As of May 29 , there have been 1,088 confirmed measles cases throughout 33 states. (The CDC only counts confirmed cases, not reported ones.) Almost 1,000 of those cases are outbreak-related. So far, there have been 14 outbreaks, which are defined by three or more cases in one area. For context, there were 16 total outbreaks reported throughout all of 2024. At this rate, we’re going to surpass last year’s numbers within the first half of 2025. The US is also at the point where it’s at risk of losing the measles elimination status it earned in 2000 if the outbreaks aren’t contained. Things are so bad that noted anti-vaxxer and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had to come out and half-heartedly support the MMR vaccine .

Obviously, things are still not under control. A recent outbre

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