Post : Remember the Measles Epidemic on Samoa?
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Posted : April 12, 2024 at 9:13 am
Author : Vincent Iannelli, MD
Tags : Bobby Kennedy, contaminated vaccines, measles deaths, measles outbreaks, Samoa, Sherri Tenpenny, Taylor Winterstein
Categories : Anti-Vaccine Propaganda

Do you remember the measles epidemic on Samoa?

[link removed] Remember that anti-vaccine folks make money ( [link removed] ) pushing propaganda that scares people away from getting vaccinated and protected, which contributes to these kinds of outbreaks ( [link removed] ) and epidemics. Don't let history repeat itself! Remember Samoa indeed!

Seems like some folks need to be reminded about what happened...

Remember the Measles Epidemic on Samoa

So what happened?

Tragically, two young children died very shortly after getting their routine MMR vaccines in July 2018.

The cause?

A mixup ( [link removed] ) between the vaccine diluent and a powerful anesthetic.

Afterwards, even though the MMR vaccine was not the cause of the deaths, vaccination rates dropped in Samoa. In fact, there was a hold on MMR vaccinations for nine months!

[link removed] Remember when Robert F. Kennedy, Jr ( [link removed] ) visited Samoa about four months before their measles epidemic started?

Visits from anti-vaccine folks ( [link removed] ) certainly didn't help things either.

> "The country had already been a target for anti-vaxxers, but the MMR incident provided fertile ground for their messages to take hold."
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> 'These babies should not have died': How the measles outbreak took hold in Samoa

And then, predictably, Samoa had a measles outbreak ( [link removed] ) .

An outbreak that soon triggered an emergency declaration as it turned into an epidemic.

An epidemic that:

* lasted three and a half months before it was finally controlled

* got over 5,700 people sick

* hospitalized 1,868 people

* killed 83 people, almost all children under the age of 5 years

* cost Samoa at least $22 million

An epidemic that certainly wasn't man-made, unless you count the visit from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr ( [link removed] ) and his contribution to scaring ( [link removed] ) folks away from getting vaccinated ( [link removed] ) and protected.

Remember Samoa when you think about skipping ( [link removed] ) or delaying your vaccines...

More on Remembering Measles Outbreaks

* The Timeline of the Measles Epidemic in Samoa ( [link removed] )

* The Tragedy in Samoa Was Not Caused by the MMR Vaccine ( [link removed] )

* Is the Samoan Measles Outbreak Fabricated? ( [link removed] )

* Remembering the Measles Epidemics of the 1990s ( [link removed] )

* Remembering When Everyone Had Measles ( [link removed] )

* In the aftermath: the legacy of measles in Samoa ( [link removed] )

* Measles epidemic in Samoa and other Pacific islands ( [link removed](20)30053-0/abstract )

* 'These babies should not have died': How the measles outbreak took hold in Samoa ( [link removed] )

* Budget reveals measles' $22 million impact ( [link removed] )

* Antivaccine activists and the deadly measles outbreak in Samoa ( [link removed] )

* Samoa measles epidemic – vaccine deniers causing harm to children ( [link removed] )

* Antivaxxer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. writes to Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi about measles in the middle of an outbreak ( [link removed] )

* Measles in Samoa: Thank the anti-vaccination lobby ( [link removed] )

* Popular Facebook meme misleadingly suggests that the measles vaccine caused 2019 Samoa measles outbreak ( [link removed] )

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