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Washington is set to lift the state’s broad COVID-19 restrictions by June 30, Gov. Jay Inslee has announced.

FILE — A dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is prepared during a vaccination event in the Bronx on April 16, 2021. According to a new U.S. census estimate, some 30 million American adults who are open to getting a COVID-19 vaccine have not yet managed to actually do so. (James Estrin/The New York Times)

They haven’t gotten a COVID vaccine yet. But they aren’t ‘hesitant’ either.

According to a new U.S. census estimate, some 30 million Americans who are open to getting a COVID-19 vaccine have not yet managed to actually do so. These are workers with jobs and family obligations with scarce discretionary time to go get a shot. VIEW

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The front door of the 120 sq. meters (1,300 sq. feet) stone house where the Nobel-winning scientist couple Marie Sklodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie spent vacation and weekends from 1904-1906 in Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse, on the south-west outskirts of Paris, France, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Poland’s prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki says he’s given instructions for the government to buy 790,000 euro house in France, and said on Twitter Tuesday that the house, is a “part of Poland’s history.” (AP Photo/Francois Mori) XFM109 XFM109

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Veterinary personnel keep a cat named Miller calm as he has blood drawn, Monday, April 12, 2021, at Veterinary Specialty Hospital of Palm Beach Gardens in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Approximately 12.6 million U.S. households got a new pet last year after the pandemic was declared in March 2020, according to a COVID-19 Pulse Study by the American Pet Products Association. Meanwhile, fewer people relinquished their pets in 2020, so they needed ongoing care, experts said. Vets interviewed by The Associated Press have extended hours, hired additional staff and refused to take new patients, and they still can’t keep up. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) FLWL205 FLWL205

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COVID-19 pet boom has veterinarians backlogged, burned out VIEW

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates in Kirkland, Wash., Feb. 1, 2018. (Kyle Johnson/The New York Times)

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Three visitors from Baltimore pose for photos with costumed performers in New York’s Times Square on May 1, 2021. The number of tourists to New York City plunged to 22 million last year from 66 million in 2019. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times) XNYT203 XNYT203

New York is reawakening. It just needs its tourists back. VIEW

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speak to reporters outside the White House after a meeting with President Joe Biden, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) DCEV457 DCEV457

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Members of Sror family inspect the damage of their apartment after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip over night, in Petah Tikva, central Israel, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) XOB103 XOB103

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FILE — A dog at a home in Montclair, N.J., on Feb. 26, 2021. In a recent study in Hungary, researchers found that dogs with personality characteristics they had grouped under the “grumpy” heading were better able to learn from a stranger than more easygoing dogs. (Tom Sibley/The New York Times)

Grumpy dogs outperform the friendlies on some learning tests