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2025-02-19 13:58:57 UTC - HELPFUL
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Sen. Cassidy voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a prominent vaccine skeptic with no medical experience, as HHS secretary https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-issues-statement-following-senate-confirmation-of-rfk-jr-for-hhs-secretary/ RFK Jr. has often targeted the measles vaccines, with his advocacy contributing to a 2019 outbreak in Samoa that killed 83, mostly small children https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rfk-jr-samoa-measles-vaccine-crisis-rcna187787
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