SPECTRE’s Dr. Susan McLellan weighs in, warning that sidelining vaccines in favor of unproven remedies reflects a dangerous erosion of public trust and understanding in public health, as the U.S. experiences its deadliest measles outbreak in decades with over 1,000 cases and three deaths—driven largely by falling vaccination rates and misinformation promoted by figures like Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—while Texas, particularly a vaccine-hesitant Mennonite community, is hit hardest and the CDC struggles to respond amid funding cuts.
