Can You Get a COVID Vaccine?
RFK Jr. undid in one summer something decades in the making.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s tenure as HHS Secretary has meant turmoil for the CDC: thousands of employees have either been let go, or are unclear on their employment status; leadership has been stepping down; and there was a shooting at their Atlanta building in August. The result is RFK being spoken at in the Senate, thousands of CDC employees calling for his resignation, and a country less prepared for the next pandemic.
Guest: Apoorva Mandavilli, science and global health reporter at the New York Times.
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Podcast produced by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther.
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