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							<title><![CDATA['Follow the Science' Is a Slogan, Not a Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/-follow-the-science-is-a-slogan-not-a-policy</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Faye Flam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Almost everybody wants to be seen as embracing science. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s true whether they are arguing to take masks off or leave them on, or whether they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re pushing continued caution or a return to normal. The phrase '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'follow the science'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' has been used by the left to defend its...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mask Mandates Didn't Make Much of a Difference Anyway]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/did-mask-mandates-work-the-data-is-in-and-the-answer-is-no</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Faye Flam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[States across the U.S. have dropped their mask mandates this week, worrying Americans who think they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re still needed and cheering people who are ready to go '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'back to normal.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Both groups need to take a deep breath: Dropping mask mandates isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t the same thing as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Mask Up, America' Made Sense in 2020. Now? Not So Much.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/covid-19-mask-mandates-made-sense-in-2020-now-not-so-much</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Faye Flam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The importance of masks to public health is fading as other pandemic-fighting tools emerge: highly effective vaccines, better tests and now powerful antiviral drugs. So it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s time to consider making masks optional in most settings.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Jury Is Still Out About Covid's Origin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-08/-faucigate-emails-prove-nothing-about-a-covid-lab-leak</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Faye Flam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the messages show any scandal at all, it's how little scientists knew about the virus.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Covid Data Is Forcing Scientists to Rethink Herd Immunity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/covid-spread-cant-only-be-explained-by-whos-being-bad/ar-BB17VlsC</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Faye Flam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are some weird things going on in the coronavirus data. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s curious that cases dropped so fast, and have stayed pretty low, in the spring hot zones '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' New York, New Jersey and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Connecticut. And why did cases remain so low in Idaho and Hawaii until recently?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Happy Earth Day. Enjoy It While You Last.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-21/happy-earth-day-enjoy-it-while-you-last</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Faye Flam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The people who know the most about life on Earth tend to be the most impressed by its staying power. Harvard professor Andrew Knoll marvels that our planet has sustained life continuously for four billion years -- most of its 4.5 billion years in existence. This is not just a matter of...]]></description>
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