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Cassidy criticizes Hegseth after flu outbreak at Texas Air Force base
Key takeaways
- Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday knocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after an outbreak of influenza infected several service members at an Air Force base in Texas.
- And if you will, I think what you re going after is that this administration, parts of it, have tried to downplay the importance of immunization, he said.
- The Secretary of War, Hegseth, recently did away with the flu mandate, and then there was a big outbreak of flue in one of their military outfits, Cassidy said.
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Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday knocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after an outbreak of influenza infected several service members at an Air Force base in Texas.
Cassidy, a licensed gastroenterologist and the first physician to chair the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, told CBS News s Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation that we do see the consequences, though, of ignoring the benefits that things like vaccines bring for public health.
And if you will, I think what you re going after is that this administration, parts of it, have tried to downplay the importance of immunization, he said.
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