West Texas children treated for vitamin A toxicity as medical disinformation spreads alongside measles outbreak

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Medical disinformation connected to the West Texas measles outbreak has created a new problem. Children are being treated for toxic levels of vitamin A.

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West Texas children treated for vitamin A toxicity as medical disinformation spreads alongside measles outbreak

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Crazy idea here. Maybe listen to your doctor, not the people on social media or cable news who are chasing engagement?
- Should I listen to the head of the federal health department who suggests this treatment?
  https://www.factcheck.org/2025/03/rfk-jr-misleads-on-vitamin-a-unsupported-therapies-for-measles/
  
  He’s not a doctor.
  
  Yes, but it's not like low-info people won't see someone in that role say something and then think he is trustworthy.
- I said when Bobby Brainworms was confirmed that he might end up killing more people than even donvict did in his first term - remember, donvict killed more Americans than any other person in history already. Having a complete fraud and scam artist like Bobby Brainworms in charge is going to lead lots of low-info people to do very, very stupid things. If he causes herd immunity to drop even further, it's going to be bad, possibly worse than the death count donvict did the first term....and that's without something catastrophic like bird flu jumping human to human....

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