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The Backstory: How will USA TODAY cover the Biden/Harris administration? (Answer: Aggressively.)
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Early numbers show the U.S. had 400,000 more deaths in 2020 than 2019. We’ve lost 400,000-plus to COVID-19 in one year. Those numbers are related.
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