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which is why people are confused and people have questions.

The media have done a terrible job and the public health experts have done a terrible job.

And then Joe Biden says, and then on the basis of your chaotic understanding of what's going on,

I'm going to cram down one size fits all, no natural immunity exemptions for vaccine mandates.

I'm going to encourage businesses to do the same thing. No religious exemptions. No personal

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