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🗓️ 9 March 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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0:00.0 | Today on the argument, we are tired of COVID, so what are we supposed to do about it? |
0:11.9 | We've been in this pandemic for two years now, and last week we reached a new turning |
0:16.7 | point. |
0:17.7 | The CDC now suggests that 70% of Americans can stop wearing masks. |
0:24.2 | That's a new guideline that's based on hospitalization numbers, not just case counts. |
0:29.5 | The latest piece of guidance in the ever-shifting messaging of this pandemic. |
0:33.7 | And if you're a person who follows what the CDC says, even if COVID is the only time you |
0:38.6 | do that, it's been really hard to keep up. |
0:43.3 | I'm Jane Kostin, and I am, as the youth say, Vaxden relaxed. |
0:49.6 | I'm going to restaurants. |
0:51.0 | I'm going to grocery stores. |
0:53.1 | And yeah, I'm triple vaccinated. |
0:56.0 | I've resumed my life. |
0:58.4 | But I know it's confusing to know what's okay and what's not okay to do. |
1:02.7 | And I'm a healthy 34-year-old. |
1:05.4 | What about folks who are immunocompromised or children under the age of five? |
1:10.2 | More than 7 million people in America are immunocompromised. |
1:13.6 | That could mean they have cancer. |
1:15.2 | That could mean they have rheumatoid arthritis. |
1:17.7 | What are they supposed to do? |
1:19.8 | So I've been thinking a lot about how we bridge the gap between changing public health messaging |
1:24.4 | and how you and me live our lives. |
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