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104: Andy Slavitt & Laurie Garrett on “The End of the Covid Emergency?”

The Al Franken Podcast

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The New Order of Business Is to Make People Defend Things They Didn't Do

The most effective exploitation, I think, of every little tiny crack they could find in government policy and the scientific study of COVID has been among libertarians. They have a Senator, Rand Paul, and they are absolutely opposed to any government mandate of any kind. And you've seen in one hearing after another, shouting matches between Rand Paul and Tony Fauci,. His agenda is much bigger than the Gough question. It is, I dispute the scientific veracity of every single measure undertaken to control COVID. The new order of business is to make people defend things they didn't do.

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