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CDC Walks Back Director’s Comments on Vaccines Preventing Infection

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After pushback from scientists, the CDC clarified Director Rochelle Walensky’s comment that “vaccinated people do not carry the virus.”

Jennifer Adams
Jennifer Adams 

Former Breaking News Intern

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Jennifer Adams

Jennifer Adams

Former Breaking News Intern

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