Voting safely: How to protect yourself from Covid-19 while casting your ballot

(CNN)Are you ready to make your mark on history? When you exercise your right to vote on November 3, you will have done something that no American has done for more than 50 years: voted during a deadly pandemic. The “Hong Kong flu” hit the United States in September 1968, and while it ultimately killed more than 100,000 Americans over the next two years, the impact on the 1968 election was minimal. Cases began to climb the week after the election, peaking during December, with another wave the following year — mitigated by a vaccine that was already in place. A simple way you, alone, can increase US voter turnout That’s not today’s reality. There is no vaccine available. As of August 31, at least 183,598 people in the United States have died from the deadly novel coronavirus, according to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Over 6 million people in the US have been diagnosed with Covid-19, and the numbers are still rising in many parts of the nation. Considering these facts, is it safe to vote in person on election day 2020? Or should you choose early voting or a mail-in ballot? Read More… Read full this story

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