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Mar 2021
15m 22s

What Went Wrong at the CDC

CNN
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Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the Trump administration, opens up to CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta about some of the challenges the CDC faced over this past year. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Vi ... Show More
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