Anonymous20 days ago
The United States is experiencing its worst measles resurgence in over three decades, with more than 1,362 cases reported in 2026 alone and nearly 1,000 concentrated in a single South Carolina county. A toxic mix of post-COVID mandate resentment, widespread misinformation, an unprecedented overhaul of the federal childhood vaccine schedule under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and state-level expansion of exemption laws has driven vaccination rates below critical thresholds — threatening the nation's measles elimination status and carrying an estimated economic toll of $244 million in 2025 alone.