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Mennonites: unjustly singled out -wasn’t like they were the only ones who came down with measles. The coverage: was “100% unfair.” He didn’t think it was just the Seminole area that had problems. I told him I’d heard that the child who’d passed away might have come from his congregation. He said: true.

RFK JR said this measles outbreak wasn't unusual -claimed that good nutrition might be sufficient to protect ppl from the worst effects of measles.

#HHS #Vaccines #USPol theatlantic.com/health/archive

The Atlantic · His Daughter Was America’s First Measles Death in a DecadeBy Tom Bartlett

A Navy vet was given ‘weeks to live’ in 2020. Now his cancer treatment is at risk.

Navy veteran Kyle Lewis, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 #cancer in 2020, says federal research cuts means he can no longer access his experimental cancer treatment, which has been saving his life
taskandpurpose.com/military-li

Task & Purpose · A Navy vet was given ‘weeks to live’ in 2020. Now his cancer treatment is at risk.Due to federal research cuts, Navy veteran Kyle Lewis says he won't be able to receive the cancer treatment that saved his life.

"On Friday night, employees at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—about 80,000 of them—received an email offering them a buyout of up to $25,000 if they resign and giving them a deadline of March 14 to respond. Also as of Friday, nearly 230 cases of measles have been confirmed in Texas and New Mexico, and two people have died."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Musk #Trump #RFKJr #chaos #destruction #HHS #measles
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Letters from an American · March 8, 2025By Heather Cox Richardson