Maria Godoy

One of the things with disinformation is that sometimes there's a kernel of truth there that gets twisted, right? And like Brandy's saying, you lose the nuance. So for instance, I'm thinking of vitamin A, right? We've heard RFK Jr. promote vitamin A as a treatment for measles. And it's not completely out of left field, but that role is very specific and it cannot prevent measles, right?

And it's not really a treatment. What it does is there are studies from low and middle income countries that show when you have kids who are malnourished and vitamin A deficient, Giving them vitamin A supplementation can help reduce the risk of dying and of complications. And even in the absence of malnutrition, there is some evidence that the measles virus seems to deplete your vitamin A stores.

And it's not really a treatment. What it does is there are studies from low and middle income countries that show when you have kids who are malnourished and vitamin A deficient, Giving them vitamin A supplementation can help reduce the risk of dying and of complications. And even in the absence of malnutrition, there is some evidence that the measles virus seems to deplete your vitamin A stores.

And it's not really a treatment. What it does is there are studies from low and middle income countries that show when you have kids who are malnourished and vitamin A deficient, Giving them vitamin A supplementation can help reduce the risk of dying and of complications. And even in the absence of malnutrition, there is some evidence that the measles virus seems to deplete your vitamin A stores.

And so there are recommendations from the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics to give kids with measles two doses, but just two doses of vitamin A to help prevent some complications like blindness, right? Mm-hmm. But that does not make it a treatment.

And so there are recommendations from the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics to give kids with measles two doses, but just two doses of vitamin A to help prevent some complications like blindness, right? Mm-hmm. But that does not make it a treatment.

And so there are recommendations from the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics to give kids with measles two doses, but just two doses of vitamin A to help prevent some complications like blindness, right? Mm-hmm. But that does not make it a treatment.

And that's, you know, some of the disinformation that's been out there for years, really, that vitamin A can prevent measles, which it can absolutely cannot. And so what you have is parents giving kids vitamin A, you know, repeatedly long term under the false belief that it can prevent measles. And that can actually be really, really harmful.

And that's, you know, some of the disinformation that's been out there for years, really, that vitamin A can prevent measles, which it can absolutely cannot. And so what you have is parents giving kids vitamin A, you know, repeatedly long term under the false belief that it can prevent measles. And that can actually be really, really harmful.

And that's, you know, some of the disinformation that's been out there for years, really, that vitamin A can prevent measles, which it can absolutely cannot. And so what you have is parents giving kids vitamin A, you know, repeatedly long term under the false belief that it can prevent measles. And that can actually be really, really harmful.

Vitamin A builds up in the body and it can be toxic to the liver. And you're seeing that now in West Texas. There have been children who have measles hospitalized for vitamin A toxicity.

Vitamin A builds up in the body and it can be toxic to the liver. And you're seeing that now in West Texas. There have been children who have measles hospitalized for vitamin A toxicity.

Vitamin A builds up in the body and it can be toxic to the liver. And you're seeing that now in West Texas. There have been children who have measles hospitalized for vitamin A toxicity.

That's actually been around for a while, though. It was that rumor that the vitamin A idea that it could prevent measles.

That's actually been around for a while, though. It was that rumor that the vitamin A idea that it could prevent measles.

That's actually been around for a while, though. It was that rumor that the vitamin A idea that it could prevent measles.

Coming up... He has said during his confirmation hearing that he will preserve access to vaccines, but they're concerned because they know he's challenged it. You know, they know his sister with challenging measles vaccine and other, you know, routine childhood vaccinations. How RFK Jr. 's inconsistencies are motivating worried parents.

Coming up... He has said during his confirmation hearing that he will preserve access to vaccines, but they're concerned because they know he's challenged it. You know, they know his sister with challenging measles vaccine and other, you know, routine childhood vaccinations. How RFK Jr. 's inconsistencies are motivating worried parents.

Coming up... He has said during his confirmation hearing that he will preserve access to vaccines, but they're concerned because they know he's challenged it. You know, they know his sister with challenging measles vaccine and other, you know, routine childhood vaccinations. How RFK Jr. 's inconsistencies are motivating worried parents.

Well, so I've actually been talking to pediatricians across the country who have seen this vaccine enthusiasm. So that's sort of like the upside of this, you know, very worrying measles outbreak is that, you know, we talk about vaccine hesitancy and vaccination rates dropping, but as one pediatrician told me, the vast majority of parents are still vaccinating.