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vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day ago

Reports: RFK Jr. ordered measles deaths deletion; CDC still secretly counts them

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Reports: RFK Jr. ordered measles deaths deletion; CDC still secretly counts them

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vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day ago
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CDC staff had already accepted the measles death reports when RFK Jr. meddled.
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    There were zero measles deaths. The coroner came out and said it was 100% fake news.

    RFK is right. CDC shouldn’t be lying.

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      Do you have a source for that?

      According to https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/09/04/infant-died-measles-pennsylvania-coroner-confirms/ “A local coroner has said that an infant from the Amish community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has died of measles.” September 4, 2026

      According to https://local21news.com/news/local/lancaster-county-coroner-confirms-baby-died-from-measles-vaccinations-health-politics-pennsylvania-pa-death-amish-genetic-condition-measles-associated-deaths-coroner-investigation “In this case, coroner Stephen Diamantoni said the child died from measles, not with. He clarified that measles was the cause of death in this case, however it was not considered the cause of death in the case where an infant boy died with measles.” September 4, 2026

      According to https://amishamerica.com/coroner-confirms-amish-girl-died-measles-first-us-death-2026/ “Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen […] Diamantoni confirmed that measles was in fact the cause of death. As he put it to CBS 21, the child died from measles, not “with” it. […] While the death of the boy discussed in the Atlantic story was, according to Diamantoni, due to a ruptured spleen and not directly caused by measles, the case of this girl is being attributed directly to measles. […] the death has been confirmed as caused by measles at the county level. The state level is still calling it “associated,” while at the federal level, the CDC is not confirming it as caused by measles. […] That may simply reflect a delay in confirmation or other things clouding the picture.” September 4, 2026

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        https://www.pennlive.com/health/2026/08/measles-was-not-the-cause-of-lancaster-county-infants-death-coroner-says.html

        Literally recording of the coroner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89yXSl-sYKE

        Laceration of spleen and genetic microencephaly ain’t measles.

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          The PennLive link is more than a week old, while the 3 links I gave are from yesterday, which quotes County coroner Stephen Diamantoni giving the update.

          The YouTube link doesn’t work for me - cookies and cross-site scripting required? What’s the date of the recording?

          While the spleen death of the boy was “with” measles, the “the case of this girl is being attributed directly to measles.” (see my 3 links given in the post your responded to).

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      ↑ this account is also a climate change denier

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        deleted by creator

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      odd, because this is what he said;

      Today in Pennsylvania, Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni, MD, confirmed that the county’s second measles infant death, which he initially called “measles associated,” was caused by the highly contagious virus. The county is the site of a rapidly growing measles outbreak.

      He is unsure about the other because that child had amish microcephaly and associated issues, but also did in fact have measles when she passed.

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        Shared a link to actual recording of him saying this is not true.

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