January 7, 2025

The Ads Featuring Dr. Josh Green (Governor of Hawaii), Family Members, and Public Health Experts with Warnings about RFK, Jr will Run on Fox News and CNN

(PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) —  314 Action today released a new 60 second television ad and a 2 minute digital ad highlighting Robert F. Kennedy’s role in Samoa’s deadly outbreak of measles ahead of his Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). The ads feature Dr. Josh Green, Governor of Hawaii; Nadine Telle Salle, Chief of Pediatrics in Queens Health System; and Dr. Heath Chung, an infectious disease specialist, as they describe the devastation RFK Jr. directly caused in Samoa by spreading medical disinformation that led to the death of 83 people, mostly young children.

In the ad, Dr. Green talks about his personal experience, traveling to Samoa in order to vaccinate the county and stop the measles outbreak. He saw firsthand the destruction caused by RFK, Jr, and what his confirmation as HHS would mean for the nation.

“In the months leading up to the worst measles outbreak of this century, RFK Jr. went to Samoa and legitimized fake health groups. He used every trick in the book to dissuade people from getting vaccinated. He had spread so much disinformation that Samoan’s stopped vaccinating. And that caused a tragic and fatal spread of the measles that killed mostly children,” said Dr. Josh Green, Governor of Hawaii. “And why? Why, RFK, would you do that? Why would you go to a country when you’re not a health care provider and expose innocent people to terrible outcomes and put them in harm’s way?”

Shaughnessy Naughton, the Founder and President of 314 Action said the organization took on the very important task of educating Senators and key constituencies in Washington about RFK, Jr’s role because of what’s at stake.  

“This deadly measles outbreak lands on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s shoulders—his anti-vaccine conspiracy theories led to over 4,800 people infected and dozens of dead children,” said Shaughnessy Naughton, President and Co-Founder of 314 Action. “There’s nothing RFK, Jr can say to bring back the innocent lives lost due to his recklessness. He is an immediate danger to public health and it’s clear that he cannot be trusted to keep Americans safe and healthy. Senators on both sides of the aisle must hold RFK Jr. accountable for his actions and reject his nomination to Secretary of Health and Human Services.”

The television ads will run on Fox News and CNN in the Washington, D.C. market starting on January 6th. 314 Action has been leading the fight against RFK Jr.’s nomination to be the Secretary of HHS. In December, the organization announced a six-figure digital ad campaign against RFK Jr., with the first ads targeting Facebook ads aimed at five GOP senators who are more likely to oppose the nomination.

Watch ‘Samoa’ (60 seconds) here

Watch ‘Samoa’ (2 minutes) here

Transcript of “Samoa” (60 seconds): 

[Nadine Telle Salle]: We saw children dying…

[Dr. Josh Green]: We went to Samoa to vaccinate a country. 

In the months leading up to that, RFK Jr. had spread so much disinformation, that the country stopped vaccinating. 

And that caused a tragic and fatal spread of the measles.

[Felea’i Tau]: We saw the families and the children, who were already sick. 

[News Anchor]: Some overseas charities began shipping children’s coffins over to Samoa to cover for a local shortage. 

[Samoan Mother]: It’s the most complicated and painful thing in life. 

[Dr. Josh Green]: RFK Jr. went to Samoa and legitimized fake health groups—that killed children. 

[Dr. Heath Chung]: So, you had a whole huge outbreak of a preventable infection because of misinformation. 

[Dr. Josh Green]: And why? 

Why, RFK, did you do that?

[Dr. Health Chung]: I think we have to be really smart about who we put in power. 

[Dr. Josh Green]: RFK Jr. puts everyone in harm’s way.  

Transcript of “Samoa” (2 minutes): 

[News Anchor]: A massive deadly measles outbreak, the virus has infected more than 4,800 people.

[Felea’i Tau]: What I saw on the ground was fear.

[Dr. Josh Green]: We went to Samoa to vaccinate a country. 

In the months leading up to that, RFK Jr. had spread so much disinformation, that the country stopped vaccinating. 

And that caused a tragic and fatal spread of the measles.

[Nadine Telle Salle]: Samoa’s immunity level had dropped to almost 30%.

[Felea’i Tau]: We saw the families and the children, who were already sick. 

[Nadine Telle Salle]: We saw children dying.

[News Anchor]: Some overseas charities began shipping children’s coffins—children’s coffins—over to Samoa to cover for a local shortage. 

[Samoan Mother]: It’s the most complicated and painful thing in life. 

[Felea’i Tau]: It was…it was pretty rough. 

[Dr. Josh Green]: RFK Jr. went to Samoa and legitimized fake health groups. He elevated them to a place where they seemed to have some kind of health care knowledge or authority.

That killed children. 

[Dr. Heath Chung]: So, you had a whole huge outbreak of a preventable infection because of misinformation. 

Measles is one of the most infectious viruses known to man.

[Dr. Josh Green]: When someone brings star-power to a public health question, a lot of people will believe it. 

So when Kennedy and his wife landed in Samoa, they used every trick in the book to dissuade people from getting vaccinated. 

[Dr. Heath Chung]: You can’t have people that are not trained in medicine, not trained in infectious diseases calling the shots. 

That’s like asking me, who has no experience in engineering, to design a bridge.

 [Dr. Josh Green]: And why? 

Why, RFK, did you do that?

Why would you go to a country when you’re not a health care provider and expose those innocent people to terrible outcomes.

[Dr. Heath Chung]: From an infectious disease standpoint, I am concerned. I’m not a politician, I don’t make policy. But I think we have to be really smart about who we put in power. 

[Dr. Josh Green]: RFK Jr. puts everyone in harm’s way.  

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