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In this June 18, 2015, file photo, Van Morrison performs at the 46th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala in New York. Van Morrison is to release three new songs over the coming weeks that take a swipe at the lockdown restrictions imposed by the British government. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Van Morrison slams 'fascist bullies' in new protest songs against coronavirus lockdowns

Students sit at a distance as a precaution against COVID-19, as they undergo an aptitude test to access the University of Medicine, in Rome Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Virus clusters at French universities give Europe a lesson

A protester holds a banner against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the coronavirus countrywide lockdown in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Netanyahu's government has imposed a three-week lockdown, beginning on Friday afternoon. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel returns to virus lockdown as cases mount

In this Monday, July 27, 2020, file photo, a nurse prepares a shot as a study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway in Binghamton, N.Y. On Sept. 18, President Trump said he expects some 100 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine could be distributed by the year's end. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) **FILE**

Drugmaker Moderna targets November to know coronavirus vaccine's effectiveness

As students return to classrooms this fall, President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden are laying out vastly different visions for education policies in America. (Associated Press)

Divide line stark between Trump, Biden on education

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks with reporters before boarding a plane at Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. Biden is returning to his home in Delaware after attending campaign events in Florida. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Joe Biden: I can't mandate that people wear masks, except on federal property

Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider performs at the fourth annual Revolver Golden Gods Award Show at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Katy Winn)

Twisted Sister singer rips anti-maskers: Don't use my song for your 'moronic cause'

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on 'worldwide threats to the homeland', Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 on Capitol Hill Washington. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Chinese and Russian hackers pose 'very, very real threat' to COVID-19 research: FBI Director Wray

Allegheny College President Hilary Link is facing backlash after she attended an off-campus soccer game despite the school being on a strict lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo credit: allegheny.edu)

Allegheny College president slammed after attending soccer game during campus lockdown

Maverick Stow, a 17-year-old senior at William Floyd High School who was suspended and then arrested after defying distance learning rules, has been suspended for the rest of the school year. (Screen grab via WABC)

N.Y student who defied distance learning suspended for entire school year

Attorney General William Barr speaks during a press conference about Operation Legend at the Dirksen Federal Building Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Chicago. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) ** FILE **

AG Barr: Nationwide coronavirus lockdown 'greatest intrusion on civil liberties' besides slavery

In this Aug. 6, 2020, file photo, a customer leaves a Pier 1 retail store, which is going out of business, during the coronavirus pandemic in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

COVID-19 danger continues to drive joblessness in U.S.

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says feds poised to start distributing coronavirus vaccine next month

Chris Rock, a cast member in the FX series &quot;Fargo,&quot; discusses the show at the 2020 FX Networks Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) ** FILE **

Chris Rock: Coronavirus smacked U.S. because 'Pelosi and the Democrats' obsessed over impeachment

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks with reporters before boarding a plane at Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. Biden is returning to his home in Delaware after attending campaign events in Florida. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden backs federal mask mandate through executive order

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks after participating in a coronavirus vaccine briefing with public health experts, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden: 'I trust vaccines, I trust scientists, but I don't trust Donald Trump'

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP) ** FILE **

Montgomery County seeing increase in COVID-19 cases after Labor Day

In this May 1, 2018, file photo, former Donald Trump campaign official Michael Caputo, left, joined by his attorney Dennis C. Vacco, leaves after being interviewed by Senate Intelligence Committee staff investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Embattled HHS aide Michael Caputo to depart for 60 days

Chief of Staff Mark Meadows listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mark Meadows says he's 'encouraged' by bipartisan Problem Solvers coronavirus relief proposal

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield holds up his mask as he speaks at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on a "Review of Coronavirus Response Efforts" on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

CDC chief Robert Redfield: Masks could be more powerful than coronavirus vaccine

A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Supreme Court to open term with remote hearings due to the coronavirus pandemic

Fed gov't begins to detail a 'highly controlled' vaccine distribution plan

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

U.K. to ration COVID-19 testing amid testing failures

People wait in a queue to register their names to have their nasal swab samples taken to test for COVID-19 at a government hospital in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. India confirmed more than 83,000 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing its total caseload to nearly 5 million. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

5M people infected, India's virus outbreak still soaring

President Donald Trump talks with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos before a town hall at National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says COVID-19 vaccine could arrive in 'three weeks, four weeks'

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a roundtable discussion with veterans, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

'Direct electoral impact': Coronavirus undercuts Biden with crucial college voters

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

House Democrats dismiss bipartisan caucus' coronavirus relief package

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., walks to her office, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House Democrats to stay in session until coronavirus relief deal reached

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., left, and Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham participate in a televised debate, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at the WRAL-TV studios in Raleigh, N.C. (WRAL-TV via AP)

N.C. Dem Senate candidate says he'd be 'hesitant' to take the coronavirus vaccine

Cold-weather spike? Trump's optimism on virus rebuffed by health experts' fears

Recent Commentary Columns

In this image from video, Kristin Urquiza of San Francisco, speaks during the first night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)

Kristin Urquiza gives Democratic convention a deplorable moment over COVID-19

How the hydroxychloroquine debate proves politics can get in the way of science

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