Was Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responsible for an autumn 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa that killed 83 children?

As the U.S. Senate prepares to hold confirmation hearings for Kennedy — nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — multiple media outlets have tried to discredit Kennedy by alleging he played a key role in the tragedy in Samoa.

However, a brief look into the timeline alone of events in Samoa shows that it “absolutely does not make sense” to blame the measles outbreak on Kennedy, according to Dr. Vinay Prasad, a hematologist-oncologist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco.

“This narrative around Samoa falls apart on first glance,” Prasad said in a YouTube video posted Tuesday.