Experts say vitamin A can mitigate measles but does not protect those who are unvaccinated from getting the disease, and RFK Jr. says immunization is a "freedom of choice."

In Texas specifically, a total of 223 people have contracted measles since the outbreak began in January, with at least 29 people, mostly children, requiring hospitalization. One child, who was unvaccinated, has died from measles, while a second unvaccinated person’s death is currently being investigated by health officials.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared to suggest that contracting measles is the best defense against the disease as a Texas outbreak spreads

What do you get when you put an anti-vax conspiracy theorist in charge of the U.S. Health Department? A dangerous crackpot who scares the public into thinking that the measles vaccination causes blindness.