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Ron Johnson: “Our pandemic plan really said shutdowns aren't going to…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published February 25, 2022 | Video Starts at 21:28

Even though we knew that wouldn't work with respiratory virus. I mean we've known that. I mean that was not part of the pandemic plan. Our pandemic plan really said shutdowns aren't going to work. And yet that's what we hopped onto. Could that be that shutdowns were really profitable for the big tech giants? They focused only on a vaccine, completely ignored early treatment. (21:28–21:32)

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Asserts that the pandemic plan indicated shutdowns would not be effective.

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