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My reaction to the CDC policy change

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Katelyn Jetelina
May 13, 2021
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Today the CDC dropped mask requirements in the vast majority of spaces. 

Here are my initial thoughts...

  1. I don’t think removing a mask requirement will improve vaccine hesitancy in the US. Maybe a little, but nothing meaningful. I’m in the weeds with the community, wearing a mask doesn’t even land in the top 20 reasons people won’t get a vaccine. 

  2. This rel…

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