Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an 'extraordinary' healer

[demmiblue]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Texas doctor who has been treating children in a measles outbreak was shown on video with a measles rash on his face in a clinic a week before Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met him and praised him as an “extraordinary” healer.

Dr. Ben Edwards appeared in the video posted March 31 by the anti-vaccine group Kennedy once led, Children’s Health Defense. In it, Edwards appears wearing scrubs and talking with parents and children in a makeshift clinic he set up in Seminole, Texas, ground zero of the outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people and killed three, including two children.

Edwards is asked whether he had measles, and he responded, “Yes,” then said his infection started the day before the video was recorded.

“Yesterday was pretty achy. Little mild fever. Spots came in the afternoon. Today, I woke up feeling good,” Edwards said in the video.

https://apnews.com/article/texas-measles-outbreak-rfk-jr-ben-edwards-2dd7c79d47c64ad2e6d4a4ac3c87ec1f

[JMCKUSICK]

1. I'm afraid to ask,

Isn't measles incredibly contagious? Wouldn't he be putting everyone in harms way?
Can't someone stop him if the above is true?

[Meowmee]

6. Yes of course it it is, maybe the most contagious virus

That a****** should have his license removed.

[JMCKUSICK]

7. That's what I thought,

It's one of those things that's so absurd that it makes you question yourself.

[Meowmee]

8. Welcome to the USA, land of the crazies, or lots of them anyway 😹

[demmiblue]

9. Here is a representation of just how contagious it is:

[Skittles]

2. what an asshole

WTF

[Buddyzbuddy]

3. A pregnant woman who has a miscarriage in Texas can be investigated for

murder but a so called "Dr." whom is diagnosed with measles and treating undiagnosed children isn't investigated for child endangerment. Nor is insane Kennedy held accountable for endorsing this quack. Abuse the children, once out of the womb, and protect a wishful thought in the womb.

Yup, sounds like Republicans in Texas on Easter weekend. Thumbs up, you bible thumping, false prophet preaching holier than thou, as.holes.
You better hope there's no God. Otherwise, HIDE!

[Irish_Dem]

17. Measles exposure puts a pregnant woman and the fetus at risk.

Woman is at higher risk for her death and miscarriage, death to fetus.

[TommieMommy]

4. How horrible 😞 he's very dangerous. OMG 😳

[BonnieJW]

5. I'll bet

He considers handwashing outdated

[perdita9]

10. Where is the hospital administrator?

In addition to being a threat to public health, this guy is a lawsuit waiting to happen

[SorellaLaBefana]

14. It was not in a hospital

but "a makeshift" clinic.

A pressing question is, what is the Texas State Medical Board going to do about this gross breach of practice standards?

One could speculate on this; but, perhaps a better use of one's time, would be to ponder the reductio ad absurdum: "How many angels(or is it angles?) can dance on the head of a pin"

[Paladin]

11. Further proof we're currently living in hell.

If there are any fatalities on account of this "doctor" that rfk jr. thinks so highly of, he ought to lose all his rights to practice medicine, and face a lifetime of legal liability.

[SorellaLaBefana]

12. FORTUNATELY he IS "extraordinary"

Extraordinarily ignorant, foolish and uncaring.

[wolfie001]

13. Snake-handlers are next on his agenda

Road-kill chefs also.

[Joinfortmill]

15. Hippocratic Oath? These people are scum.

[Scrivener7]

16. OK, yes, Robbie Rotting Whale Head is batshit. But this shows that EVERY PARENT IN THAT CLINIC,

and EVERY TEXAN THAT DOESN'T SHUN EVERY PARENT IN THAT CLINIC is just as insane and stupid as he is, and just as willing to engage in absolutely unnecessary child abuse.