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Why won’t Biden listen to the science?

By Kaylee McGhee White

Published February 5, 2021 5:22pm ET

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Why won’t Biden listen to the science? — Former Vice President Joe Biden takes the stage to speak to the International Association of Firefighters at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2019, amid growing expectations he'll soon announce he's running for president. | (Andrew Harnik/AP)

For months, President Biden promised he would let the science dictate his coronavirus strategy — that is, until the science contradicted one of his political allies.

Biden’s White House openly opposed one of its own experts this week after the new head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said teachers do not need to be vaccinated for schools to reopen safely.

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