RFK Jr. Spreads Misleading Measles Vaccine Claim Amid U.S. Outbreaks | EUROtoday

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a distinguished vaccine skeptic, on Wednesday baselessly claimed that the measles vaccine “contains a lot of aborted fetus debris and DNA particles.”

During an look on NewsNation, Kennedy stated the U.S. is faring significantly better in containing its epidemic in comparison with different nations going through measles outbreaks, including that the variety of circumstances has “plateaued.”

“Now, there are populations in our country, like the Mennonites in Texas, who were most afflicted, and they have religious objections to vaccination, because the MMR vaccine contains a lot of aborted fetus debris and DNA particles, so they don’t want to take it,” Kennedy added.

Kennedy’s assertion is deceptive. “Even though fetal cells are used to grow vaccine viruses, vaccines do not contain these cells or pieces of DNA that are recognizable as human DNA,” the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia notes.

His declare echoes misinformation unfold across the COVID-19 vaccine. The University of California, Los Angeles Health debunked that declare, explaining that not one of the COVID photographs contained aborted fetal cells.

“However, Johnson & Johnson did use fetal cell lines — not fetal tissue — when developing and producing their vaccine, while Pfizer and Moderna used fetal cell lines to test their vaccines and make sure that they work,” their web site states.

“Fetal cell lines are grown in a laboratory and were started with cells from elective abortions that occurred several decades ago in the 1970s-80s,” it provides. “None of the COVID-19 vaccines use fetal cells derived from recent abortions.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 884 circumstances of measles in 30 U.S. jurisdictions as of Friday. Texas, one of many states affected, has recorded 663 circumstances since late January, primarily within the western a part of the state, in line with the Texas Department of State Health Services. Two youngsters within the state who lived within the outbreak space and had not been vaccinated have died.

Still, Kennedy claimed the media is spending a disproportionate period of time reporting on measles.

“They only want to cover measles,” he stated.

While Kennedy has conceded that the MMR vaccine is the “most effective way to prevent the spread of measles,” he has made questionable statements about it, together with that it hasn’t been “safely tested.”