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Have you found yourself confused
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over the past year. While face
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masks are currently required in some parts
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of China to prevent the spread of the deadly
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coronavirus here in the US, the
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Centers for Disease Control is not yet
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recommending them for the public. Tonight,
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the CDC says double masking offers
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more protection against COVID nineteen. Donald
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Trump tells us should that we've taken I'm not
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taking it. I want to encourage everyone
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to get the vaccine. It is safe.
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Has it sometimes been difficult to
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figure out the truth? I had
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really been struggling with it, trying to figure
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out if I trust the vaccine once
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I sawed that video, if I didn't know it was
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an R and A what else don't I know about
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it? You know? But it was also that in
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the back of my head, why saw
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fast. I'm not against vaccines at
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all. I think there's a place for certain ones, but
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I also think some of them are
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not things that would give my children. We're
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living in uncertain times, but
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we do know one thing for sure. The
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only way we're going to get out of this pandemic
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is mass vaccination. The
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problem is right now, many
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Americans just don't trust vaccines.
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What if I take it and something happens to me down
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the road. I'm torn between both, you
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know, I really am. I'm torn between
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both. This
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skepticism didn't actually start
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with the rollout of vaccines, or in
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March, or even
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with the rise of Donald Trump. This
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moment has been brewing for
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a very long time.
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I'm Kristin V. Brown, the host
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of Doubt, a new series from
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Bloomberg Prognosis. In
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this podcast will trace the rise
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of vaccine skepticism in America
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to show how we got here and
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where we're going. There
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are forces that have been working behind the scenes
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to erode our trust vaccines.
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Today, their message has gone
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mainstream and it threatens
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our ability to fight the coronavirus.
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We need everybody to release their fear
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from their brains, get rid of their masks, goes
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so hug people and absolutely
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say no. Doubt
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