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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) runs with the ball while Tennessee Titans inside linebacker Jayon Brown tries to stop him during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

COVID-19 outbreak pushes Steelers-Ravens to next Tuesday

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks during a news conference about the state's response to the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis quarantining after COVID-19 exposure

A health care worker holds the hand of a resident at the CHC nursing home in Landenne, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Virus challenge: Officials struggle to protect older people from youth spread

Holiday sales expected to top 2019 despite surging pandemic

President Donald Trump holds up a tray of Thanksgiving dinner during a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit to the troops, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Unlike last year, it's a takeout Thanksgiving for deployed troops because of pandemic

President Donald Trump tosses a golf ball as he plays golf at Trump National Golf Club, on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, in Sterling, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump hails Supreme Court, hits links on Thanksgiving

Floats that are part of the modified Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are seen from the Empire State Building in New York, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Due to the pandemic, no crowds of onlookers were allowed to attend the annual parade. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

New-look 'parade we need' kicks off in NYC, reflects virus-tinged Thanksgiving

In this March 15, 2020, file photo, a Red Robin restaurant in Tigard, Ore., has closed some tables in order to maintain social distancing between diners per CDC guidelines. On Nov. 25, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced bars and restaurants can reopen for limited outdoor service next week but many restrictions will remain in place until a vaccine against the coronavirus is widely available. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File) **FILE**

Oregon relaxes some restrictions, like restaurant dining

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, right, and Colorado Rep. Alec Garnett, D-Denver, head into a news conference about the rapid increase in coronavirus cases in the state Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in Denver. Colorado lawmakers plan to draw up a package of financial aid for residents who have become unemployed because of the coronavirus during a special session set to convene at the end of the month. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Denver mayor tells others to 'avoid travel' right before boarding flight to visit daughter

A sign displaying COVID-19 prevention protocols stands beside the passenger drop-off area as travelers arrive at Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. Millions of Americans are taking to the skies and hitting the road ahead of Thanksgiving at the risk of pouring gasoline on the coronavirus fire. They are disregarding increasingly dire warnings that they stay home and limit their holiday gatherings to members of their own household. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Americans risk traveling over Thanksgiving despite warnings

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference with the coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Dr. Anthony Fauci 'absolutely' ready to serve on Biden task force if asked

Williamson County, Texas, Judge Bill Gravell pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating his own stay-at-home order after he was reportedly photographed attending his grandson's birthday party at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. (Screenshot via KXAN)

Texas judge fined $1,000 after violating own stay-at-home order

In this Jan. 12, 2017, file photo, Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Top House Democrat: Congress 'cannot overspend' on coronavirus relief

In this Friday, March 27, 2020, file photo, a man walks past the closed Cafe Du Monde restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

U.S. jobless claims rise to 778,000 as coronavirus pandemic worsens

Obama frustrated by 'shambolic nature' of Trump's COVID-19 response

With hope high for COVID-19 vaccine, Britain prepares to roll it out

For the 21st annual Feast of Sharing event, Safeway and Events DC on Tuesday distributed thousands of Thanksgiving meal boxes and gift bags to local nonprofits to distribute to those in need. (Courtesy of Safeway)

Pandemic shifts Feast of Sharing into delivery mode

Salute to Service signage seen during the second half of an NFL football game between the Tennessee Titans and the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

Ravens cancel practice after more positive coronavirus tests: report

President Donald Trump departs behind Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar as Azar puts on a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus after a roundtable discussion on the coronavirus outbreak and storm preparedness at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla., Friday, July 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump's health secretary already briefing Biden team on COVID-19, vaccine coming in weeks

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams speaks during a roundtable discussion about "Recovery at Work: Celebrating Connections," in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Surgeon General Jerome Adams: 'We need to be very cognizant of the severity of the moment'

In this April 1, 2015, photo, GoDaddy signage and a race car announce the company's IPO, in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) **FILE**

Study: U.S. is biggest cybertheft target in world as pandemic shifts people online

Travelers make their way through the 30th Street Station ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Philadelphia. With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation's top public health agency pleaded with Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Pandemic's 'busiest' weekend sees Americans traveling in far fewer numbers for Thanksgiving

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announces a new round of restrictions effective later this week, including a 10 p.m. closing time for bars and 50% capacity for retail and other businesses, due to rising cases of COVID-19 during a news conference on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

Md. Gov. Hogan: 'There have been no faulty or failed Korean tests'

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

D.C. mayor adds new coronavirus restrictions as cases top 20K

Comedian Bill Maher talks about the coronavirus pandemic and Democrats who get caught breaking their own rules regarding the virus, Nov. 20, 2020. (Image: YouTube, "Real Time with Bill Maher" video screenshot)

Bill Maher: Gavin Newsom's virus hypocrisy like getting wasted with 'Mothers Against Drunk Driving'

In this March 26, 2020, file photo, an indoors sitting bar is closed inside the Gelson's Market in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. Los Angeles County announced new coronavirus-related restrictions Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, that will prohibit in-person dining for at least three weeks as cases rise at the start of the holiday season and officials statewide begged Californians to avoid traveling or gathering in groups for Thanksgiving. LA County's new rules take effect Wednesday at 10 p.m., restaurants, breweries, wineries and bars will only be able to offer takeout, drive-thru, and delivery services. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Los Angeles County shuts down all in-person dining

AstraZeneca reports promising results from coronavirus vaccine trial

People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus chat each other as a man performs morning exercise at a park in Beijing, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China tests millions after coronavirus flareups in 3 cities

Ashley Gannon, left, reads a book as she and others wait in line outside a New York City Health + Hospitals COVID testing site in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Gannon says she gets tested periodically to make sure she is coronavirus-free. Some said they waited more than two hours to get a rapid test, one of two kinds of tests available at this particular site. Workers at the site said rapid test results take one to two days, while a regular test could take two to four days. At this testing site, there were longer lines for the rapid test as they are not available at all sites. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Thanksgiving travelers converge on virus testing sites before holiday

A person receives a flu vaccine shot in a tent set up next to Duomo Cathedral in downtown Milan, Italy, Friday, Nov. 20. Health authorities are advising elderly people to vaccine against flu, and offering free vaccination to over 65, also in a tentative to avoid possible confusion with some symptoms of COVID-19, that could mislead diagnosis. The tent was set up to help avoiding eccessive clogging in hospitals. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

Biden's team warns that Trump will mismanage vaccine distribution

Recent Commentary Columns

Illustration on gratitude in 2020 by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

COVID-19 pandemic is a reminder to return to faith and family

COVID-19 vaccines' scary side effects must not be dismissed

In this provided by the State of New York, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds up a new Thanksgiving-themed face mask during his daily coronavirus briefing at the Wyandanch-Wheatley Heights Ambulance Corp. Headquarters in Wyandanch, N.Y. After disclosing that he will no longer be celebrating Thanksgiving with his 89-year-old mother in-person, Cuomo asked New Yorkers to abandon plans for in-person Thanksgiving festivities. (Kevin P. Coughlin/State of New York via AP)

Andrew Cuomo is the latest COVID-19 hypocrite

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Brown and Oregon health officials warned Tuesday of the capacity challenges facing hospitals as COVID-19 case counts continue to spike in the state. (Cathy Cheney/Pool Photo via AP)

COVID-19 restrictions turn Americans into sheep

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