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6. That's been true for the entire pandemic

Reply to Skittles (Reply #5)

Sun May 15, 2022, 06:44 PM

May 2022

but what seems different to me now is that there is a pressure to not even mention mitigation efforts, especially masking. The corporations control the media, and they know that masks are bad for business.

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