Generate an explanation for the given claim using the provided supporting material from the paragraph. Please consider the following points while generating an output. 1) The claim will always have supporting proof in the paragraph, and the paragraph will have a clear point of view supporting the claim. 2) There can be instances where direct correlation to the claim is not available. Make use of the sentences in the paragraph to provide a corresponding output supporting the claim. 3) The explanation should be at least one and at most twelve sentences long.

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Paragraph: "Former state Rep. Nicholas Gorham made a surprising claim last month in a commentary in The Providence Journal. ""The fact is that we have a General Assembly that has no explicit constitutional authority to impose income, sales, estate and the myriad of other taxes upon us, yet it taxes the people as if there were no limitations on its authority to tax the people,"" he wrote in the piece, published Dec. 30. The legislature can't legally levy taxes? This called for a PolitiFact audit. First, a history lesson. When King Charles II granted a royal charter to the colony in 1663, the document, preserved in a metal and glass case at the State House, established ""a form of pure government by an elected assembly presided over by a nearly powerless, elected governor,"" according to an account on the General Assembly's website. The Assembly's supremacy continued when Rhode Island became a state, and was reaffirmed in the state's first Constitution, adopted in 1842. Article VI, Section 10 spelled it out, saying ""the General Assembly shall continue to exercise the powers it has heretofore exercised, unless prohibited in this Constitution."" The state Supreme Court consistently interpreted that to mean the power of the General Assembly was unlimited unless authority to do something was specifically given to another branch of government. Things changed in 2004, when the General Assembly, responding to pressure from good government groups, passed ""separation of powers"" legislation, a set of proposed amendments to the state Constitution. The amendments made it clear the government is divided into three separate branches, banned legislators from serving on any executive-branch boards or commissions, and gave the governor power to appoint members of agency boards. And they eliminated the catch-all Section 10. Voters approved the amendments 2-to-1. So is Gorham right that, because of 2004 vote, the General Assembly lost its ""explicit"" authority to tax? On a literal level, yes. The only reference to setting taxes in the current Constitution is a section that says that the Assembly can set the manner in which property valuations are conducted. But legal experts say on a practical level, implicit can be as good as explicit. Former state Supreme Court Justice Robert G. Flanders Jr., who stepped down in early 2004, says that although much was changed by the 2004 amendments, much abides. From the days of Parliament and the English kings, he said, the power to levy taxes has rested in the legislative body, a legal tradition that was carried on in England's colonies in the Americas. ""Inherent in the legislative power is the power to tax,"" Flanders said. ""You wouldn't need an explicit grant."" Richard Raspallo, legal counsel to House Majority Leader Nicholas A. Mattiello, agreed, saying there are several examples of legislative power that is assumed despite a lack of specific language in the Constitution. ""Where is it explicitly stated in the Constitution that the General Assembly has the authority to require Rhode Island citizens to follow traffic rules, or have a license, or grant people the right to marry, or require people to have certain educational standards in order to work in certain fields?"" he said. ""At some point, the General Assembly has been granted power by the people to legislate for the common good,"" he said. ""That includes the imposition of taxes to pay for the welfare of the citizenry."" Gorham indirectly acknowledged that, but said the ambiguity shows the need for a state constitutional convention to settle the matter definitively. (Voters will be asked in November whether a convention should be convened.) As he wrote in his commentary: ""Of course, I plan to pay my taxes, but you really have to wonder sometimes. If the people really wanted to get taxes and, yes, borrowing under control and on the people's terms, the Constitution, just the way it is, would be a great place to start. Let the revolution begin!"" Our ruling Nicholas Gorham said the Rhode Island General Assembly ''has no explicit constitutional authority'' to levy taxes. History tells us he's right. Had he suggested that the lack of explicit language meant no one had to pay taxes, we'd view his claim in a far different light. But he didn't, so we rule it . (If you hear a claim you'd like us to check, email us at [emailprotected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)" Claim: "The General Assembly ""has no explicit constitutional authority to impose income, sales, estate and the myriad of other taxes upon us."

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Nicholas Gorham said the Rhode Island General Assembly ''has no explicit constitutional authority'' to levy taxes. History tells us he's right. Had he suggested that the lack of explicit language meant no one had to pay taxes, we'd view his claim in a far different light. But he didn't, so we rule it True. (If you hear a claim you'd like us to check, email us at [emailprotected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)

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Paragraph: Repeated attacks on treatment centers by armed militiamen and community members who think Ebola is a conspiracy against them have hampered the response to the second-deadliest outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever in history. In the latest attack, on a hospital in the city of Butembo, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) epidemiologist from Cameroon was killed and two others wounded last Friday. At a protest on Wednesday in Butembo, the biggest city to be affected by the current outbreak, dozens of Congolese doctors and nurses marched behind a banner reading "Ebola exists" and urged authorities to take additional security measures. "If our security is not guaranteed, we will go on strike from the first week of May," Dr. Kalima Nzanzu said, reading from a memo to Butembo's mayor, Sylvain Kanyamanda. Kanyamanda told Reuters that he understood the health workers' frustrations and that the government was determined to respond to their demands. The latest outbreak of Ebola, which was declared last August and is Congo's tenth since the virus was discovered in 1976, is believed to have killed 880 people and infected nearly 500 more in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. The military prosecutor's office in North Kivu said on Wednesday that authorities had captured the suspected ringleader of last week's attack, as well as about a dozen other suspects. Prosecutors believe the assailants belong to an armed group called the Patriotic Union for the Liberation of Congo (UPLC) based on a tract left at the hospital threatening health workers. Dozens of militia are active in eastern Congo's borderlands with Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, where they run lucrative rackets and fight over land, ethnicity and mineral resources. Claim: Ebola first responders threaten strike if security not improved.

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Health workers in one of the epicenters of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak threatened on Wednesday to go on strike as early as next week if authorities don't do more to protect them.

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Paragraph: Officials with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced the deaths Friday, saying they are unusual because most influenza-related deaths occur among older adults. "This flu strain appears to be impacting some children in Idaho heavily, and we want to make sure that Idahoans are taking precautions to stay safe this flu season," said Dr. Christine Hahn, medical director for the department's Division of Public Health. Hahn said influenza illness has been increasing in Idaho and nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also seen more reported pediatric flu deaths than usual this time of year, Hahn said. As of Jan. 4, 32 children have died from the flu nationwide this season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The two confirmed pediatric flu deaths happened in northern and eastern Idaho; the child who likely died of flu-related causes was also in eastern Idaho, according to the Department of Health and Welfare. Hahn said that they don't believe the children who died in Idaho had any underlying medical conditions. But she said state health officials don't always have access to the patients' entire medical history, so it can't be completely ruled out. "It is pretty unusual in Idaho we had one child death reported in the last season, but prior to that we had not had any child deaths for several years," Hahn said. "The fact that we are looking into possibly a third flu-related death is very concerning." Most of the pediatric flu-related deaths nationwide appear to be from a strain of influenza B, Hahn said, which is less common than influenza A strains. Experts are still trying to figure out what makes this particular influenza B strain harder on kids, she said, but it could be because many children will have had no or low exposure to influenza B strains in the past, so their body doesn't have any experience fighting the virus to draw on. "That's one of the theories about why in some years, like in 1918, young people had the highest mortality rate from the flu. Sometimes kids get hit harder because there's something about the virus that kids haven't seen but adults have," Hahn said. People who are sick with flu-like symptoms which can include coughing, fever, sore throat, headache, fatigue, and a runny or stuffy nose should consider seeking medical attention, according to the Department of Health and Welfare. Some people, especially kids, may also experience diarrhea and vomiting with influenza. "If you know how your child normally handles a cold or virus and they're worse than that, they're declining, or if they're having trouble breathing, then I would take that child in" to the doctor, Hahn said. "If there is any concern above what you think is a normal, mild illness, it doesn't hurt to get checked out." Anyone with underlying health conditions, under the age of 2, and pregnant women should contact a healthcare provider if they have flu symptoms, Hahn said. "There are medications that can reduce the severity and duration of the illness," Hahn said. The flu vaccine protects against four flu strains, two type A and two type B. Of the four strains in this season's vaccine, one type A and one type B appear to be a strong match, offering high levels of protection against those virusus, Hahn said. The other type A and type B strains in the vaccine appear to be less closely matched to the viruses circulating in the wild, she said, but they still help. "Even when it's not a perfect match, it still provides some protection," Hahn said. Claim: Health officials: At least 2 Idaho kids have died from flu.

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Idaho state health officials say at least two children have died of influenza-related causes recently and a third child's death is under investigation because it appears to be flu-related.