When questioned about a growing measles outbreak in West Texas that has claimed at least one life, Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told reporters “we have measles outbreaks every year.”

  • John Richard@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    If you had 14 outbreaks the previous year, and now you see one, then no it is not uncommon to have a few each year.

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      10 months ago

      Put the outbreaks on a graph. Look at the year on year changes. Come back when you have learned to read data you incompetent prick.

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        10 months ago

        You’re acting like the incompetent prick. If you think it’ll prove something then by all means do it. The CDC URL I linked to already had charts.