A second child is dead, Trump minimizes the epidemic – Liberation

A second child died of the measles in the United States, victim of an epidemic of this very contagious disease whose management by the new Minister of Health of Trump and notorious anti-Vax, Robert F. Kennedy Jrare the subject of criticism. The victim was an 8 -year -old girl, said « RFK » on Sunday April 6 in a message published on his X account.

The child, not vaccinated against this disease, died Thursday in a hospital in Lubbock, in northwestern Texas, of a « Pulmonary insufficiency due to measles »the state health authorities announced in a statement. They said the child did not suffer from known health problems.

This disappearance comes while more than 600 cases of measles have already been identified this year in the United States, including nearly 500 in Texas since the end of January. A first unvaccinated child had already died in Lubbock at the end of February, The first death linked to this disease in almost ten years in the United States. Authorities of the state neighboring New Mexico (southwest) also announced in early March that the measles virus had been detected in a patient not vaccinated after his death, but the causes of death are still the subject of a survey.

While measles had been declared eradicated to the United States in 2000 thanks to vaccination, contamination has increased in recent years in recent years, using the drop in vaccination rates recorded from the Cavid-19 pandemic.

Questioned Sunday evening about the death of this girl by journalists on the Air Force One presidential plane, Donald Trump seemed to minimize the epidemic, evoking « A relatively small number of people concerned so far ». Measles « Is not something new »he added, while promising « React very strongly » If the epidemic should progress.

The management of the epidemic by Robert F. Kennedy Jr The subject of criticisms on the part of health professionals, who accuse him of having minimized the seriousness of the situation and criticize him his vaccino-skeptical positions. Whoever defended in the past the theory – many times denied – of the link between the compulsory vaccine Ror (measles, mumps and rubella) and autism seemed to revise his position on this subject. He thus underlined Sunday on X that « The ROR vaccine is the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles ». At the beginning of March, he had already recalled that they did not protect « Not only children against measles, but also contribute to the immunity of all ». RFK JR also recognized in early March that the situation was « severe »after considering at first that there was « Epidemia of measles each year ».

Measles is a very contagious disease which is spread through the respiratory droplets and remains in the air until two hours after the departure of the contaminated person. The disease causes fever, respiratory symptoms and rash, but it can also cause serious complications, including pneumonia, brain inflammation and death.