IntegralAnswers(@IntegralAnswers):In 2019, measles swept through Samoa, infecting 5,707 people and killing 83—most of them young children. Did RFK Jr. contribute to the magnitude of that catastrophe? Newly disclosed correspondence tells us considerably more about why he went to Samoa and what he hoped to do there. But answering the larger question requires separating documented conduct, epidemiologic evidence and causal inference. A carefully sourced thread. 🧵

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In 2019, measles swept through Samoa, infecting 5,707 people and killing 83—most of them young children. Did RFK Jr. contribute to the magnitude of that catastrophe? Newly disclosed correspondence tells us considerably more about why he went to Samoa and what he hoped to do there. But answering the larger question requires separating documented conduct, epidemiologic evidence and causal inference. A carefully sourced thread. 🧵