Mike Csorba

America eliminated measles. It was a major public health achievement, made possible by decades of scientific progress and widespread vaccination. Now, 26 years later, we’ve lost that progress. Thousands of Americans have been infected, children have been hospitalized, and people are dying. This didn’t have to happen. We have a safe, effective vaccine that has protected generations of Americans. We know how to prevent measles. Instead, President Trump put Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a notorious anti-vaxxer, in charge of our public health agencies. Kennedy has spent decades spreading misinformation about vaccines. And now, rather than doing everything possible to increase vaccination rates and stop outbreaks, this administration is undermining confidence in the very tools that protect our kids. Kennedy tried to cut the number of shots on the childhood vaccine schedule, promoted long-debunked claims that vaccines cause autism and cut federal funding for vaccine research. The consequences are predictable. The federal government’s job is to protect Americans and make our country stronger. Instead, this administration took a public health success story and turned it into a public health crisis. Americans deserves leadership that follows science, tells the truth, and protects our kids. Not leaders that put conspiracy theories ahead of public health.

Secretary Kennedy promised to “Make America Healthy Again.” Instead, after 26 years, the United States has officially lost its status as a country that stopped the spread of measles. This year alone, 5,400 Americans have gotten measles. 10 have died. Shameful.