Ron Johnson ‘highly suspicious’ of federal vaccination push

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Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson criticized the Biden administration’s push to vaccinate as many adults as possible, contradicting calls from fellow GOP lawmakers to get the shots.

“The science tells us that vaccines are 95% effective, so if you have a vaccine, quite honestly, what do you care if your neighbor has one or not?” Johnson said Thursday. “Why is this big push to make sure everybody gets a vaccine … I’m getting highly suspicious of what’s happening here.”

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