How many deaths is Robert Kennedy Jr. responsible for?

[Richard D]

My assumption is that this is the tip of the iceberg. This is from 2019. I'm sure it's only gotten worse especially with his anti-vax nonsense.

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The Pacific island nation of around 200,000 first declared an outbreak of measles on October 16. The highly contagious viral infection spread rapidly, and officials declared a state of emergency by mid-November. The outbreak has continued to flare, however. On Sunday, the government reported that there had been 198 new measles cases in the last 24 hours alone.

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The drop may be partly explained by the tragic deaths of two infants in July 2018, according to the WHO. The infants died on the same day at the same hospital, shortly after they had each received what was supposed to be an MMR vaccine (which protects against measles, mumps, and rubella).

While some quickly blamed the vaccine itself, officials later determined that two nurses had improperly prepared the immunizations. Investigators found that they had mixed in a lethal dose of muscle relaxant, and one of the nurses tried to cover up the error by taking the empty bottle of the muscle relaxant home after retrieving it from the garbage. The two faced charges of manslaughter and were both sentenced to five years in prison in August of this year.

Still, news of the heartbreaking deaths shook the island nation’s confidence in the healthcare system. And anti-vaccination groups pounced on the circumstances. Most notably, the deaths were picked up by the Children’s Health Defense, run by the prominent anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As The Washington Post noted, Kennedy’s organization spent months highlighting the deaths on Facebook while questioning the safety of the MMR vaccines. But the organization did not correct the posts or update its audience with information regarding the nurses’ error and convictions.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/measles-outbreak-spurred-by-anti-vaxxers-shuts-down-samoan-government/

[milestogo]

1. None.

People are responsible for their own medical choices.

[xocetaceans]

4. That is a very libertarian answer. n/t

[Doc Sportello]

7. Unfortunately, you see a lot of that thinking on here n/t

[LostOne4Ever]

5. Including kids?

Kids whose parents are anti-vaxxers influenced by him not to vaccinate their children?

He has a body count.

[Richard D]

9. Yes.

So few have the ability to see through scientical sounding BS. Plus, he's a Kennedy so he must be trustworthy.

[Demsrule86]

6. I don't agree, people are influenced by people like Kennedy...he hangs with Republicans now and

will never win shit in the Democratic party...He is a horrible person.

[onecaliberal]

2. A lot

[niyad]

3. Thank you for this most informative article. What a horror show he and the

rest of the anti-vax crowd have created.

[XanaDUer2]

8. A lot nt