Dr. Hotez: All the Nutrition and All the Exercise in the World Will Not Give You Virus Neutralizing Antibodies Against the Measles

BLITZER Yes it is ░░░░░░░░ want to get your ░░░░░░░░ Dr Hotez to what ░░░░░░░░ Health and Human Services ░░░░░░░░ Robert F Kennedy Jr ░░░░░░░░ Fox Nation recently about ░░░░░░░░ measles outbreak here in ░░░░░░░░ U S Listen to ░░░░░░░░ Clip starts Kennedy JR ░░░░░░░░ s a lot of ░░░░░░░░ in that area The ░░░░░░░░ is kind of a ░░░░░░░░ desert The best thing ░░░░░░░░ Americans can do is ░░░░░░░░ keep themselves healthy It ░░░░░░░░ very very difficult for ░░░░░░░░ to kill a healthy ░░░░░░░░ Nutrition is absolutely critical ░░░░░░░░ we need to eat ░░░░░░░░ foods We need to ░░░░░░░░ whole foods We need ░░░░░░░░ get plenty of exercise ░░░░░░░░ we see a correlation ░░░░░░░░ people who get hurt ░░░░░░░░ measles and people who ░░░░░░░░ who don t have ░░░░░░░░ nutrition or who don ░░░░░░░░ have a good exercise ░░░░░░░░ Clip ends BLITZER I ░░░░░░░░ to note Dr Hotez ░░░░░░░░ the Texas Department of ░░░░░░░░ says that the young ░░░░░░░░ who died from measles ░░░░░░░░ no repeat no underlying ░░░░░░░░ What s your reaction ░░░░░░░░ what the secretary is ░░░░░░░░ saying Hotez Well I ░░░░░░░░ it s misleading Certainly ░░░░░░░░ one would argue for ░░░░░░░░ nutrition and exercise but ░░░░░░░░ s besides the point ░░░░░░░░ single most important thing ░░░░░░░░ do is to be ░░░░░░░░ because all the nutrition ░░░░░░░░ the world and all ░░░░░░░░ exercise in the world ░░░░░░░░ not give you virus ░░░░░░░░ antibodies against the measles ░░░░░░░░ So that has to ░░░░░░░░ the message And so ░░░░░░░░ the secretary says things ░░░░░░░░ giving vitamin A or ░░░░░░░░ oil or all of ░░░░░░░░ other things he talks ░░░░░░░░ it sends the wrong ░░░░░░░░ because it doesn t ░░░░░░░░ to parents the overwhelming ░░░░░░░░ of getting vaccinated And ░░░░░░░░ all those other things ░░░░░░░░ fine as well And ░░░░░░░░ does do worse in ░░░░░░░░ setting of severe malnutrition ░░░░░░░░ still it still can ░░░░░░░░ serious illness and even ░░░░░░░░ even in even in ░░░░░░░░ like this one unfortunately ░░░░░░░░ had no underlying issues.”