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Ron Johnson: “The pandemic ended up being maybe worse than a bad flu…”

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Published October 16, 2023 | Video Starts at 08:10

Most Americans know somebody who's injured by the COVID vaccine. And so they're saying, yeah, maybe that was a good idea back there when I was scared. You know what List from the pandemic as The pandemic ended up being maybe worse than a bad flu season, but not much worse. Okay. If you were young and healthy, Covid was not something really to worry too much about is the vulnerable, the elderly, people with certain comorbidities. (08:10–08:21)

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Asserts that the COVID-19 pandemic was only slightly worse than a bad flu season.

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