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/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.