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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMay 4, 2023
What scientists are telling us is that there is a reasonable chance that, God forbid, that a pandemic as deadly as COVID could occur in 10 years.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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Warning about the potential for future pandemics.

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