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Shelley Moore Capito: “I believe that vaccinations have prevented a host of…”

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Eastern Panhandle Talk: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (9.17.25)

Published | Video Starts at 19:29

I am a proponent of, and I told him this when we talked, when he came in to ask for my vote for his nomination and to get to know him. I believe that vaccinations have prevented a host of diseases. You know, polio, measles. We could go down the list since I was a child. And I think that they are tried and true and that they are something that we should continue. (19:29–19:37)

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