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My new colleague Margaret Manto pointed out this odd art from HHS’ children’s book about the harms of screen time. The eye chart reads like a shriek, and the teddy bear has extra limbs. Send news tips and AI slop to John.Wilkerson@statnews.com or John_Wilkerson.07 on Signal.
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Former top U.S. infectious-disease expert Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that Americans have “selective amnesia” about the Covid-19 pandemic, which has distorted how they now think of pandemic mitigation measures like masking and lockdowns.
