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RFK Jr. directly contributed to this outbreak! > "Somalia is the first country to apply to Gavi for new funding to give children diphtheria boosters — shots de
by perihelions 1y ago
RFK Jr. directly contributed to this outbreak!
> "Somalia is the first country to apply to Gavi for new funding to give children diphtheria boosters — shots delivered to children in their second year of life, then between 4 and 7 years old and 9 to 15 years old — in areas where the outbreak has seemed most severe."
RFK Jr. was personally responsible for ending US' involvement in Gavi, due to his insane view that the diphtheria vaccine is unsafe:
https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/02/rfk-jr-vaccines-former-cdc-director-tom-frieden-says-kennedy-mangled-science-in-gavi-decision/ https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/02/rfk-jr-vaccines-former-c... ("RFK Jr.’s intellectually dishonest excuse for defunding Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance"
/ "The diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis shot study he cites is fatally flawed")