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Here's what to make of it.
I'm Alexandra Sifferlin and I'm a health and science editor for New York Times Opinion.
For the last two months,
we've been covering the ongoing and significant changes to public health institutions in the United States.
We're starting to see how the cracks in the system are playing out.
This morning, new numbers show the measles virus spreading like wildfire.
Fifteen states across the US Are now.
Reporting cases of measles.
However, a majority of the cases are centered in Texas and New Mexico, with.
At least two unvaccinated people dying in connection.
Amid that, the new Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Is blaming the toll on poor diets and lack of exercise.
The best thing that Americans can do is to keep themselves healthy.
It's very, very difficult for measles to kill a healthy person.
I'm with my colleague Jessica Gross, who has been writing about RFK Jr.
And why he and some of his particularly controversial views have become so prevalent and popular.
Great to see you, Jess.
Thanks so much for having.