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Texas children poisoned after RFK Jr touts vitamin A as measles treatment (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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Summary

Texas hospitals are treating children with vitamin A poisoning linked to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s promotion of the supplement as a measles treatment.

At Covenant Children’s hospital in Lubbock, patients with measles showed abnormal liver function due to excessive vitamin A intake.

Kennedy, the U.S. health secretary, claimed vitamin A dramatically reduces measles mortality. Experts warn his messaging confuses parents and downplays the proven protection of the MMR vaccine.

The U.S. faces its worst measles outbreak in decades, with nearly 500 cases across 21 states and two confirmed deaths.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Can we just quarantine the entire state? Or just… I don’t know-

Push it out into the ocean?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

There's a lot of landmass between Texas and the ocean but you know what, I'm on board.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If parents and doctors aren't getting in trouble for killing their kids with quack drugs, why are they getting in trouble for giving real medication when their "child" is still in the womb?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Doctors aren't giving the kids the Vitamin A, doctors are sounding the alarm that children are coming in with Vitamin A poisoning.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Sounds like a quick call to CPS is in order, if they are still around and haven't been dumped by dumpy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Any parent taking what RFK Jr says as fact is neglecting their child.

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