Kennedy says healthy kids don’t need Covid shots. Is that true?
Here’s what the data tells us.
From The Times
June 6, 2025

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says that healthy children do not need to receive routine Covid shots.

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Vartika Sharma

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