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Brian Schatz: “Tens of thousands, at least maybe hundreds of thousands of…”

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Published | Video Starts at 07:33

And in this instance, it's not just about this institution. It is literally about people being kept alive. For the last five months because of the United States actions. Tens of thousands, at least maybe hundreds of thousands of bits babies have gotten HIV AIDS from their moms because we pulled funding. Because Elon Musk had some bug in his ear about usaid. And one weekend he said, we're going to feed this thing to the wood chipper. (07:33–07:43)

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Asserts that tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of babies contracted HIV/AIDS due to funding cuts.

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