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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Apr 22, 2020, 02:03 PM Apr 2020

US anti-lockdown rallies could cause surge in Covid-19 cases, experts warn

As healthcare workers in Colorado and Pennsylvania staged counter-protests against rightwing anti-quarantine rallies that continue to spread across the US, some experts warned such rallies could cause a surge in coronavirus cases.

Several nurses gathered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Monday, where a protest against stay-at-home orders was taking place. The nurses carried signs urging people to go home.

The SEIU Healthcare union said a number of nurses participated, a day after two healthcare workers in Denver blocked a similar protest in an action that went viral online.

Anti-lockdown rallies have also been seen in states including Texas, Wisconsin, Ohio, California and Minnesota. Some epidemiologists predict such protests could cause a surge in Covid-19 cases.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/20/us-protests-lockdown-coronavirus-cases-surge-warning

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US anti-lockdown rallies could cause surge in Covid-19 cases, experts warn (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP
I honestly cannot sympathize with the mindset that runs rampant in self-serving... Guilded Lilly Apr 2020 #1

Guilded Lilly

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1. I honestly cannot sympathize with the mindset that runs rampant in self-serving...
Wed Apr 22, 2020, 02:35 PM
Apr 2020

Elitist, entitled and profoundly STUPID people who participate in these extremely dangerous”rallies”.

While I totally empathize with all those facing horrendously reduced and frightening financial horrors (#MeToo2), this arrogantly blatant ignorance and belligerent threatening behavior is beyond nauseating, but is the result of calculating, practiced, domestic manipulation and the dumbing down of America mindset of the Republican Party for years.

Get a haircut???
Get a soul.

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