AN 18 YEAR OLD IS DEAD FROM MEASLES AND TRUMP'S HEALTH TEAM IS STILL PLAYING FOOTSIE WITH ANTI-VAXXERS Not the flu. Not some rare tropical disease. Measles. A disease we eliminated in this country in the year 2000 She died from acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Her brain swelled and attacked itself because a preventable childhood illness got into her body and nobody stopped it in time Pennsylvania. Fourth confirmed measles death in that state alone. Fourth Kennedy runs Trump's health department now and instead of a national vaccination push he's reportedly telling anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in the White House A friend. While teenagers convulse and die of a disease a two dollar shot prevents This isn't negligence anymore, it's policy. It's a Health and Human Services Secretary who built his entire career on vaccine conspiracy theories now controlling the actual machinery that's supposed to stop outbreaks Meanwhile Trump is out there calling soaring gas prices from his Iran war "a very inexpensive price to pay." Inexpensive for who, Donald. Not for the family burying their kid this week Not for the parents in Pennsylvania who trusted the system to protect their children and got a body instead You want to know what this administration actually costs. It's not measured in dollars at the pump. It's measured in small caskets and empty bedrooms Trump's people will call this a personal choice, a parental rights issue, a MAHA "freedom" talking point. Translate that. It means dead teenagers are an acceptable price for keeping the anti-vax base happy Four deaths in one state and climbing. This is only the beginning They are not going to stop until burying children from a disease we already beat becomes normal in America