https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm
Note: Provisional death counts are based on death certificate data received and coded by the National Center for Health Statistics as of December 31, 2020.
Death counts are delayed and may differ from other published sources (see Technical Notes).
Updated December 31, 2020
Total Deaths 2,913,144
https://crosscut.com/2020/04/meet-anthony-fauci-1918-washington
Similar to some responses to today's COVID-19 advisories, Washington state Health Commissioner Dr. T.D. Tuttle experienced pushback over his public health recommendations. (Montana Historical Society)
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YhLoMsgGHCgJ:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/02/new-congress-live-updates/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Jan. 3, 2021 at 2:46 p.m. UTC
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the only woman to serve as speaker, is seeking reelection to the post, with the coronavirus pandemic presenting a formidable challenge to getting enough Democrats to show up Sunday and cast their ballots for the California Democrat.
Democrats are poised to have the narrowest majority of either party in 20 years, beginning the session with a 222-to-211 advantage.
The House meets at noon, and after the vote for speaker, members of the 117th Congress will be sworn in. Across the Capitol, Vice President Pence will administer the oath to the senators reelected on Nov. 3 and the newest members — four Republicans and two Democrats. Two runoff elections in Georgia on Tuesday will decide the final contests of 2020.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270369673_Territory_of_Lies_The_Exclusive_Story_of_Jonathan_Jay_Pollard_the_American_Who_Spied_on_His_Country_for_Israel_and_How_He_Was_Betrayed
Territory of Lies: The Exclusive Story of Jonathan Jay Pollard, the American Who Spied on His Country for Israel and How He Was Betrayed.
Wolf Blitzer
Such an important spy case deserves a more definitive chronicle than that produced by Wolf Blitzer, Washington correspondent for the Jerusalem Post. In the end, after a good read, you still don't know much more than press accounts have provided. Just how deeply implicated were Israeli political leaders? What exactly did Pollard steal? How much damage did it do? How did the Israelis recruit him? Did other Americans work for the Israelis? Why did Navy security fail so badly? And what really made Pollard tick? To all these questions Blitzer gives half answers at best.
Like the dog that didn't bark, Wolf Blitzer's account of the Pollard spy scandal is most interesting for what it doesn't say. In particular, his failure to explore serious, published charges about the broader ramifications of the Pollard espionage ring, including the possibility that it had ties to Soviet intelligence, suggests just how sensitive some of the remaining issues in the Pollard case really are.
The title tells something of Blitzer's sympathies: The betrayal he refers to was of Pollard, not of his country. Yet the account is not uncritical, either. Pollard reminds Blitzer “very much of other bright young Jews for whom religion wasn't necessarily Judaism, but Israel–an ideological passion for the country as a birthright for all Jews. Their image of Israel is often highly exaggerated, not very realistic.''