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Of course this antimask sentiment is fueled by misinformation spread on social media. this week parents in ottawa county, michigan pushed to get county leaders to reverse a mask mandate. >> the data is extremely clear that masking is unnecessary for children. it is child abuse. >> you are psychologically, narcissistically abusing our children. we won't let you do that anymore. >> i've sent you emails listing all the studies that show the negative impacts that these masks are having on our children. our babies. i demand that these mask mandates be rescinded. free our children. >> masking health...

Take a look at tampa. "tampa bay times" stays area's four largest school districts have reported more than 10,000 covid cases in schools since the semester started three weeks ago. however, there is good news for school leaders who want to defy governor ron desantis' ban on mask mandates. just yesterday a florida judge tossed out the ban ruling schools can require masks to protect kids. but educators fighting to keep schools safe in texas, they're getting different results. this week the state's republican only supreme court sided with governor greg abbott temporarily blocking a mask mandate f...

Selective about what they share online. so that's all good news. but the challenging news is that we still have a long way to go. we are still seeing misinformation spread like wildfire on social media sites in particular. we're still seeing many people in our communities, two-thirds of our unvaccinated individuals who believe myths about covid-19 vaccination or think those myths might be true. so we've got a lot of work to do. >> the biden administration has been very critical of tech platforms, definitely less so of right-wing television and radio. let me play a remain example of some of the...

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Larger arc of the vaccination effort we've come a long way. administered nearly 320 million doses of the vaccine in people 30 and up. we have about 70% of the population vaccinated. we're going to -- we're going to need to do more work in the 18 to 26 population in particular. but here's what we're learning about why people are not getting vaccinated. for some people it's an issue of access, that access is becoming much easier now. for some people it's a question of motivation. there are some people is it important for me to get vaccinated as i see cases come down, the answer is yes, the delta...