RESIGN: Democrat Josh Shapiro Still Refuses to Answer Basic Questions on Two So-Called Measles Deaths — Second Person Still Unkown
August 29, 2026
Pennsylvania Democrat Governor Josh Shapiro is still refusing to provide the public with basic information about two deaths his administration labeled “measles-associated,” even after the Lancaster County coroner determined that one of the individuals, a newborn baby, died from a ruptured spleen and massive blood loss, not measles.
During a Friday press conference, a reporter confronted Shapiro directly about the serious discrepancy between his administration’s explosive announcement and the findings of Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni.
“Since you had your news conference in Lancaster, we’ve learned a little bit more information about the case with the baby—that it was a newborn,” the reporter said.
“The coroner said that it was a ruptured spleen and didn’t consider it a measles death,” she continued. “Given the fact that we’re in an environment where there is misinformation and there is confusion, why not be a little more specific and transparent about that case?”
Shapiro would not answer. He waved the question off as if Pennsylvanians were not entitled to know whether their governor just stood in a hospital and used a dead infant as a political prop.
The Democrat governor dismissed the growing demands for transparency as “conspiracy theories.”
“I don’t think it serves the interest of public health or slows the spread of this outbreak for me to get into a back-and-forth about conspiracy theories that are showing up online,” Shapiro said.
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Dr. Diamantoni confirmed that the newborn died from a lacerated and ruptured spleen, which caused massive blood loss.
The infant tested positive for measles, but the coroner said measles was not the cause of death.
“We don’t consider that a measles death,” Diamantoni said.
The coroner also said measles was not identified as a contributing factor and that the baby’s spleen showed no swelling or enlargement that would suggest measles caused the rupture. The investigation into what caused the injury remains open, although authorities reportedly do not suspect foul play.
Shapiro’s Department of Health has since admitted that the newborn was one of the two cases included in its announcement.
The state is using the carefully crafted term “measles-associated” to describe a death in which there is laboratory or epidemiological evidence of measles, even if the disease was not determined to be the immediate or contributing cause of death.
The Shapiro administration also repeatedly emphasized that both individuals were “unvaccinated.” However, the routine first MMR dose is not administered to newborn babies. The Department of Health’s decision to highlight the infant’s vaccination status without initially disclosing that the individual was a newborn raised even more questions about whether the tragic death was being exploited to push a political narrative.
And what about the second alleged “measles-associated” death?
The public still knows virtually nothing.
Diamantoni said his office has no information about a second death in Lancaster County, while Shapiro’s administration continues to withhold the individual’s age, cause of death, medical history, and reason for being unvaccinated.
The state’s own August 25 announcement disclosed the vaccination status of both individuals but refused to provide additional details, citing patient privacy.
Shapiro apparently believes state law allows his administration to reveal politically useful information—but prohibits officials from releasing any information that might permit the public to evaluate the accuracy of his claims.
Even Dr. Paul Offit, a prominent vaccine advocate and outspoken critic of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said Pennsylvania officials could have released the patients’ ages, causes of death, and reasons for being unvaccinated without violating confidentiality.
Offit said the administration’s secrecy “created fertile ground for conspiracy theories to thrive.”
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Lancaster County officials initially found zero deaths attributed to measles after Shapiro traveled to the county and held a headline-grabbing press conference announcing the two deaths.
The Gateway Pundit later reported that Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons blasted the Shapiro administration for refusing to provide answers after the coroner confirmed that the newborn died with measles, not from measles.
“For the first case, they are pointing to an infant that died WITH measles, but not FROM it,” Parsons wrote. “The second case there is zero information on. They have a responsibility to provide it.”
Secretary Kennedy has also accused Pennsylvania officials of refusing to provide federal health authorities with sufficient information to independently verify the deaths. The CDC said it was working to “clarify conflicting information” and determine whether the two reported deaths were caused by measles.
Shapiro, meanwhile, continues to smear legitimate questions from reporters, county officials, the coroner, and federal health authorities as “conspiracy theories.”
If Josh Shapiro cannot tell Pennsylvanians the truth about these cases, he should resign.
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