RFK Jr. Said Samoa Trip Had Nothing to Do With Vaccines. New Documents Refute That.
(MedPage Today) -- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation last year that a 2019 visit to Samoa before a deadly measles outbreak had "nothing to do with vaccines." New documents obtained...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed during his Senate confirmation hearings that a 2019 trip to Samoa, where two children died after receiving MMR vaccines, had nothing to do with vaccines. However, new documents obtained by the Associated Press and The Guardian contradict his testimony. Kennedy had written a letter to the Samoan prime minister requesting to study the Samoan MMR vaccines after the children's deaths.
His testimony and the newly revealed letters suggest that his visit to Samoa may have been motivated by his anti-vaccine activism.
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- AP report: RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that pbs.org
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- RFK told Congress he didn’t go to Samoa in 2019 to study measles vaccines — so why does his old letter mention it eight times? fortune.com
- Exclusive: RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that winnipegfreepress.com
