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Kristin Lyerly: “When we defund the CDC and we have outbreaks and we can't…”

Featuring: Kristin Lyerly, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Published | Video Starts at 07:32

And it is just, it's bad, it's dangerous and it's bad. But the CDC contains these things when they've got the ability to do it. But When we defund the CDC and we have outbreaks and we can't get kids vaccines...we are going to be a sicker population. a sicker population. And if we're sicker now, we're going to be sicker for the future. So this is another one of those things where if you invest a little bit early on, you reap the rewards throughout the rest of your life. (07:32–07:44)

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Asserts that defunding the CDC leads to more outbreaks and a sicker population.

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