The U.S. has seen three measles outbreaks since the start of the year, including one in the South Plains region of Texas. Some 223 cases have been reported since late January, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Tuesday, including one fatality in a school-age girl who wasn’t vaccinated.

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

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes unsupported claims about containing the spread as vaccine skepticism grows

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, downplayed the seriousness of an ongoing measles outbreak in Texas, falsely claiming that people had been hospitalized “mainly for quarantine” and misleadingly stating that the situation is “not unusual.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared to suggest getting measles is the best defense against the disease, as a Texas outbreak spreads across the U.S. More than 220 people in the state have been diagnosed with the infectious virus,

RFK Jr. is facing a new wave of backlash on social media this week after he told Fox News that it would be better if people contracted measles so they could develop natural immunities.

Kennedy Jr. appeared to imply that contracting measles is the best defense against the disease as a Texas outbreak spreads across the U.S. According to The Daily Beast, over 220 individuals in the state have been diagnosed with the infectious virus,