R.F.K. Jr. Sends a Message on Vaccines

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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