RFK JR. pushes unverified measles in the midst of violent growth; Experts require vaccination

As the Odra increases in Texas, affecting 159 people, hospitalizing 22 and claims of a child’s life, US Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He expressed “deep concern” by an explosion, while promoting an unconventional treatment protocol.

“As the secretary of the US Health and Social Welfare Department, I am deeply worried about the recently explosion of the Oder,” said Kennedy Jr. statement.

In Fox news interviewKennedy Jr. He praised the treatment of measles with vitamin A, steroid budesonid, antibiotic clarithromycin and cod liver oil, claiming that they give “good results”. However, health experts warn that he should not replace vaccinations and caution against complete rely on it.

Odra is a highly contagious virus that spreads in the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It starts with fever, cough and red, watery eyes before the appearing rash. While most cases will solve, complications such as pneumonia, blindness and encephalitis, can be severe, especially for unvaccinated people.

Kennedy Jr. He admitted that vaccines not only protect individual children from the Oder, but also contribute to community resistance, protecting those who cannot be instilled for medical reasons. However, in the opinion on the subject Fox NationKennedy Jr. He said that the decision to vaccinate children would be a personal choice. Meanwhile, he emphasized the importance of good nutrition and consumption of vitamins such as A, B12, C, D and E as “the best defense against” chronic and infectious diseases.

He also pointed to 2010 test showing that two doses of vitamin A treatment reduced measles mortality by 62%. The same study showed that the measles vaccine is highly effective, and one dose prevents 85-95% of cases and two doses up to 98%.

Because vaccines remain the only proven way to prevent epidemic, some doctors are worried that promoting unconventional therapies during violent growth may undermine vaccination efforts and disinformation on the Internet.

American disease and disease prevention centers (CDC) have been confirmed last week This vaccination remains the strongest defense against the Oder because there is no specific antiviral treatment. However, the agency admitted that supporting care, including vitamin A administration under the direction of a doctor, can help manage the infection.

“Relying on vitamin A instead of vaccine is not only dangerous and ineffective, but exposes serious children,” Dr. Sue Kresly, president of American Academy of Pediatrics, he said The Washington Post.

Experts such as Dr. Amesh Adalja, an elderly scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, believes that vitamin A supplementation helps in cases where shortcomings occur, but “there is really no major role in the current discussion about the epidemic of Odra West Texas, because it becomes distraction About what we really have to focus on, what is the vaccination of our children. “