July 10, 2025
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — With new reports that measles cases in the United States have hit the highest total since the disease was eliminated, 314 Action President Shaughnessy Naughton released the following statement:
“Americans have always been at the forefront of scientific and medical innovation—including the development of the measles vaccine, which eradicated the disease. There’s absolutely no reason that we, as a nation, should be going backwards. Yet with RFK Jr. at the helm of public health, that’s exactly what’s happening.
“As children die from preventable diseases, RFK Jr. is increasing his attacks on the safety of vaccines. He’s weaponized the nation’s most powerful vaccine committee to endorse his conspiracy theories and to weaken children’s immunization schedule. How many more eliminated diseases will make a comeback under his watch? How many more children will die under RFK Jr.’s leadership?
“We cannot allow deadly outbreaks to be our new normal.”
Since his nomination, 314 Action has been a leader in holding RFK Jr. accountable and continues the work through an ongoing seven-figure accountability campaign against him and the Trump administration. 314 Action also launched a petition demanding the MAHA Report be immediately removed and retracted from the White House website, which has been signed by a coalition of 100 elected officials, doctors, and STEM leaders.
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