Yep, he begrudgingly says the bare minimum when he’s in front of mainstream cameras and microphones and that gets a headline, then he runs off to social media to rant and rave about snake oil bullshit and that gets buried at the bottom of the article

While in Texas, Kennedy also posted on X that the “most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine.” …

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In a later post, Kennedy also said he had met with “two extraordinary healers” who he said have “healed some 300 measles-stricken Mennonite children using aerosolized budesonide and clarithromycin.”

Budesonide can sometimes help to treat respiratory illnesses, reducing inflammation in the lungs, said pediatrics professor Dr. James Campbell of the University of Maryland in an email in March. CBS News reached out to Campbell after Kennedy previously hailed “miraculous and instantaneous recovery” from use of these treatments.

“In 2025, we should not have to treat measles in the US because it is completely preventable, but of course, like all preventable diseases, we do,” said Campbell.

Campbell is vice chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics committee that develops recommendations for treating measles and other infectious diseases.

Clarithromycin, an antibacterial drug, has no effect on viruses like measles but can be used by doctors to treat coinfections from some bacterial pneumonias that sometimes develop in infected children, Campbell said. However, it does not work for all bacteria.

“These choices should be made on an individual basis by the doctors, not as sweeping recommendations for all children with measles,” said Campbell. He said that the drugs don’t have evidence proving they should be used as routine treatments for measles and cautioned against “sweeping statements about how those singular choices related to treatment of measles in general.”

“Vaccination will prevent measles, but for those who do get measles, rigorous studies, and not anecdotal reports, will help us to better treat them,” said Campbell.