James Lankford: “Greater than 1 million children worldwide have missed their…”

“On May 6, 2020, you wrote. that time, I had a conversation with Robert Redfield, as you know well, was then the director of CDC, about the fact that Greater than 1 million children worldwide have missed their measles vaccination because of the shutdown. You stated this is terrible and needs to be addressed, since on that basis alone, there would be far, far, far, far more excess deaths from measles among children than coronavirus deaths among children.” (02:34–02:42)

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