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RFK Jr. was ‘never’ briefed by experts on vaccine preventable diseases: CDC official who resigned

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Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the former director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss why he resigned from the agency and the future health policies under the Trump administration.

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