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you couldn't do it in this class,
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much less the whole country in our individualistic U.S.
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I'll say for the last time,
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we are an individualistic country.
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We've pushed back hard against government interference,
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and we resist intrusion to our private lives;
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and yet in lots of public health areas,
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in the not so distant past, we've seen significant changes.
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Those of you who are going to work in this area,
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who are going to be advocates,
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make sure those changes are done with nuance, with subtlety in ways
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that actually yield good results not demonized and destructive ones.