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Jan 2022
8m 24s

US Covid Strategy Shifting

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The idea that the pandemic might never end has been a joke since March 2020, but now that joke seems to be a reality. CNN Political Director David Chalian explains how the White House is pivoting strategies from trying to eradicate Covid to learning to live with it. The CDC’s job is to communicate this fast-changing science and guidance, which hasn’t been easy for the agency or clear to Americans.

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