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darkknight109 posted...

If this were the case, we would see a spike in areas where the protests took place.

That hasn't happened. For whatever reason, those protests do not seem to have caused an uptick in virus cases.

And, even as someone who supported the protesters and recognizes their cause as extremely important, I find that astounding. At the time, I was certain there would be a huge spike afterwards... but there hasn't been. At least, not in those areas.

The areas that are out of control now are mostly right-wing states that opened up way too early. States like New York, the site of massive protests, have had no noticeable increase in their caseload since the protests happened.

I'm sorry, but that makes no sense. If large gatherings where hundred people are packed together for several hours has 'no discernable impact' but a person opening a business in which they enforce social distancing is a health threat worthy of the police, then something isn't adding up. Either they're lying about how it's spread or they're lying about what's going on with the protests. Either way, that's the sort of thing that results in people refusing to listen to health experts and disregarding their advise entirely. You want to shame people into staying indoors, wearing a mask, and social distancing? Don't turn around and then praise the people violating all those things and say they're okay.

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