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'It's not unusual': RFK Jr. comments on growing Texas measles outbreak (www.nbcnews.com)

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When questioned about a growing measles outbreak in West Texas that has claimed at least one life, Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told reporters "we have measles outbreaks every year."

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (13 children)

RFK Jr is a dumbass but the US has always had measles cases. There were 285 of them last year.

"Eradicated" has a technical meaning and its different than a lay reading.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Outbreak also had a technical meaning.

Outbreak: When there are more disease cases than what is usually expected:

For a given time (e.g., within 2 weeks)
Within a specific location (e.g., linked by institution, affiliation, exposure, small geographic area)

If outbreaks were normal, it wouldn’t be an outbreak.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

The CDC recorded 16 outbreaks in 2024.

Again, RFK Jr is a fucking clown and I wouldn't trust him to watch my dog but technically he's correct here.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fair. But that is using a different definition for outbreak that whats shown on CDCs definition page.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Are you surprised by the lack of consistency or frustrated that we have to live with it?

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