As my colleague from South Carolina is saying, last year we saw the largest number of children die from the flu in modern history. Are you Familiar with that, Mr. Secretary? Yes, I am. And have you told President Trump about that Last year was the largest childhood death of flu in modern America. Well, that's one of the reasons that FDA just approved two new vaccines for influenza A and influenza B. Because you would agree that last year was the worst year on record in terms of flu deaths in modern history. (00:36–00:43)
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