In 1986, The New York Times announced it would begin using the honorific "Ms."
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To COVID (about a fifth of Americans say they won't be vaccinated) and to the flu (vaccination rates for that are down by about a third this season), we can in this difficult period add yet another scourge: Information Disorder (no vaccination available).
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