特朗普政府已改变麻疹死亡的统计方法。1美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）于9月4日将数据来源从国家可通报疾病监测系统改为国家卫生统计中心。1这一变更引发了卫生部门官员和前CDC医学官员的困惑，他们指出新系统不适合确认个案。1
宾夕法尼亚州的麻疹疫情形势严峻。1截至周五，该州已确认676例确诊病例。1周六，一名40岁的未接种疫苗女性因麻疹相关并发症去世，成为该州第三例麻疹相关死亡。1该女性患有慢性阻塞性肺病。1郡验尸官格雷格·弗隆表示，"如果没有麻疹，即使有她的基础疾病，我相信她今天会活着"。1此前，该州已确认两例麻疹死亡病例，包括一名新生儿和一名6周大婴儿。1有效控制麻疹疫情需要保持至少95%的人口免疫接种率。1
根据报道，罗伯特·肯尼迪二世此前曾要求CDC不将前两例死亡计入官方统计，路透社报道该事件后，CDC随即改变了数据来源。1
The Trump administration has changed how it tallies measles deaths, switching from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System to data from the National Center for Health Statistics on September 4th 1. The change has drawn confusion from health department officials and former CDC medical officers, who have questioned whether the new system is appropriate for confirming individual cases 1.
Pennsylvania is currently grappling with a significant measles outbreak, with 676 confirmed cases reported as of Friday 1. The state has now documented three suspected measles-related deaths. The most recent fatality involved a 40-year-old unvaccinated woman who died on Saturday and had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 1. County coroner Greg Fron stated that "without measles, even with her underlying conditions, I believe she would be alive today" 1. Pennsylvania had previously confirmed two other deaths: a newborn and a six-week-old infant 1.
The timing of the statistical methodology change has raised eyebrows, as it occurred after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had requested that the CDC exclude the first two deaths from official counts, according to reporting by Reuters that preceded the CDC's shift in data sources 1. Health authorities maintain that measles vaccination rates must remain above 95 percent to prevent outbreak spread 1.
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