me within a couple floors of patients.

[lastchance]

That makes sense.

[TTFX]

Excess vitamin A can cause depression, and if one has excess, fixing it takes a long time. Months or even years.

[Carry_Okie]

I believe the depletion of minerals found in soil is at least in part responsible for the rise in chronic illnesses.

And that, in part, is a consequence of farming without a pastoral rotation. And that is a consequence of monoculture farming.

IOW, we know a lot about how to grow a lot out of former grasslands, but we don't know squat about how to keep that soil system goiong. Instead, we systematically kill that system and put it on a chemical diet at the expense of extraction, processing, transportation, amendment, and weed control costs.

[lastchance]

I wish more would grasp the consequences of misguided farm policies.

[Carry_Okie]

Turns out that if one translate the Hebrew honestly, destruction of life in the soil by farming is the theme of Genesis 4, the Cain and Abel story. Abel dies all right, but not by violence but by assimilation, Abel becomes Cain.

The punch line is the instability of civilizations as compared to pastoralist families. Fugitives and wanderers we shall be.

BTW, this is not a stretched interpretation of mine, it actually adheres to the literal Hebrew more closely than does the standard Judeo-Christian translations. It's a amazing story that stands as a rationale for the rest of the Torah.

[nickcarraway]

Yes, true, but does getting any Vitamin A constitute getting too much?

[TTFX]

Dairy and vegetables provide enough vitamin A, and not excessive.

Vegetables have beta carotene, which the body converts to active vitamin A. If you have enough vitamin A, the body stops converting beta carotene.

[simpson96]

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