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To: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Declare a Measles Emergency
Back to school is on the horizon, and the United States is in the midst of the worst measles outbreak in more than a decade.
Already, more than 1,200 cases have been reported across the country this year, with the majority concentrated in Texas, where alarmingly low childhood vaccination rates have allowed the disease to spread rapidly.
And while public health officials and pediatricians are calling for urgent federal action to contain the outbreak, especially in states where undervaccinated communities are at highest risk, Department of Health and Human Services SecretaryRFK Jr. is not moving with urgency.
And while public health officials and pediatricians are calling for urgent federal action to contain the outbreak, especially in states where undervaccinated communities are at highest risk, Department of Health and Human Services SecretaryRFK Jr. is not moving with urgency.
But the longer this outbreak continues, the more lives are at risk, especially those of infants, immunocompromised people, and those without access to basic care.
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Why is this important?
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has the sole authority to mobilize the full force of the federal government to get this outbreak under control, but he has yet to declare measles a public health emergency.
But declaring a public health emergency would unlock critical resources, allow the CDC to expand its support to affected states, and send a clear message that the federal government is finally taking this crisis seriously.
And while public health officials and pediatricians are calling for urgent federal action to contain the outbreak, especially in states where undervaccinated communities are at highest risk, RFK Jr. is not moving with urgency.
That is why it’s crucial that we cut through the noise of misinformation and come together to put pressure on the federal government to do everything in their power to stop this epidemic from putting more children in danger.
But declaring a public health emergency would unlock critical resources, allow the CDC to expand its support to affected states, and send a clear message that the federal government is finally taking this crisis seriously.
And while public health officials and pediatricians are calling for urgent federal action to contain the outbreak, especially in states where undervaccinated communities are at highest risk, RFK Jr. is not moving with urgency.
That is why it’s crucial that we cut through the noise of misinformation and come together to put pressure on the federal government to do everything in their power to stop this epidemic from putting more children in danger.