Is This New Plan in Recognizing That There Will Not Be Federal Mandates?

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The president's decision to now mandate is a rereflection on where we are as a nation. In many states, the states haave been hit hardest with this new serge. We don't have some of the systems in place in our country that would make it easier for these to be used. The testing programs can be effective if they're done very well.

President Joe Biden is taking a new approach to fight the pandemic. Former acting CDC director Richard Besser explains the vaccine mandates and the booster shot debate.

Today’s show was produced by Hady Mawajdeh with help from Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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