- Newly obtained letters show Robert F. Kennedy Jr. requested to study Samoa’s MMR vaccines before the 2019 outbreak, contradicting his repeated claims to senators that the trip had “nothing to do with vaccines.”
- Kennedy had led an anti-vaccine group and his visit is accused of emboldening local anti-vaccine activists ahead of a measles outbreak that killed many young children.
- During confirmation he promised not to change vaccine policies, but later ousted the federal vaccine advisory committee’s members—prompting criticism and regret from key supporters.
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