Kennedy的2019年萨摩亚之旅与疫苗怀疑论和大使馆的帮助有关, 在美国麻疹病例不断上升的情况下,
Kennedy’s 2019 Samoa trip, tied to vaccine skepticism and embassy help, contradicts his Senate claims amid rising U.S. measles cases.
新获得的电子邮件显示,Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 于2019年前往萨摩亚,他声称这与疫苗无关,但受到疫苗安全关切的影响,并与反疫苗倡导者和美国大使馆工作人员进行协调。
Newly obtained emails reveal that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s 2019 trip to Samoa—where he claimed it had nothing to do with vaccines—was influenced by concerns about vaccine safety and involved coordination with anti-vaccine advocates and U.S. Embassy staff.
这次访问是在2018年一次导致婴儿死亡的MMR疫苗事件之后,在疫苗更加怀疑的情况下进行的,随后爆发了致命的麻疹疫情,导致83人死亡,其中大多数是儿童。
The visit occurred amid heightened vaccine skepticism following a 2018 MMR vaccine incident that led to infant deaths, and was followed by a deadly measles outbreak that killed 83 people, mostly children.
文件显示大使馆官员帮助促进了这次旅行, 和萨摩亚卫生官员证实肯尼迪表达怀疑疫苗.
Documents show embassy officials helped facilitate the trip, and Samoan health officials confirmed Kennedy expressed skepticism about vaccines.
由于美国麻疹病例激增, 包括南卡罗来纳州超过875例, 他作为卫生与公众服务秘书的公信力受到批评,
These findings contradict his Senate confirmation testimony and fuel criticism over his credibility as Health and Human Services Secretary, as measles cases surge in the U.S., including over 875 in South Carolina.