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Curtis Hertel Jr.: “These decisions have to be made by doctors and scientists…”

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

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Senator Hertel answers questions on the pandemic and politics

Published | Video Starts at 19:11

But I do agree that they should cut away a little more and more focus on what Dr. Fauci is saying, because at the end of the day, that's who should be driving the policy here. These decisions have to be made by doctors and scientists. They cannot be made by politicians. We've seen Governor Whitmer get national attention first because of her well regarded response to the president at the State of the Union and now because the president took her on and she gave it right back. (19:11–19:17)

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Asserts that policy decisions during a health crisis should be made by doctors and scientists, not politicians.

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