The country’s largest measles outbreak in over 25 years is currently devastating South Carolina. However, Ralph Abraham, the number two official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., just dismissed the chaos as simply the “cost of doing business.”
According to a Washington Post report, Abraham, who was previously Louisiana’s top health official and known for unwinding vaccine promotion events, acknowledged that vaccination is the best way to prevent the disease. However, he quickly added, “We have these communities that choose to be unvaccinated. That’s their personal freedom.”
