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Who is that unmasked man? Covid-19 and the politics of fatigue

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What's Happening Politically?

Front line medics have been asked to go above and beyond for a very, very long time. Medics were feeling not just burnt out, but insulted by the fact that these public discussions which had defined the early part of the pandemic had been abandoned. The prime minister was vaccinated a couple of weeks ago without wearing a mask. That sent a message, medix told me,. So, profound exhaustion, but also a feeling of being insulted that we're not doing the basic, small, not onerous behaviora changes that would help mitigate arm hospitalization numbers.

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