1. United States
2. N.J.
3. Letter

I write to strongly condemn the dangerous suppression, minimization, and distortion of information surrounding tuberculosis and measles outbreaks under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. At a time when preventable diseases are resurging across the United States, the American public deserves transparency and decisive leadership. Instead, Secretary Kennedy has repeatedly downplayed serious outbreaks and undermined proven public health responses. During a deadly measles outbreak, he dismissed the situation as “not unusual,” despite rising case numbers and a child’s death. Even more alarming, Secretary Kennedy has promoted misleading alternatives to vaccination and failed to clearly advocate for the single most effective preventive measure — immunization — while measles cases climbed nationwide. Public health experts warn that weakened vaccine messaging and misinformation are already contributing to declining immunization rates and renewed outbreaks. Suppressing or minimizing outbreaks of diseases such as measles and tuberculosis is not merely irresponsible — it is reckless. These diseases are highly contagious, preventable, and potentially deadly. Delayed or distorted public health communication costs lives. The role of the Secretary of Health and Human Services is to protect the American people with science, clarity, and urgency. Instead, Secretary Kennedy’s conduct has eroded trust, weakened disease prevention efforts, and placed vulnerable communities at risk. Public health leadership requires honesty, not ideology. Americans deserve accurate information, aggressive disease control, and leadership that treats outbreaks as emergencies — not inconveniences. Secretary Kennedy’s handling of these crises represents a profound failure of duty and must be publicly confronted and corrected. We must move to remove him from office immediately and replace him with someone who is qualified for the position.