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Curtis Hertel Jr.: “Anyone who's pushing the herd immunity as a strategy here…”

Featuring: Curtis Hertel Jr., Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 7

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Sen. Hertel and Dr. J Debunk COVID Misinformation

Published | Video Starts at 06:08

The more we can get ahead of and control the spread of the virus, the better we'll be from a health standpoint and the data shows across the globe. From an economic standpoint. Anyone who's pushing the herd immunity as a strategy here should look with our partners in science that would show that that as a strategy would leave somewhere between 5 and 11 times more deaths. A decrease in the economic well being of our state would not even work because we don't even know the long term unity and could have terrible, terrible consequences for our citizens moving forward. (06:08–06:25)

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Asserts that herd immunity strategy could lead to 5 to 11 times more deaths.

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