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Thursday, October 01, 2026

A fifth, unvaccinated person has died of measles in Pennsylvania, the state's health department announced Wednesday. The department identified the deceased as a resident of Lancaster County, which is the epicenter of a raging outbreak that began in late April. The updated case count as of Wednesday is 943 across 39 counties, including 119 cases reported in just the last seven days. At least 176 people have been hospitalized.

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... Lancaster County has reported 381 cases and three of the five deaths in the outbreak. The previous two deaths were both in infants too young to be vaccinated. That includes a newborn boy and a 6-week-old baby girl. So far, no other information has been released about the county's third death announced today.

The other two deaths were in an unvaccinated 18-year-old resident of Mifflin County, who developed a severe neurological complication of measles, and an unvaccinated 40-year-old woman, who had several chronic underlying health conditions that put her at higher risk of severe infection, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Prior to these five deaths in Pennsylvania, the state had not reported a measles death in 35 years. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-01 02:12 PM | Reply

We have the best measles deaths!!

~Pedo 47~

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-10-01 02:24 PM | Reply

Hard to decide which is more pleasing to read about hunting accident deaths or anti-vaxers getting exactly what they deserve.

#3 | Posted by qcp at 2026-10-01 02:45 PM | Reply

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RFK Jr. thinks AI will free us from the "tyranny" of medical facts, expertise
arstechnica.com

... At a Make America Healthy Again event Tuesday, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy opened a "fireside chat" with Vice President JD Vance on the topic of artificial intelligence. While MAHA generally coalesces around things like healthy lifestyles and mistrust of drugmakers, Kennedy quickly turned to extolling the potential of artificial intelligence, surprising Vance, who said he was expecting to discuss "weight loss and acid, not AI."

Kennedy boasted that the Trump administration is "making it easy for every American to use AI," which he claimed would free us from the "medical tyranny" of doctors and health experts. He suggested Americans should start using AI to get second opinions about medical recommendations, saying AI is "better informed than any doctor in the country." He also suggested that the technology would confirm his misinformation about vaccines and contrarian views on public health guidance. ...


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-01 03:07 PM | Reply

@#3 ... anti-vaxers getting exactly what they deserve. ...

The issue I have with that is... "The previous two deaths were both in infants too young to be vaccinated."

So, those who do not get vaccinated seem to make it easier for measles to infect those too young to be vaccinated. Easier because measles is more prevalent of late with the decreasing use of the vaccine.

The decreasing use of the vaccine decreases the "herd immunity" which makes it more likely that an infected person will infect others, including those who are too young to be vaccinated.

It seems to be that those who do not get vaccinated do not care about the community, or the Country for that matter, they live in.



#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-01 03:19 PM | Reply

"...the "medical tyranny" of doctors and health experts"

We are soooooo fncked.

#6 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-01 04:14 PM | Reply

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