Tragically, but quite predictably, there is news of yet another measles death in Pennsylvania.
What is also very predictable?
Anti-vaccine influencers will be going into overdrive to try to dismiss and minimize this death, trying to say that it was not actually caused by measles.
How Will Anti-Vaccine Influencers React to News of Yet Another Measles Death in Pennsylvania?
How do we know that?
Because that’s their MO (method of operations)!
That’s what they do every time a child or adult dies because they are sick with measles.
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They move the goalposts.
They try to shift the blame onto something else—anything except the simple fact that measles is a life-threatening disease.
Why?
Because in their anti-vaccine worldview, measles is a mild disease that doesn’t kill people.
So if you do die when you have measles, then there must be another reason than that you had measles!
And that’s what we will see today in response to the news of another measles death in Pennsylvania on September 12, 2026.
We will see anti-vaccine influencers asking:
if she was vaccinated? - while it is likely safe to say that she was unvaccinated, even if she was fully vaccinated, since vaccines aren’t perfect, that would be an even more important reminder why we need everyone else to be be vaccinated! Why? Most of the people in these outbreaks are unvaccinated.
if she had any chronic diseases? - while a chronic disease would have made her more high-risk, that would be a reason why we need herd immunity levels of protection! It certainly would not be a reason to minimize her death.
if she really died from or with measles? - unlike other recent announcements, this one is clear - she died from complications associated with measles. She died from measles - because she was sick with measles.
was it a vaccine strain of measles? - actually, I think they finally learned to stop asking about shedding and vaccine strains!
What else?
They will look to attack the care she received, blaming her death on malpractice and medical errors.
Of course, there are much simpler explanations for these deaths.
There are out-of-control measles outbreaks in Pennsylvania and many other states and there are way too many people who are unvaccinated.
And that’s a recipe for a lot of people getting sick and some dying.
Fortunately, there is a way to put a stop to all of this - get vaccinated and protected.
Stop the outbreaks.
What else?
Look at how skeptical anti-vaccine influencers can be when investigating a measles death, but how they blindly accept, without any research, every vaccine injury story…
“The woman died on Saturday, Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong said in a news release, which added that no additional identifying information would be made available, citing the privacy of the family. Reached by phone briefly Sunday morning, Furlong, who was elected coroner as a Republican, said the woman was unvaccinated.”
Pennsylvania woman dies of measles-related complications, local coroner says
And yes, she was unvaccinated…
“The woman had several chronic medical conditions that made her vulnerable to severe complications from measles. She had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or C.O.P.D., and was on 24/7 supplemental oxygen.”
Unvaccinated Woman Likely Died of Measles Complications, Pa. County Coroner Says
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Your question is rhetorical, of course…you know well how they will respond…
“This was not measles!”
“This was measles but it was death with measles not from measles!”
“This was medical negligence…she was treated wrongly by the hospital!”
“If she had just had Vitamin A and jojo juice she would have been fine!”
“She caught measles from shedding of vaccine virus!”
“All of the above!”
They're still at it with the "was it from or with measles" thing, I've seen several just this morning. They refuse to learn. The first thing they usually say is that they must have been old or vulnerable. Their denial tactics are next level.