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Richmond Times-Dispatch The General Assembly on Monday formally capped a COVID-complicated session that featured landmark action on issues ranging from the death penalty to future marijuana legalization. Here are 26 reasons why the session mattered. AbortionThe House and Senate backed legislation to remove the ban on abortion coverage on the state’s health care exchange. AlcoholLawmakers backed restaurants’ ability to sell cocktails to-go through July 1, 2022. The legislation is a first step toward making permanent a temporary pandemic provision that has allowed restaura...

email article When David Hicks, DO, MPH, deputy health officer for Jefferson County in Alabama, was asked in an interview a month before the release of the first COVID-19 vaccine if he would get it, he said he didn't yet have the information to make an informed decision. Now he does. Vaccines were approved, he did his research, and he got vaccinated. Now each day he's out front of his community sharing what he's learned and recounting his experience. In consultation with bioethicists, Hicks and his colleagues have crafted what he calls an "all-hands-on-deck" strategy, enlisting faith le...