Dr. Lucky Tran Nov 14, 2024

Reminder: RFK Jr caused a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly children.

RFK Jr and his non-profit visited Samoa to lobby the government and spread misinformation that reduced measles vaccination rates.

He may now lead the top US health agency.

Show threadDr. Lucky Tran 
Here's a good article detailing how RFK Jr caused a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/how-rfk-jr-falsely-denied-his-connection-to-a-deadly-measles-outbreak-in-samoa/
How RFK Jr. falsely denied his connection to a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa

He also championed a Samoan anti-vaxxer tied to the 2019 lethal eruption that killed scores of children.

Mother Jones
Nov 14, 2024 at 10:19pmWeb
Show threadInvincible_Fall in meNov 14, 2024
@luckytran I think he's been hired to cull the herd.
Show threadBridgerNov 15, 2024

@luckytran

https://pca.st/episode/5a37e5d5-2c88-422b-9715-9b964b763154

Part One: The RFK Jr. Episodes - Behind the Bastards

There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.

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Show threadTHOMnottomNov 15, 2024
@luckytran Crazy thing is he tries to deny this by claiming that low vaccination rates were not caused by him - which means that he recognizes vaccination would have prevented the outbreak.
Show threadGrovewestNov 15, 2024
@luckytran I had the measles when I was a kid. It was no joke. Even after the infection is gone it’s kind of like long COVID. I was very tired, weakened immune system, and ended up with Scarlet fever soon after. Took months to recover. So that school year was shot. This anti-vaccinations nonsense is inconceivable to me.