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Abigail Spanberger: “I continue to think that repeated attempts to cut public health programs... I really cannot help but wonder about the…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2020
I continue to think that repeated attempts to cut public health programs... I really cannot help but wonder about the role that PREDICT could have played in the lead-up to COVID-19.
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Abigail Spanberger
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Spanberger emphasizes the importance of public health programs in preventing pandemics.

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