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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The deep pockets behind the anti-vax movement

    California Governor Gavin Newsom says he will support a bill that tightens vaccine requirements for school children. The bill’s author made a few changes that would give doctors more discretion to grant medical exemptions.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 19, 2019 • 1 min read

    California Governor Gavin Newsom says he will support a bill that tightens vaccine requirements for school children. The bill’s author made a few changes that would give doctors more discretion to grant medical exemptions.

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Beto O'Rourke: rich people will have to allow poorer people to live closer to them
    1. 0:00Presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke on reparations, climate change, and regulating tech giants
    2. 16:19The deep pockets behind the anti-vax movementYou’re reading this
    3. 25:48The story of the Golden State Killer and how he was finally caught
    4. 42:12Dear John's, a Culver City restaurant from the rat pack days, is reborn
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