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Did you have a nice Memorial Day weekend? Hopefully you relaxed, spent some time in nature, and weren’t one of the thousands of Americans who showed up en masse to party on boardwalks and beaches. Even though White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx warned against gatherings of over 10 people, crowds in Texas, Maryland, Missouri and other states flocked to big gatherings as states began reopening some lockdown restrictions. Meanwhile, the coronavirus death toll in the U.S. nears 100,000.

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On the Upside

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