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RFK Jr. Leaves NewsNation Panel Speechless With One Brilliant Point on Measles
Gateway Pundit ^ | May 01, 2025 | Staff

Posted on 05/01/2025 9:41:32 AM PDT by Red Badger

[MULTIPLE VIDEO EXCERPTS AT LINK]

This story originally appeared on vigilantfox.com and was republished with permission.

RFK Jr. is perhaps the most impactful HHS Secretary we’ve ever seen—but if you read the mainstream news, you’d think his first 100 days were a disaster.

While chronic disease drains trillions from Americans every year, the press can’t stop obsessing over measles.

Just look at these headlines:

“As measles cases rise, some parents become vaccine enthusiasts.” “US measles cases near 900, outbreaks reported in 10 states.” “Measles may be making a comeback in the U.S., Stanford Medicine experts warn.” It makes you think measles is a really big problem, but in reality, it’s not.

RFK Jr. expertly flipped this media narrative on its head in real time during his Wednesday night appearance on NewsNation—and it was so brilliant the audience gave him a round of applause.

NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo asked Kennedy:

“You weren’t saying that [get vaccinated] during COVID. That’s why people aren’t getting vaccinated. And now it’s a problem. How do you deal with that issue, and what responsibility do you have in terms of how people feel about getting vaccinated?”

Kennedy delivered a sharp, measured response. First, he pointed out that measles is a far smaller problem in the U.S. than it is globally.

He explained, “Right now we have about 842 cases, Chris. And Canada, they have about the same number. They have one-eighth of our population. Europe has ten times that number. Our numbers have plateaued.”

He noted that for years, the CDC has insisted the only way to manage measles is through universal vaccination. But Kennedy challenged that approach.

He argued that people who have concerns about the MMR vaccine—whether it’s due to aborted fetal debris or DNA particles—deserve access to treatment options.

“And that’s what we’re developing at CDC right now,” Kennedy said, “protocols for treating measles.”

Kennedy then delivered a devastating jab at the dominant measles narrative and put everything into perspective.

“I want to say this,” Kennedy began.

“We’ve had four measles deaths in this country in 20 years. We have 100,000 autism cases a year. We have 38% of our kids now are diabetic or pre-diabetic. That should be in the headlines,” he said.

*Applause erupted*

“When I was a kid, there were 2 million measles cases a year and none of them got headlines. And we had 400 deaths. We had deaths between 1 in 1,200 and 1 in 10,000. We have so many kids now who are afflicted by chronic disease. And the media never covers them. They only want to cover measles,” he added.

“And what I’ve been saying to people is, let’s pay attention to other illnesses as well—illnesses that are really, really damaging our country, that are existential for our country. We now spend almost a trillion dollars a year on diabetes and metabolic disorder,” Kennedy explained.

Then he drove the point home, contrasting the media’s obsession with measles to its silence on autism.

“By 2035, we’re going to be spending a million dollars a year on autism. Autism in 1970 was 1 in 10,000 Americans. Today, it’s 1 in 31. In California, it’s 1 in every 20 kids—1 in every 12.5 boys,” he said.

“This is what the media ought to be focusing on, and it’s not. And because of that, we don’t have the solutions and we don’t have the cures.”

During that 90-second stretch, the NewsNation panel sat there stunned in silence.

No pushback, no rebuttal.

That’s because they knew Kennedy was dropping undeniable truths.

Cuomo and friends understand the media’s job isn’t to inform parents or educate the public on real health solutions.

They’re only there to smear people like Kennedy and make mountains out of molehills. Because they know if they leave him unresisted, the public might get a little too close to the truth.

Watch the full video below:

Read more stories like this at vigilantfox.com


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: autism; disease; measles; rfkjr
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To: Red Badger

Measles chicken pox. Mumps. Had them all, German measles too.

Every kid in my school had them. Nobody died that i know of. We had 2 vaccines. Small pox and polio.

I got one flu shot in 1999 and I’ve been sick with Guillain–Barré syndrome ever since


21 posted on 05/01/2025 12:37:16 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: Red Badger
"I never heard of any kids dying of measles before this latest breakout. Adults yes, but not kids......."

AI generated, so........

Approximately 400 to 500 people died of measles each year in the United States during the 1950s. While this figure represents the total number of deaths, not exclusively children, it's important to consider the context of the time.

Here's what else the search results reveal: High Incidence in Children: Prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine, nearly all children contracted measles by age 15.

Significant Child Mortality: Measles was a leading cause of childhood mortality before vaccination, highlighting its disproportionate impact on children. For example, in 1916, three out of four measles deaths were among children under 5 years old.

General Mortality Data: From 1956-1960, an average of 450 measles-related deaths were reported annually. The worst year in modern U.S. history was 1958, with 552 deaths reported.

In summary: While the exact number of children who died from measles in the 1950s is not explicitly stated, the available data points to a substantial number of child deaths, making it a major public health concern during that era.

22 posted on 05/01/2025 2:01:10 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Red Badger

Related, from Upstate NY. Check out this howler of a headline...

https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/05/09/measles-case-confirmed-no-public-risk-in-ontario-county/

And this tidbit...

“...The individual contracted the virus in late March outside the county...”

County...or country?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Since the case is being downplayed by everyone involved, I’m betting it’s the latter.


23 posted on 05/09/2025 4:41:40 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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