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Video: How did mask wearing become so politicized?

  • Written by Matthew Facciani, Postdoctoral Researcher, Vanderbilt University
imageProtestors hold anti-mask signs at a protest in St. Paul, Minnesota.Education Images / Getty Images

The United States has lagged behind much of the world in its efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Not wearing a mask has become a political act even though masks slow the spread of the virus. As someone who just finished a dissertation on...

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