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Deborah Birx: “I hear community members parroting back those situations, parroting back that masks don't work, parroting back that we…”

On the recordDecember 6, 2020
I hear community members parroting back those situations, parroting back that masks don't work, parroting back that we should work towards herd immunity, parroting back that gatherings don't result in super-spreading events. And I think our job is to constantly say, those are myths, they are wrong, and you can see the evidence base.
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Birx addresses misinformation about COVID-19 and the importance of correcting myths.

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