The United States is experiencing a serious measles outbreak.
There have been hundreds of cases.
At least two children have died in Texas.
Both were otherwise healthy.
Neither had been vaccinated.
Public health experts say the Trump administration's response is woefully inadequate and even dangerous.
But this isn't the first time President Donald Trump has faced a measles crisis.
Back in 2019, there was a significant outbreak, and his response was very different.
My colleague Lena Sun reports on public health and infectious diseases for the post.
Back in 2019, you had President Donald Trump coming out and saying,
very matter of factly, the importance of getting vaccinations and urging parents to get their vaccines.
They have to get the shot.
The vaccinations are so important.
This is really going around now.
They have to get their shot.
And now, when he was asked about this outbreak, he downplayed it.
It's so far a fairly small number of people relative to what we're talking about.
That is a stark contrast, because in order to stop an outbreak, you have to have strong messaging from the very top.
This outbreak will only stop after it infects everybody who is vulnerable or people get vaccinated.
That's the way the outbreaks stop.