Mastodawn

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.

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a fish named dog 🎗️✡️♾️Nov 15, 2024

@luckytran But the media wouldn't ever write a headline to the effect of "RFK Jr Helped Kill 83 People." Instead even the more critical things are "How RFK Jr. Falsely Denied His Connection to a Deadly Measles Outbreak in Samoa" (from Mother Jones; https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/how-rfk-jr-falsely-denied-his-connection-to-a-deadly-measles-outbreak-in-samoa/). This sort of normalization and lack of finger-pointing is what lets them grow and thrive.

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

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Bridger

@FishNamedDog @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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