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Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads have lost more jobs than any other metro area with more than 1 million people
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Lon Wagner, a former Roanoke Times and Virginian-Pilot reporter, is author of “The Fever: The Most Fatal Plague in American History.”
More than 300 refugees from the outbreak had passed through Fincastle in Botetourt County.
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