GoKawiilSouth Carolina coroner confirms 6-week-old infant died of measles, contradicting RFK Jr.
A South Carolina coroner's office confirmed that a six-week-old infant's death was caused by measles, after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had disputed the CDC's inclusion of measles deaths in its official count. Kennedy directed new CDC director Erica Schwartz to remove the deaths from the agency's public data, and while she complied, internal records reportedly still list them.
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This dispute shows political leadership overriding career public health staff's established process for tracking outbreak deaths, undermining the CDC's credibility as an independent data source. Changing the meaning of a data-page asterisk rather than restoring the deaths suggests an effort to obscure rather than clarify the record, raising concerns about transparency during an active measles outbreak.
- A coroner confirmed a 6-week-old baby died from measles despite Kennedy's objections.
- RFK Jr. ordered the CDC to remove confirmed measles deaths from public data, though internal records still show them.
- The CDC quietly changed the wording behind its data asterisk, shifting from acknowledging uncertainty to denying underlying-cause records exist.
Source: arstechnica.com, 2026-09-04
Published there as: “Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths”
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