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A Lancaster County coroner says a newborn died of measles — so why is Pennsylvania's governor calling the cause-of-death claims an "online conspiracy theory"?
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- Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni told multiple outlets that one victim, a newborn baby, died of measles — a direct official finding.
- Governor Shapiro dismissed circulating online claims about the contested measles deaths as conspiracy theories, one day after the coroner's statements.
- The clash between a county coroner and a state governor over the same death puts official institutions on opposite sides of the same fact.
- When two credible authorities publicly disagree on a cause of death, public trust in both can erode — regardless of who is right.