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Seattle should require vaccine proof at restaurants and bars
Food service workers have been exposed to too much risk already. Enough is enough.
Samantha Allen
Dr. Samantha Allen, a contributing opinion columnist, is the author most recently of Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States, a reported travelogue. Her debut&n
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