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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “There's only three deaths from measles in 20 years.”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 04:00

I have to turn to the news of the day since we have you here. A second child in Texas has died from measles. Why are Americans dying from measles in 2025? Well, there's, you know, There's only three deaths from measles in 20 years. And they're all people with extreme complications. That's how you die from measles, because of the complications of it. Yeah, it's people who are already sick. (04:00–04:04)

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