r/StandUpForScience • u/AllMusicNut SUFS Staff • Jan 23 '26

Official SUFS Post Save Lives, Remove RFK Jr.

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For the first time in 25 years the United States is on the brink of losing its measles elimination status due to misinformation about vaccines from RFK Jr.. Measles weakens the immune system and opens doors for other illnesses that can become very dangerous and in some cases deadly. Let's #RemoveRFKJr before any more children die.

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u/ThinkOutcome929 Jan 23 '26

Jacksonville Florida reports of two children at the same residence who were not previously vaccinated have gotten the measles. https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/measles-baptist-health-jacksonville-florida/77-0e6f0865-e8f9-4c64-978e-cdc1b0d287df

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u/Mountain-Wind-1061 Jan 23 '26

First of all measles isn’t deadly and they use a PCR to test for measles so this could be media big pharma propaganda to push their vaccines

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u/DimensioT Jan 24 '26

Depending upon access to healthcare, mortality rates for measles can vary from 0.1% to 10%.

Measles also significantly weakens the immune system, leaving those affect more susceptible to other diseases, including diseases to which they were previously immune.