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Vaccine expert criticizes government's pandemic response

What vaccine expert Rick Bright said about the government's pandemic response

Aired 05/14/2020

PBS News Hour

Vaccine expert criticizes government's pandemic response

Clip: 5/14/2020 | 5m 35sVideo has Closed Captions

What vaccine expert Rick Bright said about the government's pandemic response

The global death toll in the coronavirus pandemic has reached 300,000, with 85,000 fatalities in the U.S. alone. The new numbers were posted as federal vaccine expert Dr. Rick Bright, in congressional testimony, levied grave criticism of the White House's crisis response. Meanwhile, nearly 3 million additional Americans filed for unemployment amid a crippled economy. Yamiche Alcindor reports.

Aired 05/14/2020

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