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Jan 2021
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The huge coronavirus challenge facing Am...

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Joe Biden has been sworn into office early this morning and now faces a monstrous battle to get COVID under any semblance of control. Yesterday, according to Johns Hopkins University, the US recorded more than 400,000 coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began. As the weeks pass and the pandemic spreads, more and more people are dying. At the moment, an A ... Show More
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