Enlarge / APIA, SAMOA - DECEMBER 5: Red flags are seen hanging outside of homes of Apia residents indicating they have not been vaccinated for measles on December 5, 2019 in Apia, Samoa. (credit: Getty | Chikara Yoshida)
Samoa’s most prominent locally based anti-vaccine advocate will stay behind bars as officials go door-to-door vaccinating residents against a massive measles outbreak that has already killed 63—nearly all of whom are children under 4 years old.
Officials arrested Edwin Tamasese Thursday, December 5, charging him with "incitement against the Government vaccination order[s]," according to the Samoa Observer. He faces two-years in jail.
The arrest came after he allegedly posted a message on social media about the current vaccination campaign that read, "I will be here to mop up your mess. Enjoy your killing spree."
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