Vaccine misinformation spreads as RFK Jr suggests two measles deaths were ‘fabricated’
Anti-vaxxers are spreading conspiracy theories after two recent measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania Anti-vaccine activists are trying to track down the families of two people, including at least one newborn, who died after contracting measles in Pennsylvania, as governor Josh Shapiro tangles with Robert F Kennedy Jr over his “inaccurate and misleading claims”. Kennedy, the secretary of the…
The recent measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania have sparked a wave of vaccine misinformation as anti-vaxxers attempt to uncover the families of those affected. Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US Department of Health and Human Services secretary, made inaccurate and misleading claims suggesting that the deaths may have been "fabricated."
This claim came after a Republican coroner in Lancaster county stated that one of the deaths was unrelated to measles, despite the cause being consistent with the virus. The controversy has put pressure on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, who is currently at odds with Kennedy over these misleading statements.
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