Question is how do you reach and educate
them ?
And of course, is it really wise to implement
all these public school exemptions we now have ?
Ugh, really sad.
This almost seems criminal. Lancaster county is only at 87.5% vaccination rate
for measles.
Key Details
The 2021 Visit: RFK Jr. spoke at a farm in Lancaster County, addressing a population with historically lower vaccination rates (such as local Amish and Mennonite communities). He warned against public health agencies and claimed that measles was not a major threat. [1, 2, 3]
Measles Outbreak and Deaths: Lancaster County later faced a significant measles outbreak with over a hundred cases, leading to the first measles deaths in Pennsylvania in decades, involving unvaccinated individuals. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Official Fallout: Following the deaths, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro criticized RFK Jr. directly, stating that the anti-vaccine rhetoric and misinformation spread by figures like Kennedy have real-life consequences and endanger local communities. [1, 2, 3]
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What? Do you think there’s a correlation?
Must have been from brown people in…Amish country?
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Now at 2,903 confirmed cases. And it’s probably much worse based upon this CDC statement.
*CDC is aware of probable measles cases being reported by jurisdictions. However, the data on this page only includes confirmed cases jurisdictions have notified to CDC.
As of August 27, 2026, 2,903 confirmed* measles cases were reported in the United States in 2026. Among these, 2,887 measles cases were reported by 47 jurisdictions: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. A total of 16 measles cases were reported among international visitors to the United States.
Two people have died from measles in the United States so far in 2026, following three reported deaths in 2025. [1]just where your mask and condom while you drive and you will survive.
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You have to know where your mask is before you can wear it.
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After 1 death the the previous 20+ years.
The trend isn’t great and will take time to get steadily worse as many are still vaccinated (despite that number going down). We can’t afford to ignore this because the death number isn’t big enough for some yet. That’s a generally terrible idea with contagious diseases.
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Always good when the chicken sacrificer weighs in with wisdom
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One would think that there was more deaths If so many people are unvaccinated.
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Death rate is somewhere around 1 to 3 per 1000. We’ve had roughly 5k cases the last couple of years and 5 deaths so low end of expectation but still there. Another thing is hospitalization risk is ~1/5. Lots of serious cases don’t result in death but still bad news.
This will be a slow burn and will obviously get worse if vax rates trend lower.
Death being your metric seems like a smart play. Meanwhile, in civilized society, here are some consequences for being selfish.
Per Gemini:
The worst severe complications of measles include pneumonia, brain swelling (encephalitis), and permanent hearing loss or blindness, with overall complication rates affecting up to 30% of infected people. [1, 2, 3]
Severe Complications and Their Chances
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Pneumonia: This is the most common severe complication and the leading cause of measles-related deaths in young children. It happens in about 1 out of every 20 children (5%) who get measles. [1, 2]
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Encephalitis (Brain Swelling): This dangerous swelling of the brain can cause convulsions, deafness, or intellectual disability. It develops in about 1 out of every 1,000 people infected. [1, 2]
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Ear Infections and Hearing Loss: Common middle ear infections occur in about 1 out of every 10 children with measles and can result in permanent hearing loss. [1, 2]
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Severe Diarrhea and Dehydration: Digestive complications and severe fluid loss happen in less than 1 out of every 10 people (about 8%). [1, 2]
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Blindness: Measles can cause severe eye damage and corneal scarring (keratitis), leading to blindness. [1]
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Immune Amnesia: The virus can damage immune cells and wipe out the body’s memory of past infections, leaving a person vulnerable to other dangerous bacteria and viruses for months or years. [1, 2]
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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE): This is a rare, fatal central nervous system disease that develops 7 to 10 years after an apparent recovery from measles. It affects roughly 7 to 11 out of every 100,000 people who had measles, with higher risks for children infected under age two. [1, 2]
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Pregnancy Risks: Unvaccinated pregnant individuals who catch measles face a higher risk of premature birth or low-birth-weight babies. [1, 2]
Overall, about 1 in 5 unvaccinated people in the U.S. who contract measles require hospitalization due to these severe issues. You can learn more about prevention and safety via the CDC Measles Guide. [1, 2, 3]
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Now we know why the latest deaths were excluded.
In a highly unusual move, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not counting two measles-associated deaths reported by the state of Pennsylvania in its measles death tally, saying it doesn’t have enough information to determine whether measles caused or contributed to the fatalities.
The decision to exclude the deaths from the weekly update came from the CDC’s new director, Dr. Erica Schwartz, according to two people with knowledge of the decision.
The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived.
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I will say, Dr. Schwartz has a stellar resume so I am heasitant to say it is a political decision to exclude them from the update but I also wouldn’t rule it out.
She has stellar credentials; but, per reported sources, she intervened in something that a director doesn’t normally do. That appears to be a failing of judgement on her part.
Also, per John Hopkins, we are at 3048 cases as of last Friday. I’m okay with there being a lag in CDC reporting of cases.
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resources/us-measles-tracker
Yes, what I mean is with her credentials I’m giving her the benefit of the doubt that she had non political reasons to intervene.
3 sources now say she intervened at direction of sec of medieval practices. Not a good look
for her.
That’s unfortunate.