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Matt Gaetz: “I think the lasting impact from COVID is a very active…”

Featuring: Matt Gaetz, Republican | Former U.S. House, Florida's 1st District

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The Anchormen Show EP 119 - Emerging From COVID's Shadow w/ Dr. Brian Tyson

Published | Video Starts at 25:59

What you're describing is a process where the flaws of COVID are entirely repeatable. Nothing about what you're describing has actually been fixed by any of the realizations. I think the lasting impact from COVID is a very active distrust in public health and the populace that didn't exist before COVID. Like, I thought the CDC were the good guys until they started telling me I had to eat outside next to the gutter, next to a perfectly good restaurant, couldn't go outside in the sun, couldn't go to the beach. (25:59–26:17)

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Asserts that COVID-19 has led to increased public distrust in public health institutions.

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