RFK Jr. claims he had “nothing to do” with Samoan measles outbreak, but record suggests otherwise
Robert F. Kennedy Juniorpresident Donald TrumpA choice to lead the Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services, faced Difficult interrogation From the Democrats on Wednesday because of his criticism of the vaccines and its role in stopping measles vaccines in Samoa, which Infection Of the 57,000 Samawi, dozens of them died.
“In 2021, in a book entitled“ The Book of Measles, ”she wrote that the fathers were“ misleading to believe that it is a fatal disease and that measles vaccines are necessary, safe and effective. ”He said in the session. You should have learned after your lies contributed to the death of 83 people, most of whom were children, in the outbreak of measles in Samoa. “
After the death of two children from Samoa in 2018 of the vaccines that the nurses accidentally planted with the muscle relaxation, the Samoa government suspended the vaccination program. By the time that the program restart after 10 months, health officials admitted that there is a lot of “catching” to do it, and an increase in the feelings of the erased urban control increased thousands of people from getting their shots.
Kennedy Widan told that because the comment was imposed before it was on the island, he could not have responsibility for the outbreak of the disease.
“I arrived after a year [in June 2019] When vaccination rates were already lower than any previous level. I went there – the vaccines have nothing to do with – I went there to provide a system of medical information that would be on the records of the records in Samoa and made the healthy birth more efficient … I did not enter any general statement on the vaccines. You cannot find one Samoa he said I didn’t get a vaccine because of Bobby Kennedy. “
While Kennedy might not visit Samoa or contacted the Samoa government before June 2019, she made the defense of the health of anti -Qahleh children. Many Facebook posts That used the death of two children from Samoa to launch a wider attack on vaccines in general. When the government discussed and eventually lifted the comment, local activists were killed to combat al -Qazam, such as Edwin Tamanez, with statements and data by Kennedy and the health defense for children to discourage the use of vaccines between the population.
In 2021, Kennedy will do Mention in an article During his visit in June 2019 to Samoa, he gave advice to the prime minister on measuring health results “in the wake of the” natural experience “created by the national comfort of vaccines” – a different story about the story he told on Wednesday. He said in the article that the trip was arranged by Tamanez and the “Global Medical Cartel” reprimand to use “moderate measles outbreak” to the scapegoat of his friend in Samoa.
Just months later, with the outbreak of measles through Samoa in the fall of 2019, Kennedy wrote in A. A four -page message To the Prime Minister that the measles vaccine itself may have created a new breed that has spread the disease.
“I felt dismay-but I was not surprised-seeing the media reports that linked the current measles to the so-called” Qazi’s Control “movement.” To protect public health during the current infection in the future and in the future [sic]It is important for the Ministry of Health to determine, scientifically, if the outbreak of the disease is due to insufficient coverage of the vaccine or instead through a defective vaccine. “
Although Kennedy continued to present a lawyer for the Samoa government, he firmly denied any sin in the outbreak of measles for the year 2019, sometimes claiming that the disaster occurred despite his advice instead, while at other times his role is completely reduced.
He said while he was: “I had no relationship with people who did not receive a vaccination in Samoa. I didn’t tell anyone not to vaccinate.” It was interviewed with “a snapshot in the arm,A documentary film covered fascism.
