Offit said the typical death rate from measles is about 1 in 1,000. It could be a fluke, but such a high death rate at this point in the outbreak could mean that it is much bigger than is being recognized.
This is what's really scary to me. Quite early in the pandemic Trump said we should stop testing for it to make the cases go down. We should absolutely believe in his second term he will do everything he can to implement that idea, especially with RFK Jr. at the helm of HHS. It'll start with us hearing about the resurgence of many diseases we had eliminated from the US through vaccines. And then we'll stop hearing about it, at least from government officials.
The next step after that is anyone's guess, but if they follow the route Florida took during the COVID pandemic, they'll start persecuting scientists who try to independently do the job the government is abdicating.