Hannah Rosen

Yeah, that is one of the things that has me most concerned. Let me just start off by saying that the MMR vaccine, the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine, especially the measles component, is one of the best vaccines we have. It's so safe, so effective. That vaccine is the intervention that is most single-handedly responsible for eliminating measles from this country.

Yeah, that is one of the things that has me most concerned. Let me just start off by saying that the MMR vaccine, the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine, especially the measles component, is one of the best vaccines we have. It's so safe, so effective. That vaccine is the intervention that is most single-handedly responsible for eliminating measles from this country.

Yeah, that is one of the things that has me most concerned. Let me just start off by saying that the MMR vaccine, the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine, especially the measles component, is one of the best vaccines we have. It's so safe, so effective. That vaccine is the intervention that is most single-handedly responsible for eliminating measles from this country.

And yet there has been a really muted response from the federal government. You know, this is one of the largest outbreaks we've had in the past couple of decades since measles was eliminated. Already a six-year-old unvaccinated child died, and that should not be happening. These are the kinds of things that were supposed to be... Gone and over forever.

And yet there has been a really muted response from the federal government. You know, this is one of the largest outbreaks we've had in the past couple of decades since measles was eliminated. Already a six-year-old unvaccinated child died, and that should not be happening. These are the kinds of things that were supposed to be... Gone and over forever.

And yet there has been a really muted response from the federal government. You know, this is one of the largest outbreaks we've had in the past couple of decades since measles was eliminated. Already a six-year-old unvaccinated child died, and that should not be happening. These are the kinds of things that were supposed to be... Gone and over forever.

And yet, you know, it took the CDC a month to issue its first public statement on the outbreak in that there wasn't even, you know, a direct urging for parents to get their kids up to date on the measles vaccine. Kennedy, you know, who is the head of HHS, which oversees the CDC, the FDA, the NIH.

And yet, you know, it took the CDC a month to issue its first public statement on the outbreak in that there wasn't even, you know, a direct urging for parents to get their kids up to date on the measles vaccine. Kennedy, you know, who is the head of HHS, which oversees the CDC, the FDA, the NIH.

And yet, you know, it took the CDC a month to issue its first public statement on the outbreak in that there wasn't even, you know, a direct urging for parents to get their kids up to date on the measles vaccine. Kennedy, you know, who is the head of HHS, which oversees the CDC, the FDA, the NIH.

has basically said, sure, vaccines are an option, but really, really pressed at least as hard, if not more hard, on alternative ways to combat measles, such as nutrition, steroids, antibiotics. There was really only one answer to the question of what can prevent measles and what can stop an outbreak, and that's vaccines. And I am just not hearing that message from the government.

has basically said, sure, vaccines are an option, but really, really pressed at least as hard, if not more hard, on alternative ways to combat measles, such as nutrition, steroids, antibiotics. There was really only one answer to the question of what can prevent measles and what can stop an outbreak, and that's vaccines. And I am just not hearing that message from the government.

has basically said, sure, vaccines are an option, but really, really pressed at least as hard, if not more hard, on alternative ways to combat measles, such as nutrition, steroids, antibiotics. There was really only one answer to the question of what can prevent measles and what can stop an outbreak, and that's vaccines. And I am just not hearing that message from the government.

There should be a clear order of priority here, and that is not being followed. Right.

There should be a clear order of priority here, and that is not being followed. Right.

There should be a clear order of priority here, and that is not being followed. Right.

No, it wasn't. And I think what may make this even more difficult if we get into a bad situation with bird flu is... Our baseline for measles vaccination was, you know, 95% uptake for a very long time. And that is what we need. Our baseline with flu vaccination is like 40 to 50% uptake depending on the year. You know, there are people who happily get other vaccines who don't get the flu vaccine.

No, it wasn't. And I think what may make this even more difficult if we get into a bad situation with bird flu is... Our baseline for measles vaccination was, you know, 95% uptake for a very long time. And that is what we need. Our baseline with flu vaccination is like 40 to 50% uptake depending on the year. You know, there are people who happily get other vaccines who don't get the flu vaccine.

No, it wasn't. And I think what may make this even more difficult if we get into a bad situation with bird flu is... Our baseline for measles vaccination was, you know, 95% uptake for a very long time. And that is what we need. Our baseline with flu vaccination is like 40 to 50% uptake depending on the year. You know, there are people who happily get other vaccines who don't get the flu vaccine.

I don't know how people are going to react anymore. if we get into that situation and they're asked to vaccinate. Also, we know that the flu vaccine is not as effective as the measles vaccine. That is just simply a product of, you know, how quickly these viruses change and the nature of immunity to them.

I don't know how people are going to react anymore. if we get into that situation and they're asked to vaccinate. Also, we know that the flu vaccine is not as effective as the measles vaccine. That is just simply a product of, you know, how quickly these viruses change and the nature of immunity to them.