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    For most young people, the social and emotional benefits of taking masks off outdoors greatly outweigh the personal and public-health advantages of keeping them on.

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    • On @msnbc ⁦@Morning_Joe⁩ talking abt my piece in ⁦@TheAtlantic⁩. Let’s unmask kids (& all!) outside, let #FactsNotFear drive our behaviors & policies, & address physical & #mentalhealth in tandem. It’s the evidence-based path forward. Article: https://t.co/vHqYy7JQ9a https://t.co/uqaBv2od9J

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    I’m a doctor. I tell parents that outdoor masking is not necessary for their children, for several reasons.

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    • For most young ppl, the social/emotional advantages of taking masks off outside >>> personal/public health benefits of masking. Risk of outdoor transmission is tiny. Let's allow #FactsNotFear to drive our behaviors & policy. My latest in @TheAtlantic: https://t.co/mEYeJz9GEz

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    A new study shows the emotional price children paid when schools were forced to shut down in-school learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    • Not sure worth adding to this thread on #factsnotfear on school closures bc 1) those of us convinced school closures so hard for children in same camp; 2) those who don't believe it say children are resilient. Mental health effects documented disturbing: https://t.co/RAR3WH7bKP

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    We need a hard right turn on the narrative about vaccines, writes Lucy McBride. People need incentives to take one. We must empower people with facts about vaccine efficacy and shift the media’s bad news bias to one of evidence-based optimism about post-vaccination life.

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    • I take my mask off with my (willing, immune-competent) vaccinated patients. If doctors don't have confidence in the #vaccine, why should anyone else? My latest opinion piece for @CNN. #FactsNotFear #ThisIsOurShot #PrimaryCare #RollUpYourSleeves https://t.co/eBivsqYcL2

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    According to recent polling, about 25-percent of Americans are vaccine hesitant for a variety of reasons. We spoke with practicing internal medicine physician Dr. Lucy McBride and Senior Pastor Delonte Gholston at Peace Fellowship Church in Washington DC about their approaches to this issue in the wake of six people getting sick after getting the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. One of those…

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    • Glad to partner with Senior Pastor @DelonteGholston on @ABC7 to help mitigate #vaccine fears after yesterday's J&J news. Let's use facts & data to boost public trust & vaccine uptake. #FactsNotFear #ThisIsOurShot https://t.co/Z66Suz6yCK