🧵 Saga file #15
Pennsylvania measles outbreak
Oct 5, 6 PM ET to Oct 6, 6 PM ET · 🔴 on the front pages now
- 2parts so far
- 23outlets carried a part
- 🫏6 · 7 · 9🐘left · center · right
- 1 dayrunning so far
- 21 minof TV captions
- 1radio newscast
- 13people retold it online
🧵 One running story, told across days: each part is a story of its own on the front pages, joined to the others because our tools judged them one case, event or investigation as it developed. A part can be joined wrongly; the saga tracker says how they're made.
- Oct 5, 6 PM ET · on the front pages 1 dayPennsylvania reports over 1,000 measles cases
- Oct 6, 1 AM ET · on the front pages 17 hoursNew York governor declares state of emergency over measles outbreak
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1. Pennsylvania reports over 1,000 measles cases
Oct 5, 6 PM ET · 12 outlets · on the front pages 1 day · 🔴 now
“Pennsylvania nears 1,000 measles cases, state health department reports” first: The Hill
📺 BBC News 4 min, CNN 67 s, Fox News 18 s · 📻 1 newscast · 🧶 retold by 13
2. New York governor declares state of emergency over measles outbreak
Oct 6, 1 AM ET · 15 outlets · on the front pages 17 hours · 🔴 now
“New York Declares State of Emergency Over Measles Outbreak” first: Bloomberg
📺 CNN 15 min, BBC News 16 s, MSNOW 8 s
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- Pennsylvania has experienced its largest measles outbreak in over three decades, with more than 1,000 confirmed cases and five deaths. told by 13 people, on “Pennsylvania reports over 1,000 measles cases”