Peter Hotez is a pediatrician and vaccine researcher in Texas. He explains the comeback of the measles and why he could not convince Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of the truth.
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Peter Jay Hotez has researched vaccines and has been fighting disinformation for years. Because the US health authority asked him to speak “Bobby” in conscience, he spoke to today’s Minister of Health years ago. Now Texas has been experiencing the greatest measles outbreak in decades. And the authorities, says Hotez, can no longer be trusted.
ZEIT ONLINE: The USA Experience the greatest measles outbreak in decades. How bad is it?
Hotez:
This measles epidemic is already really big. The official figures are in around 500 cases in Texas And about 100 in the adjacent states. There are already two deaths from unvaccinated children in Texas and possibly a third in New Mexico. If you have a
Defendability from 1 to 3 dead to 1,000 infected laid out, then the number should be well over 1,000.
