RIGHT NOW, A 4:45, WE TURN TO FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH AND RFK JR IS ASKING THE CDC TO LOOK FOR NEW MEASLES TREATMENTS. THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY WANTS THE CDC TO CONSIDER MEDICATIONS AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES, INCLUDING VITAMINS. THE CDC RECOMMENDS THAT THE MEASLES VACCINE HAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE PREVENTIVE MEASURE. BUT KENNEDY SAYS FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO GET THE SHOT, THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION. IT IS A IT맥스카지노�S A IT맥스카지노�S A HOT BUTTON. IT맥스카지노�S A TALKING POINT. AND DOCTOR TODD ELLERIN IS HERE TONIGHT. CHIEF OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, SOUTH SHORE HEALTH, TO TALK TO US ABOUT THAT. NOW, NOW, YOU HAVE SAID BEFORE, RIGHT? AND CORRECT ME IF I맥스카지노�M WRONG, THAT THAT TWO DOSES OF THE MEASLES VACCINE ARE 97% EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING INFECTION AND ONE DOSE IS STILL 93% EFFECTIVE, RIGHT? SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY STRONG. HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING ELSE COME CLOSE? NOTHING ELSE COMES CLOSE. REMEMBER, IT맥스카지노�S THE MEASLES VACCINE THAT BROUGHT THE UNITED STATES TO REALLY ITS ELIMINATION STATUS OF MEASLES BACK IN 2000. SO THERE맥스카지노�S NO BETTER PREVENTION. WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, I AGREE THAT WE DO NEED BETTER THERAPIES FOR MEASLES, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN맥스카지노�T GET THE VACCINE, LIKE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS WHO CAN맥스카지노�T GET IT. SO SO RIGHT NOW THERE맥스카지노�S A LITTLE CONFUSION. VITAMIN A CAN TREAT PATIENTS WITH SEVERE MEASLES, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN IN THE HOSPITAL. BUT THAT맥스카지노�S VERY HIGH DOSES OF MEASLES, NOT THE VITAMIN. THE VITAMINS DON맥스카지노�T PREVENT MEASLES. SO SO LET맥스카지노�S TURN TO ANOTHER VIRUS WITH A VACCINE. AND THAT맥스카지노�S THE FLU. WE JUST GOT THROUGH A BAD FLU SEASON HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE CDC NOW SAYS TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. 216 KIDS HAVE DIED IN THE US. THAT맥스카지노�S 216 TOO MANY. BUT HOW DOES THAT NUMBER COMPARE TO OTHER YEARS? THAT맥스카지노�S THE BIGGEST NUMBER IN 15 YEARS SINCE THE SWINE FLU, WHEN THERE WAS A LITTLE OVER 300 DEATHS. WE HAVEN맥스카지노�T HAD ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT맥스카지노�S INCREASED SINCE LAST YEAR. THERE WAS ABOUT 207 DEATHS. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT WE맥스카지노�VE SEEN CHILDHOOD VACCINATION, PEDIATRIC VACCINATION DECLINE FROM ABOUT 64% FIVE YEARS AGO TO 49% THIS YEAR. NOW, WE DON맥스카지노�T KNOW HOW MANY DEATHS IN THESE KIDS WERE VACCINATED OR UNVACCINATED, BUT I WILL SAY LAST YEAR AND MOST YEARS, ABOUT 80% OF THE DEATHS FROM FLU IN CHILDREN ARE IN UNVACCINATED. SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE 80%. THAT맥스카지노�S A LARGE NUMBER. AND LET맥스카지노�S GO OVER IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT맥스카지노�S WORTH REPEATING. YOU MENTIONED, WHAT, FIVE YEARS AGO, THE VACCINATION RATE FOR KIDS IN THE UNITED STATES WAS 64%. THIS SEASON IT맥스카지노�S UNDER 50%. THAT맥스카지노�S A SIGNIFICANT DROP. SO. SO IT IF IT GOES FROM 64 TO 49, WILL IT GO EVEN LOWER. AND THE CONCERN IS AND THIS IS THE CONFUSING PART, YOU CAN GET YOUR FLU SHOT, YOU CAN GET YOUR COVID VACCINE. YOU CAN STILL GET THOSE ILLNESSES. BUT WHAT WE맥스카지노�VE SEEN IS THAT THOSE ILLNESSES TEND NOT TO LEAD TO HOSPITALIZATIONS OR DEATHS. SO THAT맥스카지노�S THE YOU KNOW, THAT맥스카지노�S WHAT WE맥스카지노�RE TRYING TO SORT OF REALLY GET HOME. BUT YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THERE맥스카지노�S SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, MIXED MESSAGING AROUND THESE VACCINES THAT IT맥스카지노�S A REAL PROBLEM. IT맥스카지노�S INTERESTING HOW WHAT, 25 YEARS AGO IS VIRTUALLY ELIMINATED. NOW, 25 YEARS LATER, WE맥스카지노�RE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO VIRTUALLY ELIMINATE IT AGAIN. RIGHT. WE NEED TO RIGHT. WITH WITH MEASLES SPECIFICALLY. IT맥스카지노�S O