Will medical illiterate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also deny that the total number of measles cases in Pennsylvania is up 31 and the number of new cases is up in the past two days?

 

Dashboard:  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (box and arrows added)

Headline:  Pennsylvania Capital-Star, 8/26/2026

Mitch Perry reports:

The Phoenix instead asked about the reported measles deaths in Pennsylvania, which led Gov. Josh Shapiro to say Tuesday that Kennedy’s history of casting doubt on the effectiveness of vaccines “is having a negative impact on communities across America.” 

responded by questioning whether those two deaths were connected to the measles. 

“We’re trying to get information about those two casualties,” he said. “According to a statement that was released by the Lancaster County Commission today, they do not find any measles status in Lancaster County. And they complained that the governor will not give them that information.”

The Lancaster County Commission did no such thing!

What happened was that GOP-aligned commissioner Josh Parsons posted a rant on Facebook.  In response, his colleague Alice Yoder accused him of  "intentionally sowing misinformation and doubt in a trusted public health agency."

In Pennsylvania, county commissions have just three members.  Atll 67 of them.  Which makes it easy for two members to rule the roost.

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