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The Trump administration on Tuesday bypassed the traditional system of vaccine guidance and abruptly ended the government’s recommendation that two key groups of Americans receive vaccinations against Covid.
Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter at The New York Times, discusses what could be a turning point in public health.
Guest: Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter at The New York Times.
Background reading:
- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that there was no clinical data to support additional Covid shots for healthy children.
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