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Month: April 2021

As vaccinations keep rising, so do Covid-19 hospitalizations among those who aren’t vaccinated

First, the good news: The United States reported a record-high 4.6 million doses of vaccines administered in one day, according to data published Saturday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Amazing Saturday! +4.63M doses administered over total yesterday, a new record,” tweeted Dr. Cyrus Shahpar, the White House Covid-19 data director. “More than

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The 30% who could end the pandemic

When losing soldiers flee a battlefield — or people migrate in search of a better life — they are voting with their feet. “Foot voting” lets people control their own destiny, law professor Ilya Somin argues. In America today, people are also voting with their arms, rolling up their sleeves to get vaccinated against Covid-19

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Liz Cheney calls Matt Gaetz allegations ‘sickening’ but stops short of calling for his resignation

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, called allegations against Rep. Matt Gaetz “sickening” on Sunday, but stopped short of calling for the resignation of the Florida Republican, who’s facing a federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations. “As the mother of daughters, the charges certainly are sickening. As the Speaker noted there is

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Incident at Iran’s Natanz facility a ‘terrorist action,’ nuclear chief says

Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization condemned an incident at the Natanz nuclear facility on Sunday, calling it a “terrorist action,” according to the Iranian telegram channel of the Revolution Guard Corps, or IRGC. Akbar Salehi, chief of the organization, said, “Today’s attack demonstrates that the enemies of Iran’s progress and advancement in nuclear science, as well

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