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Maybe Kennedy wants to give lip service to the MMR shot after attending the funeral of an unvaccinated victim of the Texas measles outbreak, but actions speak louder than words: earlier this month, dozens of free measles vaccine clinics were shuttered in Texas due to federal funding cuts.

"You never want to see anybody pass away, especially a child that young, from any kind of illness, because there is a prevention for it - the MMR vaccine."

After a second child died in Texas due to a measles outbreak, Kennedy, a long-time opponent of the measles vaccine in particular, posted a statement on X declaring, "The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine."

"RFK Jr. after Texas visit: MMR vaccine 'most effective' way to prevent measles spread," blared the USA Today headline.

"Health secretary RFK Jr. endorses the MMR vaccine," exclaimed the NPR headline, with the enticing promise that this is "stoking fury among his supporters."