New York Governor Kathy Hochul declares a measles emergency as cases rise: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/nyregion/measles-emergency-new-york-state-hochul.html. In my opinion, this was caused by extreme MAGA resistance to the COVID vaccine, as well as by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

I've been seeing this story blow up across social media so in an attempt to stem panic and misinformation, let's clear up any confusion.

Before jumping straight into bioweapon let's remember that even attenuated pestis can kill, as we saw in 2009 in the US:

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6007a1.htm

Anyways, ask away. I'm an infectious disease expert with years of state, federal, and international experience and was a botulism subject matter expert on the CDC bioweapon task force.