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New Documents Refute RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Hearing Testimony on Samoa Trip and Vaccines: Report
The letter says Kennedy wanted to study the MMR vaccine and uses the word vaccine eight times, contradicting his Senate testimony.
- New documents obtained by The Associated Press and The Guardian refute testimony from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who told Congress his 2019 Samoa visit had "nothing to do with vaccines" despite letters showing he sought to study MMR vaccines.
- In a January 20, 2019, letter to then-Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Kennedy expressed a desire to study Samoa's MMR vaccines, suggesting his team investigate whether the deaths of two children stemmed from manufacturing issues.
- Critics argue the visit emboldened anti-vaccine activists in Samoa, which subsequently experienced a measles outbreak that killed 83 people, mostly children under 5. The Samoan government halted all vaccinations for 10 months following the crisis.
- Sen. Cassidy, who voted to confirm Kennedy on a 52-48 vote, said his trust was broken after Kennedy ousted all 17 members of the federal vaccine advisory committee. "The commitments that were made to me have been violated," Cassidy said on CBS's Face the Nation.
- The Department of Health and Human Services maintained the visit "was unrelated to vaccines," labeling claims that Secretary Kennedy lied to Congress as "not only false but outright defamatory" in a written statement.
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Robert F Kennedy jr ljög för senaten för att få jobbet som hälsominister. Besöket på Samoa hade inte med vaccin att göra, påstod han.Document visar att det var själva orsaken till antivaxxarens resa.
·Stockholm, Sweden
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Documents Suggest RFK. Jr Lied in Confirmation Hearings
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s explanation for a 2019 trip to Samoa is colliding with his own paperwork. Newly released letters obtained by the Guardian and the AP show the now–US health secretary explicitly pitched the visit to Samoa's then–prime minister as a chance to investigate the measles, mumps, and...
·Miami, United States
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'RFK Jr. Lied to Congress': Criminal Probe Sought Over Samoa Trip Linked to 83 Measles Deaths
"He told us his Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines—now this letter shows that was false," Sen. Ed Markey said of President Donald Trump's health and human services secretary.
·Portland, United States
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