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NIH Director: “Our Culture Wars Are Killing People"

Clip: 11/3/2021 | 18m 17sVideo has Closed Captions

NIH Director Francis Collins discusses vaccine resistance and misinformation.

Director of the National Institute of Health Dr. Francis Collins, who has guided the U.S. through the COVID-19 crisis, recently announced he will step down after 12 years and three presidents. He tells Walter Isaacson how vaccine resistance and conspiracy theories presented one of his most difficult challenges as director.

11/03/2021

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