JeffTexas

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[Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck]

This is straight up disinformation. The pathologist was clear after the autopsy that the baby tragically died of a ruptured spleen and that measles did NOT cause it. In fact they can’t even be sure the baby had active measles because they only found antibodies. NBC is lying.

[JeffTexas @JeffTexas3]

@BabyBluCollar Very nice! I think I would need some help moving that one.

[JeffTexas @JeffTexas3]

@MatthiasISU this you?

[JeffTexas @JeffTexas3]

@C_Boeckman People doing rankings at this point have no idea what they are talking about.

[JeffTexas @JeffTexas3]

Man between my 2-6 drinks per week and 4-6 coffees per day, I am going to live forever. What a country.

[Carnivore Aurelius ©🥩 ☀️🦙 @AlpacaAurelius]

alcohol is making a comeback.

people who drink ZERO alcohol, have HIGHER mortality rates than those who drink 3-4 drinks a week

there's a j shaped curve where less than 1 drink a day but more than 0 is the lowest mortality.

dont binge drink, but a drink here and there may improve your health

the sweet spot looks like 2 to 6 drinks per week

[Jake Schaefer @jschaeferCFB]

Yep. I’m gonna run through a brick wall.

#Cyclones

[Aaron Siri @AaronSiriSG]

Here’s what we know so far about the two deaths in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that are widely being called “measles deaths:”

1. Governor Shapiro announced, “the first two measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania in 35 years.”* This phrasing is important. He did not say “measles deaths” or “deaths from measles” which means the facts do not allow him to say that. And just as people can die with Covid, as opposed to from Covid, people can die with measles, as opposed to from measles.

2. While claiming that, “protecting the confidentiality of residents is a core responsibility of the Department of Health” and thus, “out of respect for their privacy, [the DOH] will not be releasing additional personal details,” as they’re “protecting people’s privacy and confidentiality,” they had no issue disclosing that the two individuals were supposedly unvaccinated which is, in fact, a medical and personal detail.

3. According to the County Commissioner, Joshua Parsons, as of August 25, 2026, “The Coroner’s office indicates that it currently has ZERO reported cases where measles is the immediate cause of death.”**

4. Most critically, if these two had died of measles, the Pennsylvania Governor and health department would no doubt have been blasting out that claim, instead of saying “measles-associated deaths” and “residents with measles have died.”

5. While jumping at any chance to hopefully pin a death on a disease for which there is a vaccine, these same officials don’t give a hoot about the children and adults across this country that are killed, injured, or left with a chronic disease from their worshipped vaccine products, no matter the number. The daily unrelenting flow of those contacting our firm about deaths and devastating injuries from vaccines are irrelevant to them. A maybe case, just hopeful case, that measles may have caused a death, that is all they care about even when all the facts are not in yet.

6. Ironically, Governor Shapiro preached that: “There’s real life consequences to spreading misinformation. There’s real life consequences to scaring people and not relying on actual doctors and actual medical professionals to provide unbiased information to parents…Sharing…misinformation does not help the cause of public health.” Yet, I have not seen the Governor or the Pennsylvania DOH correcting any of the media that is spreading misinformation, scaring people, and not relying on unbiased information in their reporting of these deaths as being “measles deaths” or “from measles.” These outlets include The New York Times, Reuters, The Guardian, USA Today, ABC News, Wall Street Journal, and many more.***

7. Governor Shapiro also identified another serious problem: “Measles has been so rare for so long that many doctors don’t know a lot about it” and explains that their DOH has had to “work[] to inform physicians of the symptoms so they can tell the difference between the rash that appears from measles and perhaps some other rash.” When vaccination becomes the sole answer, the quality of healthcare declines.

8. Perhaps the most important thing that Governor Shapiro said is something that everyone needs to remember and respect: “Parents absolutely have the right to make their own decisions on how to best protect their kids.”

Sources:
*https://t.co/ZgnkfYIoUx
**https://t.co/zUFi4L730F
*** The New York Times: “Two Unvaccinated People Died From Measles in Pennsylvania, Officials Say” — uses “died from measles” and “measles deaths.”
https://t.co/qCfYArZN7B
Reuters: “Pennsylvania reports first U.S. measles deaths this year as outbreak grows” — uses “died from measles” and “measles deaths” / “measles fatalities.”
https://t.co/FycC9BPIEW
The Guardian: “Two unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania” — uses “die of measles” / “died of measles” and “died from measles.”
https://t.co/Jk3ihKhXLx
USA Today: “Two dead of measles in Pennsylvania, the first in US this year” — uses “died of measles” / “dead of measles” and “measles deaths.”
https://t.co/zpioAyJQQX
ABC News: “2 people die from measles in Pennsylvania, marking state's first deaths in 35 years” — uses “die from measles” / “died … from measles.”
https://t.co/5uaGJfYEKq
Wall Street Journal (headline and body mix): “Pennsylvania Reports First Measles Deaths of 2026” — headline uses “Measles Deaths”; body includes “died after contracting measles” (borderline but often grouped with direct phrasing in coverage).
https://t.co/wGlgrJIjoo

[JeffTexas @JeffTexas3]

@EliotClough

[JeffTexas @JeffTexas3]

@MaryBowdenMD @KenPaxtonTX Seems like he has no choice but to appeal so that this doesn’t stand as precedent, no?

[JeffTexas @JeffTexas3]

@startelegram Soft program!

[JeffTexas @JeffTexas3]

@swess_ball It’s the old Inverse AD Block maneuver.

[Miles Commodore @miles_commodore]

Highest income tax rates in the United States.

California: 13.3%
Hawaii: 11.0%
New York: 10.9%
New Jersey: 10.75%
District of Columbia: 10.75%
Oregon: 9.9%
Minnesota: 9.85% 

What a huge coincidence that every one of these are blue. This is shocking.

[Steve · Millionaire Habits @SteveOnSpeed]

I'd be perfectly okay forfeiting 100% of my Social Security benefits if the government would refund everything I've paid in over the years.

I'll sign a contract. No benefits.

Just give me my money back.

[JeffTexas @JeffTexas3]

@JoinCrowdHealth @nypost I joined a few days ago; looking forward to experiencing it

[JeffTexas @JeffTexas3]

Before anyone gets their undies a bunch about two measles deaths… they were not kids and Kennedy had nothing to do with it.

[Luiz M.D. @Luizmd]

That explains why no information was initially shared

[Alex Berenson @AlexBerenson]

You'll hear a LOT in the media about those two measles deaths today.

Know what you won't hear? If this trial is right, Tamiflu has killed tens of thousands of elderly, sick Americans since 2000, while Roche has made $20 billion on it. And the media's hyped it at every step.

[JeffTexas @JeffTexas3]

@LifeofFitz Is it having a good effect Fitz? Love from Cyclone nation,

[JeffTexas @JeffTexas3]

@westobeer @EthanSmidt32 LFG!

[JeffTexas @JeffTexas3]

@IowaStateNation @C_Boeckman @DMRegister 99 cents is silly. Just make it an even $15 or whatever. We aren’t stupid.

[JeffTexas @JeffTexas3]

@beaver_stadium @GoPSUsports @PennStateFball Super happy for the stadium becoming the best version of itself. It climbed the rough side of the mountain for sure.