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One Year Later

March 11, 2021 at 7:19 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Axios: “The death and suffering caused by the coronavirus have been much worse than many people expected a year ago — but the vaccines have been much better.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

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