You can contract COVID and the flu at the same time – and though the flu vaccine isn’t perfect, it will at least blunt the effect of the influenza infection.
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Commentary: Judges must heed RBG’s example, uphold federal role in protecting environment
A grasp of climate science and of their rulings’ long-term impacts should be the baseline for nomination and confirmation to the federal bench.
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Another View: Closing Maine waste ‘loophole’ would have unintended results
Material now put to use would have to be disposed of, and jobs at the facilities that produce it would be at risk.
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Kevin Raye: Sen. Susan Collins hasn’t changed – let’s re-elect her
Trading a powerful and bipartisan senator for a party line-oriented freshman back-bencher won’t make Washington more civil or Maine more prosperous.
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Our View: Medical supply manufacturing moved overseas, and now we’re paying for it
The federal government should make more investments like those in Guilford-based Puritan, so we’ll have important supplies when we need them.
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Maine Voices: Your vote – use it now or prepare yourself to lose it
Flaws in our Constitution and laws could enable the loser of the 2016 popular vote to overrule democracy if he’s not decisively trounced Nov. 3.
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Maine Voices: Understanding science, truth can help defeat denial, distortion
COVID-19 shows that if we accept as true only what we want to be true, then we’ll overlook what we prefer not to see.
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Leonard Pitts: Whitmer kidnap plot reveals a certain kind of entitlement
This sort of violence and bitterness stems from the conviction that by dint of color or culture, one deserves the final word.
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Commentary: Re-election will let Sen. Collins keep doing what’s right for Maine
A former BIW president says that not only shipyard workers but also seniors and schoolchildren are among the many who will benefit.
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Maine Voices: Young people can make a difference – if we vote
Turnout among 18- to 29-year-olds has been on the rise, but we still trail other groups. Let’s change that.