Former FDA Official Criticizes Measles Dismissal

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Former top health official criticizes RFK Jr. for downplaying measles deaths

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Dr. Peter Marks : "To dismiss children's deaths due to infectious diseases that are preventable by vaccines as just expected or not a big deal, that's just not acceptable to me" Weekly measles cases have climbed to theseen in the U.S. since a 2019 wave of the virus, which had been the worst in decades .

Marks was the director of the FDA 's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research .

David Geier was fined by Maryland regulators for practicing medicine without a license, including for prescribing the drug Lupron to autistic children. Lupron is also used as a chemical castration drug for sex offenders. "I don't know. I can't even conceive as a physician of how he thought that could be a good idea," said Marks ..

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