>"I certainly condemned the anti-lockdown protests at the time, and I’m not condemning the protests now, and I struggle with that," Dr. Troisi said. "I have a h

>"I certainly condemned the anti-lockdown protests at the time, and I’m not condemning the protests now, and I struggle with that," Dr. Troisi said. "I have a hard time articulating why that is OK." and >"But we have to be honest: A few weeks before, we were criticizing protesters for arguing to open up the economy and saying that was dangerous behavior. I am still grappling with that." Sounds like "I do not yet have a justification for why that was okay in one case and not in another." However, tune in later as the rationalization machine grinds out a "reason;" I recollect it was a couple of weeks before the memeplex came up with some kind of explanation for why Rachel Dolezal wasn't trans-racial. Despite being told that singing and chanting for a religious function was a great way to spread the virus, apparently protest yelling and chanting carries no such risk. We're just waiting to hear why, and at some point you can be sure a meme/justification will be along to tell us. Let's face it -- the messaging as to what was okay and what was not okay was political, which has been par for the course for the whole COVID-19 response. Masks are ineffective, don't buy masks, there's no human-to-human transmission: we all remember these important messages delivered with surety and gravitas. I've heard a saying that goes "Never let a good crisis go to waste." I think this particular crisis has not gone to waste, as various parties have made quite a lot of hay. No wonder people have so little faith in science. We've earned it.