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The Vaccines Are More Effective Than You Think, Even With Those Variants Looming

SIGNS FOR HOPE

Even against the deadly South African variant, the vaccines are having an impact, White House COVID adviser Andy Slavitt says.

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Andy Slavitt was shocked when he joined the Biden administration.

“I was under the impression coming in—as many, many Americans were—that there were big stockpiles of vaccines waiting to go out the door that were produced over the course of the last year.

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