Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths

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Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths

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It’s long past time for RFK to stop playing games with people’s lives."

A six-week-old baby girl in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, died from measles, the county coroner confirmed to local press on Friday.

Stephen Diamantoni, a Republican elected coroner in 2007, told Lancaster Online that the baby died at home. “I believe it was the 18th of August,” he said.

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Pretty easily I’d imagine.

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