In 2024, Pennsylvania reported six cases of measles. In 2025, there were 16. This year, there have been 216 cases through August 10, according to the CDC. (The state places the number at 258). Of these cases, 145 are in Lancaster County. So far, there are 2 cases in Lehigh and 0 in Northampton County.
This outbreak has prompted Governor Josh Shapiro to launch a measles dashboard, which contains data about the ages of those infected and where it has hit hardest.
Surprisingly, those between 18 and 49 have been targeted the most.
People born before 1957 are presumptively immune.
MAHA Warrior RFK,Jr., who has spent most of his adult career disparaging vaccines (including the measles vaccine), is now telling people to have their children vaccinated, noting it is 97% effective (in two doses). In Lancaster County, where Pa.'s outbreak is most severe, RFK, Jr. told 1,500 people at an annual farming fair, warned the Amish about agencies encouraging people to get vaccinated. "[T]hey cannot stand the fact that you're healthy," he said.
Now they're not.
Trump's fault
ReplyDeleteI burned my toast today. Trump's fault. Got a flat tire. That too.
DeleteI'm surprised you didn't blame it on trump
ReplyDeleteIn your opinion, whose fault is it? You mean you aren't holding the leadership accountable?
DeleteLet me remind you that Trump said to take ivermectin for Covid and that Covid would disappear before Easter the year it came out. AND Trump appointed an antivaxxer. Do you hold Trump accountable for that?
Trump also fired and removed safety protections for flesh eating bacteria that is killing our cows and lettuce now has cyclosporia which is making people sick. Is that not his fault either?!
Hey YAHOO.....Bernie doesn't have to blame this on Trump. The facts and evidence speak for themselves. JFK Jr. and Trump....What a team
DeleteRFK JR. MASA Make Americans Sick Again. What is next? Mumps, measles or any of the other diseases eliminated by vaccines. Ridiculous
ReplyDeleteMan, I remember all those illegals crossing the border and entering the interior who didn't need shots, or shot history, all the while Americans were losing their jobs.
DeleteDarwin award winners here....
ReplyDeleteNo sensible people who use the brains God gave them, unlike MAGA morons.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, a few years from now (or months?) the brain dead will be blaming Fauci again or some other poor sap for the deaths caused by this administration's stupidity on vaccines and health care in general. (Anyone for some road kill pot roast to build up the old immune system?)
ReplyDeleteI generally am pretty lenient when it comes to comments, but I've had enough from idiotic vaccine skeptics, and your comments will not be published. It is thanks to people like you and RFK, who was appointed by and encouraged by Trump, that a disease that was nearly eradicated is making a comeback.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who takes vaccinations seriously especially when deemed safe and medically encouraged by their medical professional and given when appropriate for age, pre existing health conditions. How anyone regardless of Political party affiliation can’t help but wonder what having so many individuals who entered this Country during 2020-2024 with zero health screenings and most likely from places of origin where vaccines aren’t often if ever given let alone often available add in the horrible conditions they took to come to the US. In the manner they did which was clear an unlawful entry regardless of what they conditions they claim to have fled from their home Country. How would we not have an uptick on these diseases that for years had control in place. Just a thought and again none of it comes from one sided Politics. Enjoy the weekend
ReplyDelete2024 exit polls showed that Trump voters were motivated by:
ReplyDelete1-starting a long war
2-tariffs to raise prices
3-building a ballroom
I would say the measles outbreak is primarily caused by allowing 20 million undocumented and unvaccinated people walk into our country under the previous administration, which then flew these people in the dark of night to undisclosed locations across the country.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to find a cause for the uptick in measles cases, start there.
In 2024 there were 6 cases and in 2025 there were 16. There were undocumented people here then as well as migrant farm workers. The current increase of cases can only be attributed to failure to get vaccinated. If you are vaccinated you will not get sick even if somebody with measles coughs on you.
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To 9.53. How many of the Lancaster measles cases do you think are here illegally? Just asking
ReplyDeleteI’m not 9:53, but how many do you think are? It could be all of them, it could be none of them.
DeleteBut I think the point was that allowing 20 million undocumented people cross the border, with potentially NONE of them being vaccinated, didn’t help.
If people here are trying to make an issue about Kennedy POSSIBLY having some sway over a few Americans getting vaccinations, where was the concern when a far greater number waltzed into the country illegally? Nobody was asking for THEIR vaccination status.
1041am in response to your question to my post. Chester County has some of the States largest mushroom crop farms worked by Mexican decents. I am not claiming to know their immigration status or vaccination status or truly care but you posted it and I am simply providing you factual data. Many work in Chester County on the farms but reside in nearby and much cheaper living areas in Lancaster Again nothing to do with Political sides simply facts. Enjoy your weekend
DeleteWhat 4:17 is not getting is that if you are vaccinated against measles you will not get it. No matter how many immigrants, vaccinated or not, come in to the country. It was virtually eradicated from this country until people like Kennedy started to spread their BS, science-denying opinions around as facts.
DeleteAll those millions crossing the border from third world countries had nothing to do with it.
ReplyDeleteI hate to bring in facts, but many outbreaks are concentrated in religious communities.
ReplyDeleteTime to focus back onto the county’s failures such as apparently ignoring the assault of a minor for 7 years under Houck and Barratta. Also don’t think for a minute that Gracedale is succeeding. Take your pick.
ReplyDeleteAs of now, cases in Pa total 296. It is reported that none of those victims were fully vaccinated. Remember that if you are vaccinated and exposed to the disease you will not contract it or pass it on. In this day and age there is no excuse for these cases, and worse, there are surely more cases that have not been reported. I pity the children the most for having to endure the misery that the measles is (I know, I am old and had it before there was a vaccine for it) I try to not to think the parents who did not vaccinate their children guilty of something something akin to abuse, except they may have been misguided by those in authority who are misleading the public regarding vaccines. Those are the culprits.
ReplyDeleteGuatemalans don't like vaccines. To say their hesitance is a result of being misled is simply racist. Just because they are Guatemalan doesn't make them dumb.
DeleteActually, measles and rubella was eradicated throughout the Americas by 2016. It did not reappear until the vaccine sceptics appeared during COVID. So No, this was not brought in by immigrants, legal or illegal, arriving from points south. https://journal.paho.org/en/special-issues/elimination-measles-and-rubella-americas
DeleteI really don’t get the issue here.
DeleteIf you’re worried about measles, get vaccinated. Sleep well at night knowing that you and your family is protected by your vaccine.
If you’re more worried about the (relatively low) possibility of an adverse reaction (severe or mild), don’t get vaccinated. At the same time, realize that you might have to live with the (often far worse) consequences of the illness.
I’d choose to get vaccinated every time, but that’s me and I can respect that others might feel differently. Parents and patients should have the final say, not the government.
BTW, the vaccine skeptics were there well before Covid, and it was typically the adult children of hippies from the 60’s, who were now having their own children and had different views on how to raise them.
That said, having the government force the covid vaccine on EVERYONE, and the misinformation spread (or suppression of it) by those promoting it, did more to increase vaccine hesitancy among all groups than any other single event in our history.
The Great Chicago Fire? Caused by Joe Biden and undocumented immigration? Sure. Why not?
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