Episode 239: Here's Your Sauce! | 2019 Samoa Measles Outbreak

Hillary and Tina cover the 2019 Samoa Measles Outbreak. Vaccines have saved countless lives. BUT the growing antivax movement has contributed to outbreaks like the 2019 Samoa Measles crisis. Sources Hillary's Story AAAS A Note on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. | Science (https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/note-robert-f-kennedy-jr) AP News RFK Jr. spent years stoking fear of vaccines. These people were hurt (https://apnews.com/article/rfk-kennedy-election-vaccines-2ccde2df146f57b5e8c26e8494f0a16a) Coming Soon via YouTube Shot in the Arm Clip (2023) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Samoa Measles Outbreak (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Ye5QI1XQM) The Guardian 'These babies should not have died': How the measles outbreak took hold in Samoa (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/18/these-babies-should-not-have-died-how-the-measles-outbreak-took-hold-in-samoa) Mother Jones How RFK Jr. Falsely Denied His Connection to a Deadly Measles Outbreak in Samoa (https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/how-rfk-jr-falsely-denied-his-connection-to-a-deadly-measles-outbreak-in-samoa/) MSNBC 'Kids died.' The story of RFK Jr., anti-vaxxers, and a measles outbreak: Mehdi’s deep dive (https://www.msnbc.com/mehdi-on-msnbc/watch/-kids-died-the-story-of-rfk-jr-anti-vaxxers-and-a-measles-outbreak-mehdi-s-deep-dive-187033157936) Samoa Observer John F. Kennedy's nephew joins Samoa's Independence celebration (https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/42888) The Telegraph Samoa's perfect storm: How a collapse in vaccination rates killed more than 70 children (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/measles-in-samoa/) The Washington Post Deadly measles outbreak hits children in Samoa after anti-vaccine fears (https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/11/26/deadly-measles-outbreak-hits-children-samoa-after-anti-vaccine-fears/) Photos Map of American Samoa (https://cdn.britannica.com/74/62374-050-F934A4A0/American-Samoa-political-physical-map-united-states.jpg)--via Britannica Samoa Measles Outbreak Info (https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2019/samoameasles.jpg)--via Medical Xpress RFK, Jr. in Samoa in June 2019 (https://samoa-observer.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/store/ef96cd0ec9d00ae968d7dba8cfb47944.jpg)--by Misiona Simo via Samoa Observer