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Committee chairman Lamar Alexander concluded by asking rhetorically what can the US can learn to prepare for the next pandemic? What can we learn about the federal stockpile? Hospitals having beds ready? Better buying channels for personal protective equipment?
The hearing is winding up now, but not before Republican Senator Mitt Romney, of Utah, described scathingly how he is not impressed with the US’s early testing track record on coronavirus.
Sen. Mitt Romney criticizes the Trump administration’s progress on access to coronavirus vaccines: “I find our testing record nothing to celebrate whatsoever.” https://t.co/Wj0PoWurQ9 pic.twitter.com/vCbDzcim9l
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