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154. The NPR program was not a discussion

of science by journalists. It was a report and explanation of the tests and results from the medical people who did the research and tests on the immunocompromised people.

Regarding TB and masks, TB is not nearly as common in the general population as covid is now. For that matter, covid infections are more common now than even the flu since many people get flu vaccines, but covid vaccines are still fairly new. The level of covid infection is going down now due to the vaccines, but clearly there are some people for whom they are not effective, for whatever as yet unknown reasons. They are usually older people whose immune systems are not as robust as younger people's. Since I am in that category of older people, I think it is sensible for me to continue masking for the time being.

Regarding the wearing of masks prior to covid, my health care office required ALL people, staff and patients, who did not get a flu shot to wear a mask in the office during flu season, long before covid. I am allergic to the flu shot, so that included me.

For many of the people who want to be vaccinated but have not received a shot yet, it is not due to an insufficient amount of vaccine production. It is due a number of factors, e.g. inability to get time off from work for the shot and its after effects, distant rural locations away from vaccination sites, lack of transportation to vaccine clinics, etc. My county - a rural region of small cities and villages with a high poverty rate - has organized to overcome these problems with assistance in making appointments and with transportation via a county transit system. There are other regions in the country that are not offering that kind of help to reach out to people.