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As the coronavirus spread across the globe, so too did speculation about its origins. Perhaps the virus escaped from a lab. Maybe it was engineered as a bioweapon. Legitimate questions about… — Read on apnews.com/article/conspiracy-theories-iran-only-on-ap-media-misinformation-bfca6d5b236a29d61c4dd38702495ffe

Suspects include Holocaust deniers, White supremacists, and conspiracy theorists — Read on news.yahoo.com/six-republican-lawmakers-among-rioters-225945766.html

Romney scolded his Republican colleagues as Vice President Mike Pence and other officials were evacuated from the Capitol amid a siege. — Read on http://www.businessinsider.com/mitt-romney-scolds-republicans-this-is-what-youve-gotten-2021-1

Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to have mostly ignored White House task force calls to wear masks and avoid large gatherings outlined in the November reports as he generally stopped talking in public at all. — Read on http://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-desantis-federal-covid-reports-20201217-gchrsvhdszb6lftbtpmmq5v2vu-story.html

Face masks reduce the risk of spreading large Covid-linked droplets when speaking or coughing by up to 99.9 percent, according to a lab experiment with mechanical mannequins and human subjects, researchers said Wednesday. — Read on news.yahoo.com/masks-block-99-9-large-131416084.html

VIPs are getting them already: — Read on http://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/3895201001

Former Florida coronavirus data chief Rebekah Jones hit back on Thursday against state police claims that bodycam footage shows officers acted appropriately when they raided her home. — Read on http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/11/rebekah-jones-fired-florida-covid-19-data-chief-speaks-out-after-raid/3893165001/

The raid by state police of the Tallahassee home of Florida data analyst Rebekah Jones has helped her raise more than $200,000 in two days in a new GoFundMe account and revived her national celebrity. — Read on news.yahoo.com/florida-data-analyst-raises-more-235516197.html

Comcast is expanding its data cap in 2021 to all of the territories that it covers. Starting next year, Comcast subscribers in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington D.C. — Read on bgr.com/2020/11/23/comcast-data-cap-new-states-2021/