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Tom Cole: “The rates of hospitalization and death among people that…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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A Conversation with Congressman Tom Cole

Published | Video Starts at 11:57

And that's a pretty unenlightened attitude because frankly, you're at grave risk. I mean, you're much less likely to get it now. But The rates of hospitalization and death among people that have not had the vaccine are not markedly different than they were when we were having much wider distribution. If you get it, it's deadly. And so you should take the measures that would keep you from getting it in the first place, even though your protection is going up because of other people. (11:57–12:10)

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Asserts that hospitalization and death rates remain high among unvaccinated individuals.

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