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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “They've had now 127,000 measles cases compared to 840 here…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:58

Right, but, but the point I'm making is that the rate of increase has substantially decreased. So we are successfully controlling it. I mean, I compare this. I'll compare it to Europe, where They've had now 127,000 measles cases compared to 840 here, and they've had 37 deaths. So you ask, why are we, you know, why are we still having measles? We're having measles for. We're always going to have measles no matter what happens, as the vaccine wanes very quickly. (05:58–06:07)

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