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Bernie Moreno: “14 wasn't scientific.”

Featuring: Bernie Moreno, Republican | U.S. Senate, Ohio

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Bernie Moreno Challenges COVID-19 School Closures and Vaccine Mandates in Senate Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 07:18

No, it was five days because that was the amount of time from symptoms to transmission. So why 14? The 14 day was. Was before we had the. So 14 wasn't scientific. Just to be clear, 14 days was how long it took for people to get over the disease, and people were still shedding virus through that period. (07:18–07:20)

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Asserts that the 14-day quarantine period was not based on scientific evidence.

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