HealthThe GuardianWhy the CDC is excluding measles deaths in Pennsylvania even as outbreak appears to be ‘accelerating’
The US measles outbreak in Pennsylvania is accelerating, with doctors seeing rare new forms of the disease and the CDC still not counting four deaths in the state.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refuses to count four measles deaths in the state though doctors are ‘seeing new forms’ of disease
The CDC updated its measles dashboard but is still not counting four deaths in Pennsylvania, where the outbreak appears to be accelerating, doctors say.
Pennsylvania has reported 731 cases, but infectious disease specialist Dr John Goldman says that number is likely a significant undercount, with new forms like congenital measles now appearing.
Former CDC chief medical officer Debra Houry says deaths and hospitalisations are not proportional to what would normally be expected, raising serious concerns about the outbreak's true scale.
Experts say official case numbers are likely a significant undercount, so if you or your family are unvaccinated, talking to a GP about measles vaccination is worth doing now.
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