“It has been a secret and so people have not feared it the way we feared polio,” said Marge Loennig, 87. “I think that if people had been open, some of the anti vaccine people would have not been so reluctant.”
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In Hawaii, hopes that tourism will bounce back after travel restrictions lift on Nov. 1
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Leaked list shows Alaska state Rep. David Eastman is a ‘lifetime member’ of a leading Capitol-riot group
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Despite climate change promises, governments plan to ramp up fossil fuel production
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