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RFK Jr. Is Trying to Write Himself Out of 2019 Samoan Measles Epidemic

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to be U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's health and human services secretary re-emerged.

He is accused of playing a role in causing or exacerbating a deadly measles epidemic in Samoa in 2019 .

Peter Bergen : The measles outbreak in Samoa was not "caused" by Kennedy .

He says Kennedy 's assertion that he "had nothing to do with people not vaccinating in Samoa " is not credible.

Samoan measles cases were reported in early September 2019 .

The Samoan government declared a measles epidemic after confirmation of seven cases.

By the end of November , 39 deaths had been recorded, primarily children under 5 .

Peer-reviewed research has shown that Kennedy was one of the most significant sources of misinformation about vaccines.

The measles in Samoa was not caused by a vaccine-derived strain of measles or a mutant strain that evolved resistance to vaccination.

By the end of the year , Samoa had 5,707 reported cases of measles and 83 deaths — a mortality rate of more than 1 in 100 .

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