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Francis Collins: “I`m a scientist, I`m a doctor, I`m not a politician, but somehow this is all gotten tangled up, and people have lost…”

On the recordOctober 11, 2021
I`m a scientist, I`m a doctor, I`m not a politician, but somehow this is all gotten tangled up, and people have lost their grip on evidence of what ought to be used to make a decision like this.
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Francis Collins
Pennsylvania
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msnbc.com

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Francis Collins discusses the confusion surrounding vaccine decisions and the importance of evidence-based choices.

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