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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lies about measles in Samoa

Post author By Orac
Post date August 31, 2026
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In 2019, RFK Jr. went to Samoa to promote antivax propaganda that fueled a measles outbreak. We now learn it was even worse than reported.

Tags antivaccine, measles, measles mumps rubella, MMR, MMR vaccine, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Samoa, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, vaccine, vaccines

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