When the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary comes before the Senate, the spectre of the Samoan measles outbreak of 2019 will dramatically be invoked to challenge him. Kennedy’s critics have repeatedly relied on this topic, citing stories that claim he was responsible for an epidemic in 2019 that caused at least 83 children to die due to vaccine hesitancy. In recent articles, reporters quote previous news coverage relying on unsubstantiated and minimal data to justify their analysis.
These stories repeat dubious assertions, fail to discuss any pathological analysis, and dismiss Kennedy’s considered support of healthcare in Samoa. He had assisted the Samoan Government in developing a system for health officials to assess the efficacy and safety of medical interventions or drugs, including vaccines.
In November 2019, while the deaths of Samoan children were rapidly increasing, Kennedy wrote a comprehensive letter to the Samoan Prime Minister, presenting some possible causes of the unprecedented, virulent outbreak of measles. His concerns about the epidemic in Samoa highlight striking anomalies that were apparent to a few investigators at the time, although they remain unexplained.
The most convenient and generally accepted explanations of the outbreak claim the epidemic was the result of vaccine hesitancy, causing the population to be under-vaccinated. Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccination rates were reportedly low due to the deaths of two infants given improperly formulated injections in Samoa a year earlier.
Any considered analysis of the accessible facts soundly contradicts the conjecture that the high death count was related to low vaccination rates. News coverage continues to rely on a UNICEF report estimating the vaccination rate of one year-olds was as low as 31% as the epidemic started. However, the Samoan Government Health Ministry reported (p. 9) in June 2019 — three months before the measles outbreak began — that 80% of 12 month-old babies had received the MMR vaccine.
In past measles epidemics, dying children were often malnourished or immunocompromised. No deaths from measles have occurred in the U.S. in the last five years. From October through December of 2019, 1.5% of Samoan children with the disease died — over one in 100 — at a minimum, 10-fold more deaths than any previous outbreak in recent years. No accounting for this overt statistical deviance has been published.
Despite the presumptions of those who attack Kennedy, there was never any investigation into any aspect of this baffling tragedy. Edwin Tamasese, a health advocate who questioned Samoan Government policies during the outbreak, gave Kennedy some insight into what was happening.
Tamasese was concerned about the number of sick and dying Samoan children and began to assist families whose children were severely ill. He and his colleagues encountered conditions that contradicted the Government’s narrative.
While the press condemned him as an anti-vaxxer, Tamasese’s interventions and observations are revelatory. In an interview after the outbreak subsided, he said:
We were very careful to take statistics when we were going in to try to identify trends. When we assessed our numbers, 98% of those who were getting ill had been vaccinated consistently six to seven days prior to illness. The excuse was that the vaccine did not have time to become effective. However, according to an immunologist on the team, the six to seven-day period was also the length of time it would take an under-attenuated vaccine to make the recipient sick.
The MMR vaccine is a live, attenuated vaccine that contains weakened live strains of measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles).
Doctors in hospitals also reported that the very ill and dying children did not have symptoms consistent with normal cases of measles. When the outbreak began, blood from the first 39 cases had been sent to Australia; only seven samples were positive for measles.
The Government stopped testing to confirm the cause of these deaths in early November 2019. Without scientific confirmation, illness and mortality were attributed to low immunisation rates. Samoan health authorities continued to claim that the only remedy for the deadly epidemic was a drive to increase vaccination; however, the campaign appeared to increase the number of measles cases.
Neighbouring Pacific island countries, Tonga and Fiji, which had concurrent outbreaks of the virus — and had a different source of the measles vaccine — did not suffer the same dramatic mortality rates. This should have raised concerns, yet there hasn’t been an inquiry into why the Samoan Government switched vaccine sourcing from India to Belgium midway through the crisis.
A renewed effort to vaccinate with this alternate supply began in the first week of December 2019; it was hailed as the reason the outbreak subsided. Measles vaccines take at least 10 days before creating an immune response. There has been no explanation for the data confirming that the onset of cases dropped dramatically two weeks before this vaccination drive could have had any effect.
The Government response was not driven by factual analysis; the effort focused on promoting the vaccine and silencing those questioning authority.
With Samoan officials and the press deriding his work and views, Tamasese was arrested and charged with incitement of a Government order and treating children without a licence. Although this was deemed appropriate justice by the international news media as they echoed the Government’s praise of the vaccine, reporters again failed to present the questions raised by the outbreak.
The prosecution’s primary witness against Tamasese was a nurse whose child had measles. He had suggested that administering vitamins A and C could be helpful — and standard medical treatment for measles patients. She had taken his advice and admitted that her child recovered soon afterward.
Tamasese reported that when the nurse left the courtroom, the judge, in throwing out the case, said: “That witness may as well have represented the accused.” There was relative silence from the news media when all charges against him were dismissed.
While worldwide attention on Samoa ignored dramatic inconsistencies, Kennedy was one of the few people who asked detailed and important questions. His views were marginalised; it was easier and politically correct to blame the tragedy on low rates of vaccination.
The relatively few details known about the Samoan measles outbreak indicate that forces intent on presenting vaccines as an infallible, unquestionable remedy will not tolerate scrutiny or admit failures. This continuing devious tactic is applied internationally and is eagerly supported by most governments and the press.
Analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic has only recently vindicated those who were scorned for questioning the response. The parallels to the unfolding of the epidemic in Samoa are not obscure, and support Kennedy’s contention that vaccine development, manufacturing and application need much more effective evaluation and monitoring to prevent complications and death.
When the U.S. Government assures the public that any vaccine or medication is safe and effective, this must come from an independent, thorough and transparent process, rather than relying only on the words and actions of those with vested interests.
The current criticism of Kennedy is an endeavour to make him look dangerously ignorant and irresponsible to sway members of the Senate. Much to the chagrin of those who vilify him, his efforts to understand and assist in the Samoan measles outbreak exemplify his thoughtfulness and capabilities.
RFK, Jr. is at the forefront of healthcare oversight; his confirmation as HHS Secretary will ensure that Americans benefit from his experience and knowledge.
David Marks is a veteran investigative reporter and documentary producer. He has made films for PBS Frontline and the BBC, including Nazi Gold, which challenged the assumption of Switzerland’s neutrality in WWII. This article was first published in Brownstone Journal.
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https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/is-there-a-bigger-agenda-to-the-farmers-inheritance-tax-sick-joke/
This really is the last chance saloon for our farmers.
“Supermarkets will be entirely reliant on overseas produce which – as the recent floods in Spain show – is a fragile and unreliable ecosystem.
‘What we will see in the next 18 months is a rushed sell-off of farmland, likely to overseas developers. Those who remain in the industry will halt all investment. The countryside economy will slow, splutter and die. By April 2026, British farming will be a forgotten phrase.”
This really is about destroying the people of the greatest nation on earth.
Short of a nuclear war the Deagel forecasts for Britain’s population in 2025 look wrong but perhaps there was a misprint and it should read 2035. Depopulation is the aim.
Agreed. More on the farming theme here;
”Welsh pressure group Enough is Enough has just called on “those who are able” to begin a week-long strike, stopping to produce food.
Welsh farmer and media personality, Gareth Wyn Jones, posted on his social media: “British farmers have simply had enough, and for those who are able will be going on strike for the first time in history on Sunday the 17th of November for one week.
“We are being suffocated by a government that seems determined to destroy our livelihoods,our future and our ability to feed the nation.
“This country wilĺ be facing massive food shortages with potential significant price increases and the demise of the rural economy, along with serious implications of food security.
“We simply cannot allow the destruction of our industry to continue and our responsibility to feed our nation be taken away.
“This is a last resort but we as farmers are in despair as we simply cannot afford to provide food to the public.
“We ask this govt to talk to us,to listen to us,and allow us the freedom and flexibility to feed our nation.”
https://www.farmersguide.co.uk/business/politics/britain-may-face-national-farmers-strike-next-week/
https://youtu.be/-k_ZvwxU0bg?si=Zid0EiSmpQC4sII0
And here is ‘the bowlerhat farmer’ with a warning about the fragility of our food system. His advice – stock up.
This evil PoS is not going to get very far with his deliberately obtuse and childish behaviour once his trial begins, is he? He will have to actually show his face and speak at some point. Is this why all we ever get is the same photo from when he was a kid?
”Axel Rudakubana will face a trial lasting up to six weeks over the Southport stabbings. The 18-year-old, of Banks in West Lancashire, appeared before Liverpool Crown Court this afternoon, Wednesday, via video link to HMP Belmarsh.
Wearing a grey prison issue tracksuit, the jumper of which he used to cover his face throughout the hearing, Rudakubana did not speak when twice asked to confirm his identity. Deanna Heer KC, prosecuting, told the court: “As far as the identification of the defendant is concerned, he has taken the position he has on every occasion he has appeared so far.”
Carmel Wilde, defending, instead confirmed his identity on his behalf. Rudakubana was due to be arraigned today but was not ultimately asked to enter any pleas.
This will instead take place on December 12, and he was remanded into custody by Mr Justice Goose ahead of a four to six-week trial which is scheduled for January 20 next year. The judge asked him to raise his hand to indicate that he was able to hear at the conclusion of his court appearance, but he again failed to do so.
Rudakubana has so far made three previous court appearances before Liverpool Magistrates’ Court, Liverpool Crown Court and Westminster Magistrates’ Court. He did not speak to confirm his identity during any of these hearings.”
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/axel-rudakubana-face-trial-lasting-30356764
It should be illegal to allow a defendant to cover his face in the dock.
Definitely. Well, even during the Covidmania weren’t trials taking place where people weren’t allowed to wear masks? I presume so, anyway.
I’ll be very interested to see how things proceed once the trial gets going. I’m wondering if it’s his defence that’s advising him to behave like this, but surely adopting such an uncooperative manner will both not be acceptable or advisable once his court case begins, so what’s the point of going on like this now? We’re going to see his identity sooner or later. And can you imagine the national outrage if we don’t and he’s given permission to hide his face?
I’m also wondering why we haven’t seen/heard hide nor hair of his parents. As far as I’m concerned there’s a high probability they were complicit, so surely this needs to be ruled out or they need arresting as well. They seem to be shrouded in mystery. There’s rumours going around, and I’ve no source to back it up, that his father is something to do with the Rwandan government and complicit in committing genocide and they’re getting protection from Starmer so their identities cannot be revealed, but I’m not sure how much, if any, of that is true. Either way, the fact we’ve heard nothing regarding his parents role in all this is suspicious as hell, to my mind.
I’ve heard exactly the same story Mogs.
There has to be a reason why the alleged terrorist connections and the story itself was kept under wraps for so many months.
This may have something to do with border inspections beginning on the Dutch/Belgian border as reports elsewhere say he came over from Belgium. This happened in Rotterdam ( see video ) but his previous poor homeless victim unsurprisingly died;
”A man suspected of embarking on a murderous rampage across Western Europe and crushing the skulls of sleeping homeless men with concrete slabs has been arrested in France.
A 37-year-old Cameroonian national was detained by French authorities at Toulon train station on Tuesday evening after he reportedly attacked a young woman on board a train, according to Europe 1.
Police detained the suspect at around 7 p.m. when train controllers alerted authorities to his violent behavior.
Levis E. is understood to have previously been served an order to leave French territory; however, he remained in the country and traveled freely across Europe indiscriminately targeting multiple victims.
He is accused of murdering a homeless man in Lyon by slamming a concrete slab down on his head, a brutal assault that sparked outrage across the country.
It is believed the suspect is also responsible for an attempted homicide in Rotterdam a few days later, an attack reported by Remix News in which CCTV footage showed the migrant spot his victim sleeping, leave the area before returning with a concrete block, and slamming it down with force on the man’s head, leaving him in critical condition in the hospital.”
https://rmx.news/article/suspected-migrant-killer-targeting-homeless-in-deadly-concrete-slab-attacks-arrested-in-france/
Literally an animal.
I’ve never met an animal that wandered around crushing people’s heads with concrete slabs.
Wednesday Morning Windsor Rd & Holyport Rd
Maidenhead
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-12/finland-s-president-sees-trump-seeking-peace-in-ukraine-quickly
Maybe Peace
Trump needs two things in the realm of foreign policy: to win the upcoming trade war with China and to find a way to exit the war in Ukraine in a way that his voters perceive as a “dignified withdrawal.”
Donald Trump is very serious about getting a peace deal sooner rather than later. There’s a window of opportunity for these negotiations between the election and inauguration day (20 Jan 2025)’
Finnish President Alexander Stubb
Or maybe not
‘(President Trump) reminded the Russian president “of Washington’s sizeable military presence in Europe”
“I think the scenario where Putin and Trump don’t find common ground is the most favorable for us,” Bronzhukov said. “Because that would mean increased military aid and substantial financial support.
Putin will choose peace (to rearm) but peace will be doubly difficult:
‘Maria (64) knew Illya Navalny well and saw him on March 12 when he was shot by Russian soldiers. “We entered our apartment block at the moment Illya came down the stairs. I told him: Don’t go out, there’s shooting going on. But he still wanted to go out for a moment to smoke a cigarette. Then I kept hearing shots.”
When Maria came out of the basement an hour later, she saw him lying on the floor. Executed. “They had shot him in the head. His passport with the name Navalny was right next to him.”
Residents in Bucha witnessed the execution of Illja Navalny (60), a namesake of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny.
He was killed because of his last name.’
Actions have consequences:
There are currently 124 states parties to the Rome Statute, and the ICC’s arrest warrants are binding in 125 states
‘Accused Last Name
Vladimirovich Putin
Accused FirstName
Vladimir
Charges
Allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (under articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute). The crimes were allegedly committed in Ukrainian occupied territory at least from 24 February 2022. There are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Putin bears individual criminal responsibility for the aforementioned crimes, (i) for having committed the acts directly, jointly with others and/or through others (article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute), and (ii) for his failure to exercise control properly over civilian and military subordinates who committed the acts, or allowed for their commission, and who were under his effective authority and control, pursuant to superior responsibility (article 28(b) of the Rome Statute).
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/02/with-russias-full-scale-invasion-two-years-ago-an-act-of-aggression-that-is-a-crime-under-international-law-the-tragically-familiar-human-rights-catastrophe-extended-acros/
So the residents did not actually witness the death. They found him dead. The rest is supposition.
Two tier policing? Surely as long as they keep moving at 1 mph like the JSO protesters they’ll be fine.
Was just typing the same.
Blatant two tier policing in action. Can’t stop the purple haired eco zealots blocking roads under any regulation, but British farmers!
Exactly.
“We are equipped with legislation to prevent obstruction and breaches of the peace”
Well the next demonstration by eco nutters, pally supporters should be interesting.
I can’t wait to see them arrest the drivers and then decide what to do with the now stationary tractors.
Like to see them finding the tow trucks to move them.
Or will they use wheel clamps
Have you seen the size of tractor wheels?
one of them is racist, and it’s not Trump!
“Trump is a racist, says Sadiq Khan” – Sadiq Khan says Donald Trump criticised him in the past because the President-elect is “racist”, according to the Telegraph
You do realise that makes you a racism denier, don’t you?
Thanks for the link to “The effectiveness of lockdowns, face masks and vaccination programmes vis-à-vis mitigating COVID-19”. It’s a useful summary – and quite a large document, with 651 pages, published as a 32MB pdf file. Just browsing through it, but if you’re short of time, dive into page 60 which is a UK financial analysis.
And in the “Lockdown” section, their conclusion is: “Most of the quality empirical research is consistent with lockdowns having no significant impact on the transmission of COVID-19. Whilst there is overwhelming evidence that lockdowns have had negative impacts on physical and mental health. With, most notably, an increase in heart
disease deaths and the diagnosis and treatment of cancer being compromised, lockdowns have caused significant collateral damage. Not to mention the huge financial costs in the form of tax rises and inflation. Children and the third world had the least to gain and the most to lose from lockdowns, and the costs were severe and long-term. To conclude, the data is consistent with lockdowns having no significant impact on COVID-19 infections or deaths, with an increase in non-COVID-19 deaths in both the short term and the long term, and a long-term financial burden.” Amen.
In the meantime the following is happening with bird flu, H5N1. CDC in the USA did serological testing of a cohort of dairy farm workers and found 7% seropositivity. Not always clear that they had symptoms. CDC now advises that all farm workers should be (PCR) tested, so antivirals can be used. No mention of the ineffectiveness of these drugs, side effects, the rapidly appearing antiviral resistance mutations in the virus.
And by the way… there was an association between seropositivity and speaking Spanish.. You cannot make it up.
That would be the PCR test that Kary Mullis who invented it warned should not be used for diagnostic purposes.
I see.
There’s a palpable feeling in the air that Trumps presidency cannot arrive soon enough!
Would anyone have even noticed a Boots advert if it wasn’t controversial. It is a deliberate ploy by Boots marketing wonks to increase the viewing figures and penetration of their message. Their target audience is women, and most women seem to like the advert.
This one doesn’t!
I suggest the problem with procurement of paper in Grmany for an election is the difficulty of making sure the “X”s go in the right place.
It’s difficult to print large batches of papers with apparently different Xs on each. Gotta try to make it look realistic.
Of course, once thev green messiah had left, the orang utan went back to building his dining suite in privacy.
“Anger as CofE commission suggests congregations are ‘racist’”
Since 8 of the 11 commissioners are Ethnic Africans, Ethnic Orientals and Ethnic Indian Subcontinentals, may we ask them in all fairness to investigate rural parishes in their own ancestral homelands to decide if they are also “racist”.
“Farage rated most favourable of Britain’s politicians”
He really is the Prime Minister that Britain needs most.
His words in defence of British farmers were truly eloquent:
“Remember this: Our landscape is one of the most beautiful in the world, and the reason is the farming practices we’ve used over centuries. All of that, all of that, is directly under threat.”
Labour’s plan to destroy family farms. – YouTube