CDC Finally Gets Around To Acknowledging Half Of The Measles Fatalities We Know Exist

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While the game-playing that RFK Jr.’s CDC has conducted is ongoing, they can only keep up the charade for so long. The nation is undergoing the worst outbreak of measles in over three decades, with Pennsylvania currently the hardest hit of all the states. As we’ve discussed, there have now been four measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania and, presumably, nation-wide to date in 2026. For a month, the CDC played games with the data, refusing to report on any of those deaths, a direct slap in the face of the families of the dead. Instead, Kennedy reportedly intervened directly to stop the publication of those fatalities, with the CDC claiming that this was due to a new verification process for confirmation that the dead did in fact die from complications of measles.

Why Kennedy and his cadre of minions did so is not a complicated question to answer. The government’s response to the measles outbreak is an unmitigated failure and Kennedy exhibits all the hallmarks of an ego-driven sociopath. But this game-playing always had a short shelf life and now the public CDC website for the outbreak at least is acknowledging half of the deaths from measles this year.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday confirmed that there have been two measles-related ​deaths in the country this year, up from ‌one reported last week. The confirmation, on the agency’s website, comes as measles cases continue to rise across the United States, with 3,659 infections as of September 24.

The ​CDC, however, did not specify in which states ​the deaths occurred.

That in and of itself is an interesting omission. If one were to want to be of a conspiratorial mind, the question that would immediately leap to mind is whether there are measles-related deaths in other states besides Pennsylvania that have occurred. Perhaps in a state with a state government more friendly, or at least obedient, with this particular administration.

I want to be clear: I have no data or reporting that would indicate other deaths have occurred. But this is what happens when you have a CDC that is playing games with reporting and data, or otherwise obfuscating the truth about what is happening with a medical crisis like this. You get a vacuum in which speculation is allowed to fester.

And, of course, the semantic argument the CDC is trying to make here is still in play.

The ​federal agency has ⁠said is working with state epidemiologists on a standard definition for measles-related deaths to ensure ​consistent reporting across jurisdictions, adding that the ​number of ⁠deaths is subject to change as additional information becomes available and reviews are completed.

This is what we call a solution in search of a problem. I have not heard of a single concrete issue with how measles data was reported in 2025, yet here we have a change in definitions and reporting process. Why?

Because of Kennedy’s ego, that’s why. If you want to know what it looks like when Kennedy fails at his job, you need only look at this from the CDC measles site.

More cases. More hospitalizations. More deaths, no matter what roadblocks to reporting them Kennedy wants to put in place. Kennedy’s first year saw the worst outbreak of measles in decades. His second year is already worse and we still have a full quarter of a year to go, including November and December, which were the worst months of last year for case counts.

Failure across the board. A sophomore slump, of a sort, but one in which real Americans get really sick and sometimes really die.

Why is this being allowed to continue?

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