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Dr. Leana Wen is in favor of COVID-19 vaccine mandates. "I don't think that people should have the choice to infect others with a potentially fatal and extremely contagious virus," she says. Wen is pictured above in the emergency department at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston on Aug. 14, 2012. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
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Think Of Your COVID-19 Vaccine Like A Very Good Raincoat, Says Dr. Leana Wen

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July 27, 2021 • It protects from drizzles and thunderstorms but not a hurricane. In other words, if you are exposed again and again to infected people, there's some risk you could get sick.

Think Of Your COVID-19 Vaccine Like A Very Good Raincoat, Says Dr. Leana Wen
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