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While U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been offering mixed messages about measles management, this state is countering with a clear pro-vaccine advisory to parents.
Kennedy on Sunday attended the funeral of the second child to die of measles since the start of an outbreak centered in Texas. He issued a statement calling the vaccine “the most effective” prevention strategy, but hours later praised the alternative treatments touted by a fellow vaccine critic.
Fortunately, the state Department of Health left no doubt in its outreach that vaccines are best.
