Vax Facts Vs Fiction: Stony Brook Medicine Raises Vaccine Awareness in Live Session [WATCH]

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In the protracted fight against the COVID-19 plus the rapidly approaching flu season, experts from Stony Brook Medicine held a live stream session to separate vaccine fact from fiction.

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