So Democrats and the media (but I repeat) are in full whoop war cry about an uptick in measles cases this year, and it’s only sheer coincidence that the Dem-media are shining a spotlight on this story right after RFK Jr. became secretary of Health and Human Services. Stop the presses: measles is not “making a comeback.”
Here’s the long-term trend in measles in the U.S., showing that measles cases were over 10,000 as recently as the 1990s.
And here’s a look at the rolling average of measles cases over the last century:
Still another look:
See Kevin Bass’s complete Twitter thread for more background
N.B. I had the measles when I was four or five years old, probably one of the last in my demographic cohort before the measles vaccine became widely available. All I remember is that it got me out of pre-school for a week and I was very happy about that.
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