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."

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.”

  • ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Measles was officially eliminated from the United States in 2000, meaning there is no measles spreading within the country and new cases are only found when someone contracts measles abroad and returns to the country.

    Literally from the article you just posted.

    • John Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      The person I responded literally said it was a thing of the past. They are wrong. You are in denial. If actually clicked on what eliminated means, it clearly states that it means it does not continue to spread for more than 12 months. That means, as long as an outbreak stops spreading within a 12 month period then it is still considered eliminated.

      • ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        What’s your point? A couple hundred cases a year is a data point and according to the CDC (but what do they know?) makes it effectively eliminated in the US. The only way to get it was leaving the country and coming back with it. That is for all intents and purposes a thing of the past. It’s cute how badly you want to be right about this but you just aren’t.