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The COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota is an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The state reported its first case on March 11, 2020.

Out of the 49 counties with positive cases of COVID-19 in North Dakota, Burleigh and Cass lead the state for highest number of positive COVID-19 cases, with Burleigh totaling 13,695 and Cass county with 20,000.

, North Dakota has administered 286,495 COVID-19 vaccine doses, with 23.4% of the population having received 1 shot.

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-COVID19 North Dakota PageCredible sources for COVID19 Response in ND:

Newspapers in circulation for larger ND areas


 * 1) Bismark Tribune: https://bismarcktribune.com/
 * 2) Williston Herald: https://www.willistonherald.com/
 * 3) The Valley Times Record: https://www.times-online.com/
 * 4) The Inforum (Fargo): https://www.inforum.com/
 * 5) The Daily News: https://www.wahpetondailynews.com/news/coronavirus/thursday-north-dakota-s-total-covid-19-cases-top-1-700/article_1992415e-9600-11ea-9222-7f62368cd7e3.html
 * 6) The Grand Forks Herald: https://www.grandforksherald.com/
 * 7) The Minot Daily News: https://www.minotdailynews.com/
 * 8) The Jamestown Sun: https://www.jamestownsun.com/
 * 9) The Dickinson Press: https://www.thedickinsonpress.com/
 * 10) The Devil's Lake Journal: https://www.devilslakejournal.com/

Native American Tribal Nations in ND:


 * 1) Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Nation: https://www.swo-nsn.gov/news/
 * 2) Spirit Lake Nation: http://www.spiritlakenation.com/
 * 3) Standing Rock Sioux Tribe: https://www.standingrock.org/
 * 4) Three Affiliated - MHA Nation: https://www.mhanation.com/
 * 5) Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa: https://tmchippewa.com/

State of North Dakota Websites:


 * 1) ND Smart Start- Governor Burgam's Response to reopen the state: https://ndresponse.gov/covid-19-resources/covid-19-business-and-employer-resources/nd-smart-restart
 * 2) PDF link: https://ndresponse.gov/sites/www/files/documents/covid-19/ND%20Smart%20Restart/Additional%20Resources/NDSmartRestartPlan-200515.pdf
 * 3) ND Health Dept. webpage: https://www.health.nd.gov/

The domestic dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated form of wolf. The dog descended from an ancient, extinct wolf, with the modern grey wolf being the dog's nearest living relative. The dog was the first species to be domesticated by hunter–gatherers over 15,000 years ago. Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior, enabling an abundant cosmopolitan distribution and the ability to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canids.

Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically live in compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.

A coral "group" is a colony of myriad genetically identical polyps. Each polyps is a sac-like animal typically only a few millimeters in diameter and a few centimeters in height. A set of tentacles surround a central mouth opening. Each polyp excretes an exoskeleton near the base. Over many generations, the colony thus creates a skeleton characteristic of the species which can measure up to several meters in size. Individual colonies grow by asexual reproduction of polyps. Corals also breed sexually by spawning: polyps of the same species release gametes simultaneously overnight, often around a full moon. Fertilized eggs form planulae, a mobile early form of the coral polyp which when mature settles to form a new colony.(add source)

= Policy advocacy =

The domestic dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated form of wolf. The dog descended from an ancient, extinct wolf, with the modern grey wolf being the dog's nearest living relative. The dog was the first species to be by hunter–gatherers over 15,000 years ago, before the development of agriculture. Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior, enabling an abundant cosmopolitan distribution and the ability to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canids.

Policy advocacy is defined as active, covert, or inadvertent support of a particular policy or class of policies. Advocacy can include a variety of activities including, lobbying, litigation, public education, and forming relationships with parties of interest. Advocating for policy can take place from a local level to a state or federal government. For example, a local advocacy group in Brunswick, Georgia, Defenders of Wildlife, advocated for the passage of the H.R. 5552 Migratory Bird Protection Act during 2020 when rollbacks from the Trump Administration were introduced. At the state level, advocacy for policy can be a joint effort between advocacy groups. In the United States, advocacy groups around the nation planned joint efforts to get the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (UPHPA) signed into law in each of their respective states and in 2018, the bill was signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott making it the tenth state to enforce this law.

Scientists as policy advocates
Scientists, engineers, and other technical experts can act as advocates for their personal policy preferences and is very common in local, state, and federal governments to find scientists and engineers working on policy advocacy. For example, many non-profit groups with a focus on science policy and advocacy in the United States like the National Science Policy Network (NSPN) or Engineers and Scientists Acting Locally (ESAL) provide networks for all career stage professionals in STEM fields to engage in policy advocacy together. Other ways that STEM professionals can engage in policy advocacy can be seen as expert witnesses and panel speakers in the United States congressional committee meetings in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, many of which oversee scientific and technological topics such as the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology or the Senate committee on Energy and Natural Resources. During these committee meetings, lawmakers will gather experts from both public and private sectors to provide insight into the issue at stake and why a policy should or should not be enacted.