“When we are combating a deadly virus & vaccine hesitancy, this kind of rhetoric is dangerous. Showing proof of vaccination is not slavery or birtherism. We are too close to give ground to COVID. Science is science. It's pretty simple - Vax up and mask up.”

—  Kim Janey

Source: 3 August 2021 reply https://twitter.com/andreaforboston/status/1422642209938186245 by Andrea Campbell

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