Like senators grill Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This week President Trump vote Health and Human Service Process Making Process Sharp questions Half a distance about his actions in the nation of the island.

Kennedy's 2019 visit to Samoa recently brought fresh attention to its activity history, focused on increasing security issues. efficiency From the Meat Vaccine – Because his trip had come to months before the expansion red flare It took 83 lives, many of whom are young children.

“It was very sad,” said Dr. Ticketed by Nasser, Samoa's healthcare, said CBS News. “It's one of those things you don't want to review.”

Kennedy He claims that he “has nothing to do,” resisting vaccines with the people of Samoa.

“I had nothing to do with vaccinating people in Samoa,” he said interview Documentary with Scott Hamilton Kennedy. “I have never said anyone to be vaccinated.”

But some of the KennedyCritics claim that he bears the extent of responsibility for the outbreak, that he has caused a tragedy to promote the false demands on the vaccine. Democrats confiscated in the episode, even by sponsoring the advertisement calling for his visit.

What happened in Samoa?

Years ago, Kennedy took part in the problems of vaccines in Samoa, the small Pacific Ocean Lived a low level of pain relief. Medical experts attributed to doctors and nurses less, as well as demographic shifts, more people Moving to cities And far from social structures that contributed to childhood vaccination. By 2017, only half The children of 1-year-old Samoan were completely vaccinated below 95% coverage, which is necessary to prevent the distribution of the community and a sharp decline from 90%.

The situation took place in July 2018, when two nurses mistakenly, I combined with the doses of the vaccine of overdue muscles, instead of sterile water, leading two children to death. The nurses were accused of murder, and the government answered and terminating the national vaccine program for 10 months. Child vaccination rates decreased to 31%.

Former Former Samoan leader Nasseri said that the CBS news that the government was fighting for an effective vaccine plan. He said that the abuse of the vaccine and his tragic consequences was “the last straw.”

“It created more duality,” Nasseri said.

The distrust of the behaviors is common through the island area, like a virus. On time, even the prime minister issued a statement Facebook claims that the grandson was injured in a vaccine. The temporary suspension of vaccinations corresponded to the growing distrust of modern medicine.

“I'd rather treat them at home with outdated herbal medicines than to take to see a doctor,” said a mother. “Because children have died of these vaccines, I do not believe any medicine from the hospital.”

The President of the National Foundation of Infectious Diseases and the past president's practical figure and past President, Atsika Stinchfil, stated that he has controls the crisis in Samoan's vaccine even before the flare of the measles. He says the immunization pace has fallen so low in the situation, a “shocking time bomb”.

The “perfect storm” was St.chshfil that Kennedy said that in the summer of 2019, Kennedy arrived in Samoa. Kennedy stated that the purpose of his visit was a health care system opportunity to study the unnoticeable population. His trip coordinated a local anti-vaccine lawyer, known for spreading medical misinformation.

Dr. Nasseri told CBS News, he met with Kennedy for a short time, but their conversation focused on environmental and vaccine security issues.

In August 2019, two months after Kenand's visit, the infected traveler of New Zealand arrived in Samoa, and the deadly measles began spreading. The government was officially declared on October 16, and a month later a state of emergency was announced.

It was not in early December that Samoan government lost to the immunizations and launched an aggressive vaccination campaign, making shots mandatory. Dr. Nasseri said that the deferred response could contribute to high infection and death. Finally, the country closed for two days so that health workers allowed to vaccinate people at home and quickly reach 90% cover.

Hundreds of medical specialists in the world responded to Samoa to help vaccinate efforts, including the Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, now Praise. Josh Green:A number

“The government needs political will, and the international community supported us,” said Nasseri.

During that answer, CBS News visited Samoa and met with a parent named Paulo Puoa, who said that the outbreak of measles kept his family at once. killing three of his five childrenA number of their mothercons were so disturbed that he slept on the kid's grave, which was created in the front yard of the family according to Samoan's tradition. He said to CBS News he felt that he was the only way to be close to him now.

Looking back, officials report to CBS News, they believe that most of the high deaths of the outbreak stems to reliance on many factors, including inadequate food, traditional medicine. Many families in rural Samoa share one sleeping area, making it easier to transfer, and almost a quarter of the population lives in poverty, further complicating treatment.

Controvers about RFK Jr. role

Dr. Poghos Surit is a specialist and co-author of a rotavirus vaccine vaccine. He is also the director of the Vaccines Center for Vaccines at the Philadelphia Children's Hospital. He was a frequent critic of Kennedy and believes that the candidate for the Minister of Health deserves a cruel decision on how the ignition broke out.

The book says Kennedy was posting two deaths before understanding that happened, and blamed MMR vaccine. When it turned out that it was not like that, Kennedy did not correct that false assertion.

“If he was a kind of man who was not, he should return to Samoa and apologize to each of the families he died.” “He is a famous man who goes there and meets with anti-staff activists. He trusts them he goes there. “

CACS News reached Kennedy through the organization that he ruled until last month, and did not receive children's health. The group has previously denied his visit to a role.

In interviews, Samoan's health officials told CBS News that Kennedy's actions were unlikely to directly affect what happened.

“It is well documented that the visit of the RCC JNR to Samoa 2019 coincided with the mood of the ANC-vaccines, particularly in certain groups,” the Samoa Ministry said. “Nevertheless, there is no clear proof that his visit directly contributed to the fall of vaccinations or further measles.”

But in the middle of the island's state of emergency Kennedy sent a letter According to the Prime Minister, the defective vaccine can be responsible for the cause of infections, a theory that has been destroyed.

“It is important that the Ministry of Health of Samoan decides scientifically if the outbreak is due to insufficient vaccine coverage or alternative with incomplete vaccine.” Kennedy's letter is partly lying to the idea that seems to have originated During 2014-2015, the widespread misinformation in social media, during the ignition of Disneyland, said that the crowns of the vaccine were found.

Stinbyfield says it is impossible based on the weakened nature of the virus in the vaccine. In very rare cases, people can show symptoms similar to measles, but no case has been reported that the result is spreading on measles.

After Samoan's infections, critics say Kennedy lowed the burden of ignition and continued to offer that the vaccine is responsible for the high level of death. He was joined by the famous ANC-vaccine activist and Kennedy ally Del Boghtrrie near the outbreak of a conspiracy theories.

Stinkfil says their incoming demands remained unsupported by evidence. And finally, Samoan's government stopped listening.

Samoa has received high high vaccination and the World Health Organization says that the country has not reported measles since 2020. However, Vaccines of vaccines It remains a challenge globally, anti-vaccine activists continue to spread Fear and misinformationA number

The Ministry of Health of the Samoa says that it is concerned about the global spread of vaccine's misinformation and the impact of the influence of the RECOM JNR, in particular if he assumes a leading role in public health policy. In many countries, the outbreaks of preventive diseases, transforming decades of vaccination progress. “

Stinkhfield stated that he believes that misinformation is spread by Kennedy and others in Samoa, and during years later – Continues sharply dangerous.

“Their Modus Operandi is a small core of the truth and scattering it and confuse people, turn it when the fear is so big,” he said. “It is misinformation, weapons that will damage people and children.”