Pennsylvania Measles Deaths Spark Political Feud

Measles deaths reported in Pennsylvania spark feud among politicians and health officials

Medical experts say the brouhaha has diverted focus from an exploding public health threat.

Pennsylvania measles deaths spark political feud

NEW YORK — The recent announcement of Pennsylvania’s first measles-related deaths in decades has ignited a public feud among politicians and health officials who disagree over the role of the contagious disease in the fatalities. Independent experts say the conflict is a symptom of a social and political debate over how to frame a national surge in measles cases, the worst seen in more than three decades. Pennsylvania officials this week reporte…

US CDC joins Robert F. Kennedy Jr in questioning Pennsylvania measles deaths

It said Governor Josh Shapiro has rejected its help and declined to provide more information on the deaths. Read more at straitstimes.com.

CDC Joins RFK Jr. in Questioning Pennsylvania Measles Deaths

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cast doubt on Pennsylvania officials’ statements about two recent measles-related deaths, intensifying a dispute between the Trump administration and the state over the disease outbreak.

Is the Solution to No Measles Deaths to Just Make Some Up?

On August 4, I wrote about how the effort to scare Americans about the threat of measles was running up against the fact that nobody in the country has died from the infection this year. Without measles deaths, how are the measles scare promoters going to build up enough fear in parents so they load […]

Philly Inquirer Mangles It: 'Republican' RFK Jr 'Pounced' on Shapiro to Spread Measles 'Misinformation'

Pirate's Cove Screenshot "Republicans pounced."It is such a worn journalistic trope that it has become the object of mockery whenever some brave but foolish member of the media dares to use it yet again. But what if the subject who supposedly pounced is not even a Republican? Well, that is apparently no problem for the Philadelphia Inquirer which conveniently relabeled the person in question, in this case Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as a Republican v…