Pennsylvania commissioner accuses Shapiro of 'deceptive' measles death framing as RFK Jr blasts Dem governor

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Joshua Parsons, one of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania's commissioners, accused Gov. Josh Shapiro of deception for framing an infant's death as being from measles after the county coroner said the baby did not die from the disease.

During a Tuesday press conference alongside Dr. Debra Bogen at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Hospital, Shapiro announced the deaths of two people who were unvaccinated for measles. MEASLES DEATHS MAY HAVE BEEN 'FABRICATED,' RFK JR CLAIMS AFTER CORONER RAISES QUESTIONS Joshua Parsons, one of three Lancaster County Commissioners and the Vice Chairman of the County Commission. (Lancaster County Commissioners Office) However, according to conversations he had with the Lancaster County Coroner, Parsons claimed nobody in the county has died from measles this year.

MEASLES DEATHS MAY HAVE BEEN 'FABRICATED,' RFK JR CLAIMS AFTER CORONER RAISES QUESTIONS The coroner did acknowledge the presence of measles in the infant who died, but said neither he nor the pathologist who examined the infant believed measles to be the cause of death.

"Well, the governor, in the press conference, they said they were measles-associated deaths, but it was framed, and very much the underlying assertion to it, was that these were measles deaths," Parsons told Fox News Digital.

MEASLES DEATHS MAY HAVE BEEN 'FABRICATED,' RFK JR CLAIMS AFTER CORONER RAISES QUESTIONS Parsons noted that national media outlets framed the deaths as being from measles. "Today, we see the consequences of a lack of immunizations in the first measles-associated deaths that our Commonwealth has seen in 35 years," Shapiro said.

He also said he has received no information about the second person mentioned by Shapiro and the Pennsylvania Department of Health. "I want to be clear: This illness and death from measles is completely preventable," he said.

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Joshua Parsons, one of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania's commissioners, accused Gov. Josh Shapiro of deception for framing an infant's death as being from measles after the county coroner said the baby did not die…
"Well, the governor, in the press conference, they said they were measles-associated deaths, but it was framed, and very much the underlying assertion to it, was that these were measles deaths," Parsons told Fox News…
During a Tuesday press conference alongside Dr. Debra Bogen at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Hospital, Shapiro announced the deaths of two people who were unvaccinated for measles.
"Today, we see the consequences of a lack of immunizations in the first measles-associated deaths that our Commonwealth has seen in 35 years," Shapiro said.
"I want to be clear: This illness and death from measles is completely preventable," he said.
MEASLES DEATHS MAY HAVE BEEN 'FABRICATED,' RFK JR CLAIMS AFTER CORONER RAISES QUESTIONS Parsons noted that national media outlets framed the deaths as being from measles.
MEASLES DEATHS MAY HAVE BEEN 'FABRICATED,' RFK JR CLAIMS AFTER CORONER RAISES QUESTIONS Joshua Parsons, one of three Lancaster County Commissioners and the Vice Chairman of the County Commission. (Lancaster County…
MEASLES DEATHS MAY HAVE BEEN 'FABRICATED,' RFK JR CLAIMS AFTER CORONER RAISES QUESTIONS The coroner did acknowledge the presence of measles in the infant who died, but said neither he nor the pathologist who examined…

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