The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations

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The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.

In an aborted plan to roll out the news, the agency would have emphasized the importance of vaccinating people against the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that has spread to 19 states, the records show.

A CDC spokesperson told ProPublica in a written statement that the agency decided against releasing the assessment “because it does not say anything that the public doesn’t already know.” She added that the CDC continues to recommend vaccines as “the best way to protect against measles.”

“The decision to vaccinate is a personal one,” the statement said, echoing a line from a column Kennedy wrote for the Fox News website. “People should consult with their healthcare provider to understand their options to get a vaccine and should be informed about the potential risks and benefits associated with vaccines.”

ProPublica shared the new CDC statement about personal choice and risk with Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health. To her, the shift in messaging, and the squelching of this routine announcement, is alarming.

https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report

[no_hypocrisy]

1. The decision to vaccinate is NOT "personal"

Measles is HIGHLY CONTAGEOUS.

I work in a large store and teach in a school. Even if I'm willing to take the risk of illness, encephalitis, death, I shouldn't be allowed to spread the virus to OTHERS. That's why they call it PUBLIC HEALTH.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Measles are the most contagious disease in the world. It is a public heath issue.

Not personal at all.

[Vinca]

3. Wait until polio shows up and it probably will. We used to pay to get the children of the world vaccinated,

but the new dictator stopped the funding for all vaccinations abroad. Make iron lungs great again?

[Old Crank]

4. No new info... People already know....

Well evidently not enough do know.