Second child is dead because of measles to USAa victim of an epidemic in Texas (south) of this extremely infectious disease, the management of which President Donald Trump has been managed by the Minister of Health. criticism.

The child died last Thursday, at a hospital in Lambok, in northwestern Texas, due to “pulmonary deficiency due to measles, “the state’s health authorities announced in a statement.

They clarified that the little girl was not vaccinated against measles And they are no other known health problems.

The Minister of Health Robert Kennedy The youngest (RFK Jr, the president’s nephew murdered in 1963, the rest of the US political dynasty has renounced him) went on the ground to “comfort the family” after the child’s death, 8 -year -old girlhe explained yesterday Sunday via X.

The girl’s death was announced while case of measles recorded this year in the US have exceeded 600among them almost 500 Texas since the end of January.

Little girl, too unemploymenthad died in Lambok at at the end of February. This was the first death due to measles in the US in almost ten years.

Authorities in the neighboring state of Neo Mexico (southwest) also announced in early March that measles virus was found in an unemployment patient after his death, but the causes of this death are still being investigated.

Trump is not worried about measles

Asked by reporters on the presidential aircraft yesterday night, the President Trump downgraded the epidemicreferring to ‘comparatively low number»Outbreaks’so far“

Measles “is not something new”, he added to “react very strongly»If the epidemic spread.

While measles had almost been completely eliminated in the US in the years of 2000, primarily thanks to vaccination, cases have begun to reappear in recent years, and the trend has been upward, in recent years, due to the decrease in vaccination rates in general, after the new coronation.

The way Robert Kennedy manages the youngest epidemic is criticized from health professionals. They accuse him of downgrading the seriousness of the situation and accuses him of promoting vaccine cell positions.

The person concerned in the past the theory – dispersed infinite times – that there is a connection of the MMR vaccines (against measles, cheeks and reds) with the autismhowever, he seems to have revised his attitude on the issue.

Said yesterday that “MMR vaccine is the most effective means to prevent measles spread“

While he continues to feed an atmosphere of doubt on the issue, he had already noted in early March that vaccines do not protect “only children over measles, but also contribute to the immunity of all”.

At the beginning of last month, the Minister of Health acknowledged that the situation was “serious”, having previously appeared to be of particular importance by saying that “measles epidemics every year” were noted.

Measles, extremely infectious disease, transmitted through droplets of the respiratory system And it can remain as an aerosol for up to two hours after leaving an infected person in the place where he was.

Induces high fever; respiratory problems; rash spreading rapidly while having serious complicationsto cause pneumonia, acute encephalitis, coma, and even death.