Measles outbreaks are spreading across the U.S., and the nation is likely to lose its status as a country where the disease is eliminated, something that infectious disease specialists say is directly related to Trump’s appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
South Carolina this week quarantined at least 254 people after confirming more than two dozen measles cases in the state. It’s the latest in what has been the worst year for measles in the U.S. in recent history.
An outbreak in West Texas this year saw more than 700 confirmed cases since January and the deaths of two children. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been 47 reported outbreaks in the country this year.
Trouble is half of us voted against it and still get to suffer the consequences. I’m not having fun anymore.
It wasn’t enough to stop or even curtail this fascism even a little bit.
Trump was the result of decades of voting farther and farther right while catering to middle class white America. We got what we deserved
What middle class? But fair enough. I just can’t help but feel I got shafted when the first president election I was old enough to vote in had trump on the ballot.
The middle class thrived pretty well after the new deal. If you were white. Your choice in the election was the direct result of selfishness and keeping anyone not a WASP out of any possibility of prosperity