Senate Republican knocks Trump administration on measles surge: ‘Get vaccinated, you don’t die’

The chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), argued the Trump administration is not promoting vaccinations vigorously enough amid a massive measles outbreak that has claimed multiple lives in 2026.

“My concern as a physician is that everyone should be vaccinated for measles,” Cassidy told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “And you may think it only affects me. That’s not true because you infect other people.”

“If I’m not protected, but you are, then I’m not exposed. I’m all about asking people to be immunized for yourself and for others,” he added.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Friday that U.S. measles cases this year had topped 4,000, with about 96 percent being associated with known outbreaks. By contrast, the agency recorded a total of 2,289........

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