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‘Come On’: CNN Anchor Shuts Down Dr. Oz on Vaccines on Live TV

February 8, 2026
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‘Come On’: CNN Anchor Shuts Down Dr. Oz on Vaccines on Live TV

A CNN anchor was left in disbelief as one of the president’s top health goons claimed the MAGA administration was a top advocate for vaccines.

Speaking of the record outbreak of measles in the U.S., particularly in South Carolina, Dana Bash asked Dr. Mehmet Oz on State of the Union Sunday: “Is this a consequence of the administration undermining support for advocacy for measles and other vaccines?”

“I don’t believe so,” the Trump-appointed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator responded. He then said, “We’ve advocated for measles vaccines all along. Secretary Kennedy has been at the very front of this.”

Dr. Oz on State of the Union with Dana Bash
Dana Bash asked Dr. Oz whether the Trump administrations messaging about vaccines is responsible for the measles outbreak. CNN

“Oh, come on!” an incredulous Bash interrupted, with 65-year-old Dr. Oz continuing: “He is. When the first outbreak happened in Texas, he said, ‘Get your vaccines for measles,’ because that‘s an example of an ailment that you should get vaccinated against.”

The TV physician then offered an explanation for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s revamped child immunization schedule, which has cut the number of universally recommended vaccines from 17 to 11.

He began: “What happened with the core schedule that was released at the beginning of last month was to say, ‘Listen, we look at what happened in Europe.’ In Europe, if you give people 80 different vaccine doses to take, people start—”

Dr. Oz on State of the Union with Dana Bash
The CMS administrator argued that the administration had always encouraged measles vaccine uptake. CNN

Bash interrupted again, stating: “But I’m specifically talking about measles here. I mean, you talked about RFK Jr. The group ‘Children’s Health Defense’ that he founded and ran up until three years ago posted on X, ‘Despite the media‘s scare tactics, there’s no reason to fear measles.’”

She asked: “Should people fear measles?”

“Oh, for sure,” Dr. Oz responded. “And we actually are pretty aggressive at CMS. We fund any vaccine you want to take. There will never be a barrier to Americans get access to measles vaccine.”

Dr. Oz on State of the Union with Dana Bash
As Dr. Oz lauded RFK Jr, Bash read an X post from a nonprofit previously led by the now-HHS head. CNN

Asked again about his “message to people about the measles vaccine” as a qualified doctor, Dr. Oz repeated his encouragement to take the measles vaccine—but offered some less transparent words about vaccines as a whole.

“Take the vaccine, please. We have a solution for a problem,” he said, before obliquely adding: “Not all illnesses are equally dangerous and not all people are equally susceptible to those illnesses. But measles is one you should get your vaccine.”

While Dr. Oz pushed the idea that the health secretary has always been “at the very front” of advocating for measles vaccinations, just last May, Kennedy appeared on Fox News to share a conspiracy theory about how the vaccines are made.

Defending vaccine refusal on religious grounds, Kennedy told host Brett Baier: “The MMR vaccine that we currently use has millions of particles that were created from aborted fetal tissue, millions of DNA fragments.”

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 14: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the House Appropriations Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kennedy is testifying before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on the Department of Health and Human Services' proposed 2026 fiscal year budget. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Vaccination rates have hit historic lows, with RFK Jr. last month having made cuts in the vaccination schedule for children. Samuel Corum/Samuel Corum/Getty Images

Such messaging, alongside RFK Jr.’s longstanding—and scientifically unfounded—claims that vaccines cause autism, has been criticized during a current historic dip in vaccination rates.

MMR vaccination fell below the 95 percent herd immunity threshold in 2021, with flu vaccine uptake also falling. Total childhood vaccination rates are trending down, and are as low as 82.5 percent in some parts of South Carolina.

The post ‘Come On’: CNN Anchor Shuts Down Dr. Oz on Vaccines on Live TV appeared first on The Daily Beast.

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