Vitamin A and measles
HHS Secretary Kennedy wrote some comments about Vitamin A (e.g., cod liver oil) therapy for measles in a Fox News column about the measles outbreak in Texas. As we have come to expect from the anti-vaxxer RFK Jr, his medical advice was misleading:
“But they lack important context, said Dr. Peter Hotez, a vaccine expert at the Baylor College of Medicine. Hotez worries the missing context might mean people put their faith in vitamin A over vaccination—a decision that could cost lives.
“The thing that I worry about is by (Kennedy) playing this up and others playing this up, it sends a false equivalency message, that somehow treating with vitamin A is equivalent to getting vaccinated, which is clearly not the case,” Hotez said.
“There is evidence that vitamin A can help support some people’s bodies as they fight off an existing measles infection, particularly for children who were already malnourished. But vitamin A is not actually a measles treatment in itself.
“Plus, vitamin A can’t stop a person from catching measles.”
I’m not surprised that someone who lies about the connection between vaccines and autism would do this.
Not cod liver oil. Not ivermectin. Vaccines work.
RFK Jr misleads on measles
“But they lack important context, said Dr. Peter Hotez, a vaccine expert at the Baylor College of Medicine. Hotez worries the missing context might mean people put their faith in vitamin A over vaccination—a decision that could cost lives.
“The thing that I worry about is by (Kennedy) playing this up and others playing this up, it sends a false equivalency message, that somehow treating with vitamin A is equivalent to getting vaccinated, which is clearly not the case,” Hotez said.
“There is evidence that vitamin A can help support some people’s bodies as they fight off an existing measles infection, particularly for children who were already malnourished. But vitamin A is not actually a measles treatment in itself.
“Plus, vitamin A can’t stop a person from catching measles.”
I’m not surprised that someone who lies about the connection between vaccines and autism would do this.
Not cod liver oil. Not ivermectin. Vaccines work.
RFK Jr misleads on measles
Joel:
Robert is definitely one of Trump’s boys. He fits in there with his looney ideas. This is what we get when a rogue is elected. And now people are acting like they never expected Trump to be like this. Just as guilty are the people who did not vote or voted for others.