Historically, state health departments determine cases and deaths, not the CDC.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is excluding two measles deaths reported by Pennsylvania health officials last week from its latest update of national measles data. The move publicly challenges the accuracy of the state’s death determinations in an extraordinary move that breaks precedent that states are the arbiters of case and death determinations, not the CDC.

The New York Times reported Monday that the CDC’s new director, Erica Schwartz, is behind the decision. Schwartz—less than a month into the job—reportedly ordered CDC staff to add an unusual statement onto the CDC’s website for measles surveillance data. The statement notes that the update will not include the deaths reported by Pennsylvania and continues: “At this time, 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.”

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    “Pro-life until the child is born, then fuck em.” - The Guardians of Pedophiles Party

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    Amid the pandemic, Kennedy and like-minded allies similarly assailed reports of deaths from COVID-19, arguing that they were deaths “with” the deadly virus and not “from” it.

    Oh boy, it’s this bullshit again! You’d think after getting totally pantsed by excess death studies they would know that argument isn’t gonna cut it.

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      You can’t pants people who aren’t wearing any. These guys are all wearing “Emperor’s new clothes” styled garments

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      Oh boy, it’s this bullshit again! You’d think after getting totally pantsed by excess death studies they would know that argument isn’t gonna cut it.

      They don’t care about logic or reason or facts or expertise.

      As long as enough Crazy Uncle Liberty types can be goaded into repeating, like good little parrots, lines like “they died with Covid, not from Covid!” they will have achieved their aims. Because just enough dipshits will vote for more Republican and conservative bullshit.

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      Yes…for example, George Floyd died with COVID, but from hyperpigmentation.

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    I mean if you consider being alive as an “other cause” diseases have never killed anyone. QED Covid 19 was a hoax and vaccines are useless and probably cause autism.