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    It's Okay to Be Smart
            Covid-19 & Mask Myths Debunked!
                
                    
                        
                            Season 8
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 17
                        
                    
                
            
            
            Bottom line: Masks work. They are safe for almost everyone to wear, and the more people that wear them along with adhering to physical distancing and other strategies, then that’s more lives we’ll save. But there’s still a lot of confusion and misinformation out there when it comes both to wearing masks and the actual risks of getting infected with COVID-19.
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