Robert F. said. Kennedy Junior, two died in the outbreak of measles. His agent says it was only one.

WASHINGTON – He was sitting in the Cabinet Hall in the White House during his first public appearance as the best health official in the country on Wednesday, that Robert F. Kennedy Junior has died in the constant beasts in Texas.

But national and local officials – including the Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services, the Kennedy Agency – says only one person has died. White House officials and health do not answer questions about the contradiction.

Kennedy also said in the same briefing that the outbreak of measles was “not” unusual. “

Disease Control and Prevention Centers said that the known death – a child of school age – is the first measles death in the United States since 2015. The child has not been vaccinated, according to Texas’s health officials.

“We are following the measles epidemic every day. I think 124 people have contracted with measles at this stage, especially in the province of Guinns, Texas, mainly, we were told in the Minunite community.” “There are two people Matta, but we see it.”

Kennedy said that the latest outbreak was not out of the ordinary.

“By the way, there were four cases of measles outbreaks this year in this country,” he said. “Last year, there were 16. So it is not unusual. We have measles outbreaks every year.”

So far, 124 cases have been identified since late January, according to the Ministry of Health in Texas. Among them, only five people were vaccinated. The rest is not immune, or the vaccination state is unknown. The outbreak of Jeans, the home of a large Minunite community – whose members take religious exemptions from vaccinations – the most obvious, were wounded by 80 people.

Doctors want a different message

Dr. Mannan Trevidy, an internal specialist in the Washington region, was among the crowds of people who attended Kennedy’s controversial confirmation sessions to oppose his candidacy. He said that Kennedy measles should be different.

He said: “The message must be here,” pollinating your children – the measles is fatal, it is very contagious, but it can be prevented with a very effective vaccine. “

He also said that the volume of spread makes it “very unusual.”

In 2023, for example, there were only four outbreaks. The return of measles, which was officially canceled from the United States in 2000, indicates a decrease in parental vaccine and local pockets of unjust and unacceptable individuals, according to the paper published by the National Health Institutes, which are under HHS.

Laura Anderco, a registered nurse, from Anandal, Virginia, holds a doctorate in public health and has 40 years of experience. Kennedy said, “He was not aware of a dangerous manner.”

“When you look at the directions over time, you will notice that the majority of children who get measles are not imprisoned,” she said.

Contribution: Eduardo Cuevas

Swapna Venogopal Ramaswamy is the White House correspondent for USA Today. You can follow it on XWAPNAVENUGOL

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