Maybe we shouldn't bring back polio? Question mark?

Liz talks with Rep. David Nagel (a physician! a Republican!) about vaccines, public health, and why he is no longer on a New Hampshire House standing committee. Spoiler alert: not his choice.

This episode was recorded on December 22, 2025. Pairs well with the Medicaid: It's Health Insurance! episode with Kristine Stoddard.

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Links:

• Nagel says choosing principles over party got him booted from health committee (The Laconia Daily Sun)
• GOP House member says party leaders tried to intimidate him before booting him off committee (NH Bulletin)
• House Health and Human Services Committee advances bill to repeal NH Vaccine Association (WMUR)
• Hearing scheduled for bill that would end mandatory school vaccinations in New Hampshire (Concord Monitor)
• Lawmaker wants to end hepatitis B vaccine requirement to align NH with Kennedy’s CDC (NH Bulletin)
• Reps. Sherman Packard & Alexis Simpson: Holocaust denialism has no place in the NH Legislature (Union Leader)
• Following leaked messages, House Republican education chair says she favors politically segregated schools (Concord Monitor)
• Op-Eds about the NH Vaccine Association

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