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How the partisan divide drove a surge in U.S. COVID deaths

How misinformation and the partisan divide drove a surge in U.S. COVID deaths

Aired 05/11/2022

PBS News Hour

How the partisan divide drove a surge in U.S. COVID deaths

Clip: 5/11/2022 | 8m 51sVideo has Closed Captions

How misinformation and the partisan divide drove a surge in U.S. COVID deaths

As the death toll from the coronavirus nears 1 million Americans, we’ve been exploring why the u.S. Suffered such a terrible loss, especially when compared to other nations similar to us. While there are many reasons for this, one of them is that many Americans have not wanted to be vaccinated. William Brangham reports.

Aired 05/11/2022

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