Shapiro Urges Kennedy to Back Measles Shots as U.S. Vaccination Rate Falls to 92.4%
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Updated · POLITICO · Aug 26
Shapiro Urges Kennedy to Back Measles Shots as U.S. Vaccination Rate Falls to 92.4%
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Aug 26
Summary
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro pressed HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to publicly encourage measles vaccination and stop misinformation as the state confronts a deadly outbreak.
Kennedy instead blamed the national drop in measles vaccination to 92.4% from 95% in 2019 on eroded trust in medicine during the Covid pandemic, and said the decline happened under Joe Biden.
Shapiro rejected that account, saying he did not fault the Biden administration and accusing Kennedy of pushing conspiracy theories instead of helping contain the outbreak.
Two deaths have been reported in rural Lancaster County, where limited public-health disclosure is constrained by federal patient-privacy rules.
With measles returning to its worst levels since 1991, what hidden factors are truly driving the unprecedented collapse in public medical trust?
Despite record-high vaccine exemptions and tragic fatalities, what unseen strategies are keeping the U.S. response allegedly ahead of the global curve?
As hospitals lock down vulnerable infant wards, how far will the consequences of dropping below the herd immunity threshold spread across the nation?