RFK Jr. misled the US Senate on measles deaths, Samoa’s health chief says - AP News
Senator Ron Wyden questioned Kennedy during the hearings regarding his claims about tissue samples from the Samoa epidemic.
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Samoa's health chief denounced Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate testimony regarding the 2019 measles outbreak as a "complete lie," disputing Kennedy's claims about the cause of 83 deaths and his influence on anti-vaccine sentiment in the nation.
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