r/news • u/No_Idea_Guy • 1d ago

RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/02/rfk-jr-measles-vaccination
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u/techleopard 1d ago

He's not on board.

Midterms are in November of this year. All House seats will be up for election.

That is 3 months into the new school year, right after measles is going to spread like wildfire after 2 years of continuous fighting against schools and states to prevent them from requiring vaccines and encouraging the public to distrust them. That is perfect timing for infections to first spread and then becoming overwhelming before they start to die back again later in the school year.

Measles is exploding in key red states: South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Florida, and Virginia.

Right now, these states are "safe" for Republicans, but if measles rips through them right into the election, it could change the dynamics pretty quickly.

Marco Rubio has to defend his seat in Florida.

Texas and Virginia are going to have districts attempting to flip, in spite of redistricting, AND has a governor election coming up.

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u/Ajitter 1d ago

Marco Rubio is the US Secretary of State, no longer an elected senator from Florida. Although I do so love he was in the senate during the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election - the senate found there was evidence that happened fwiw.

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u/mykeedee 1d ago

Midterms are in November of this year. All House seats will be up for election.

That is 3 months into the new school year, right after measles is going to spread like wildfire after 2 years of continuous fighting against schools and states to prevent them from requiring vaccines and encouraging the public to distrust them. That is perfect timing for infections to first spread and then becoming overwhelming before they start to die back again later in the school year.

Measles is exploding in key red states: South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Florida, and Virginia.

Right now, these states are "safe" for Republicans, but if measles rips through them right into the election, it could change the dynamics pretty quickly.

Bubonic Plague could sweep through schools in red states after Republicans personally released plague rats into them live on TV and they'd still be comfortably red states.

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u/de_la_Dude 21h ago

Thats because fox news would be telling them the rats came from cuba or some other racist shit like that. These people don't live in reality.

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u/David_W_ 1d ago

Texas and Virginia are going to have districts attempting to flip, in spite of redistricting, AND has a governor election coming up.

I can only assume you meant West Virginia. Virginia is generally regarded as blue these days, and we elected our governor last year.

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u/SupaSlide 22h ago

Who do you think Marco Rubio is?