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Curtis Hertel Jr.: “Canada was way behind the United States in terms of…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 14:19

You know, for all of this time, for those who aren't vaccinated, is there anything governmentally that can be done to encourage them to. That you haven't done this? I can tell you Canada was way behind the United States in terms of vaccines. And because they didn't have the manufacturing that we had. And when they got enough vaccines to finally vaccinate their country, they passed the United States in a matter of a couple months. (14:19–14:23)

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Asserts that Canada initially lagged behind the U.S. in vaccine availability.

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