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'DANGEROUS DECISION': Trump shamed by health experts for reckless cut of vaccine research money - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC
Donald Trump and his health secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. are under heavy fire from health experts from across the political spectrum for killing hundreds of millions of dollars in mRNA vaccine research. Trump's cluelessness and Kennedy's kookiness have made them blind to the value of mRNA vaccines.
Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, talks with Rachel Maddow about why mRNA vaccines are vitally important. - Aired on 08/11/2025.
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How they love to claim America is so exceptional, yet they want to fundamentally destroy and change everything that made it great. 
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