GOP voters could decide whether U.S. reaches herd immunity
Dan Diamond, The Washington Post
March 8, 2021
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Timothy Shea shows off his mask during the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC in Orlando, Fla., in February 2021.Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford
Margaret, an 80-year-old retiree who lives near Tulsa, Okla., has spent the past year fearing the coronavirus. She s constantly worn masks, toted hand sanitizer and used drive-throughs to run her errands. Her age and preexisting health conditions - including heart failure, diabetes and blood clots- put her at elevated risk if she gets sick.
But unlike many at-risk Americans seeking safety and an end to the pandemic, Margaret refuses to get a coronavirus vaccine.
At CPAC, falsehoods about the 2020 election loom large
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Biden memorializes covid-19 victims after 500,000 die in U.S.
Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post
Feb. 22, 2021
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WASHINGTON - By the light of 500 candles as Amazing Grace played outside the White House, President Joe Biden bowed his head in a minute of reflection on the 500,000 American lives lost to the coronavirus, crossing himself after the music faded out.
Moments earlier, the president noted that the U.S. death toll from the pandemic has exceeded both world wars and the Vietnam War combined. The people we lost were extraordinary, Biden said in the White House s Cross Hall. They span generations. Born in America, immigrated to America. But just like that, so many of them took their final breath alone in America.
Biden messed up math comparing war deaths to covid-19 deaths
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