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Georgia is on track to certify on Friday that Joe Biden won the state.
The state’s hand recount is nearing completion. Secretary of state Brad Raffensperger told WSB-TV Atlanta that “there’s no doubt” the recount will affirm Biden’s victory.
A new ad campaign from more than 100 of the nation’s health systems beseeches the American public to wear masks. The campaign includes both print advertising and a black and white video showing photographs of exhausted healthcare workers.
The ad ends with a simple message – “Wear. A. Mask.” – one that captures the frustration and anxiety of health workers who feel the public is ignoring their pleas to work together to slow the spread of Covid-19. Together, the signatories represent thousands of individual hospitals.
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