Point of Order: Dr. Peter Hotez discusses the state of COVID-19 in Texas No description found
Evan Smith, CEO of The Texas Tribune.
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In the latest episode of our podcast about the Texas Legislature, Evan Smith talks to Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and co-director of Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, about mask mandates, vaccine availability, reopening schools and businesses, and the trajectory of the pandemic.
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