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That's because "Protests have been called ‘dangerous’ by chief medical officer, but research shows racism can be as deadly as coronavirus": https://www.theguard

That's because "Protests have been called ‘dangerous’ by chief medical officer, but research shows racism can be as deadly as coronavirus": https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/12/black-lives-matter-australia-protest-will-blm-protests-spark-second-covid-19-coronavirus-wave-health-experts https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/12/black... ""we do not condemn these gatherings as risky for COVID-19 transmission. We support them as vital to the national public health and to the threatened health specifically of Black people in the United States." The letter conceded that mass protests carried the risk of spreading coronavirus": https://reason.com/2020/06/04/george-floyd-protesters-coronavirus-health-officials-disease/ https://reason.com/2020/06/04/george-floyd-protesters-corona... “In this moment the public health risks of not protesting to demand an end to systemic racism greatly exceed the harms of the virus.”: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/04/public-health-protests-301534 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/04/public-hea...

neither_color 6y ago
Those are nice gestures and statements but all it shows is that experts can be pressured to go along with political fads. 20,000+ african americans have died due to covid. Wagging the finger at any and all people wishing to gather for events except one particular group helps nobody. Furthermore, this has been politicized so much that contact tracers have been asked NOT to ask about people's protest activity. Either all mass outdoor gatherings are dangerous, or none are. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-race-ethnicity.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investi... https://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-contact-tracers-not-asking-people-attend-george-floyd-protest-2020-6#:~:text=New%20York%27s%20team%20of%20contact-tracers%2C%20who%20are%20trying,for%20Mayor%20Bill%20de%20Blasio%2C%20told%20The%20City https://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-contact-tracers-not-aski....
- manicdee 6y ago
  Just wear a mask and stop pointing the finger at people protesting institutionalised oppression as an excuse not to wear a mask.

neither_color 6y ago

Those are nice gestures and statements but all it shows is that experts can be pressured to go along with political fads. 20,000+ african americans have died due to covid. Wagging the finger at any and all people wishing to gather for events except one particular group helps nobody. Furthermore, this has been politicized so much that contact tracers have been asked NOT to ask about people's protest activity. Either all mass outdoor gatherings are dangerous, or none are. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-race-ethnicity.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investi... https://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-contact-tracers-not-asking-people-attend-george-floyd-protest-2020-6#:~:text=New%20York%27s%20team%20of%20contact-tracers%2C%20who%20are%20trying,for%20Mayor%20Bill%20de%20Blasio%2C%20told%20The%20City https://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-contact-tracers-not-aski....

manicdee 6y ago
Just wear a mask and stop pointing the finger at people protesting institutionalised oppression as an excuse not to wear a mask.