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Ned Lamont: “I didn't [mandate vaccines] during the worst of COVID I'm…”

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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special

Published | Video Starts at 07:17

The mask restrictions have eased mainly because the pandemic seems to be better. What about vaccine mandates for children in schools? Will you push for that? No, I didn't [mandate vaccines] during the worst of COVID I'm certainly not going to do it now. And I think more importantly, people have the ability to keep themselves safe. It's more like the flu. And so if you feel you're living with a grandmother, she's got respiratory, you can wear a mask. (07:17–23:58)

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Asserts that he did not mandate vaccines during the worst of COVID and will not do so now.

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