HHS secretary: 'You get to return to a more normal lifestyle' if vaccinated

Xavier Becerra.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says, quite pointedly, that Americans who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 "get to return to a more normal lifestyle." If you're not vaccinated, he added during his appearance on CBS This Morning on Tuesday, you're both "a danger" to others and "in danger" from the virus yourself, so "get vaccinated."

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.