RFK Jr. suggested Pennsylvania fabricated measles deaths. A coroner just confirmed one

Conspiracy theorist RFK Jr suggested that two deaths attributed to measles were "fabricated." A coroner made it abundantly clear that measles was indeed responsible for at least one.

Regardless of actual medical professionals decrying Kennedy's message, the toilet seat cocaine enthusiast storms forward, insisting officials not report the deaths as measles.

Amid a heated exchange with Shapiro, Kennedy ordered Erica Schwartz, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to remove the deaths from the agency's data. CDC staff had already accepted the deaths as being from measles and had reported them as such. Schwartz reportedly removed them from the public website without objection, though a report on Thursday revealed they are still included in an internal CDC database.

The deaths remain excluded from the CDC's public-facing data as of Friday afternoon, with only an asterisk in the chart where 2026 measles deaths would be reported. But the page was updated Friday to change the meaning of the asterisk. Previously, the asterisk linked to a note that read, in part: "available information does not establish whether measles caused or contributed to the deaths or whether the individuals died from other causes while infected with measles." That note is gone, replaced by one saying: "The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) does not currently have any death records from 2026 that indicate measles is the underlying cause."ArsTechnica

Doctors dispute claims the second death was not caused by measles, and insist, "It's long past time for RFK to stop playing games with people's lives."

Previously:
• Saturday Night Live's RFK Jr. hospital satire hits too close
• It can't just be the brain worm: what the hell is wrong with RFK, Jr?
• RFK Jr. praises nicotine as tech companies hand it to workers
• RFK Jr. cites toilet-seat cocaine habit as proof germs aren't real …