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struggle4progress

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3. An extraordinarily dangerous move
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 07:05 PM
Jun 2020

Published 3 hours ago
Updated 2 hours ago
FOX TV Digital Team

... Dr. Ashish Jha, director of Harvard’s Global Health Institute, called the upcoming Trump rally “an extraordinarily dangerous move for the people participating and the people who may know them and love them and see them afterward." Trump supporters coming from neighboring cities and states could carry the virus back home, Jha said. "I’d feel the same way if Joe Biden were holding a rally.”

Tulsa officials have also expressed grave disapproval of the event despite apparent excitement from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who encouraged the president on Monday to consider a larger outdoor venue to accommodate more attendees.

Dr. Bruce Dart, the executive director of the Tulsa Health Department, told the New York Times on Tuesday that the rally is “the perfect storm of potential over-the-top disease transmission” ...

https://www.fox13news.com/news/an-extraordinarily-dangerous-move-tulsa-officials-health-experts-urge-trump-to-reconsider-rally

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Oklahoma officials worry [View all] struggle4progress Jun 2020 OP
Unbelievably reckless struggle4progress Jun 2020 #1
Then shut it down or stop complaining its your town...Take responsibility for you community ace3csusm Jun 2020 #2
Seriously! Caliman73 Jun 2020 #12
An extraordinarily dangerous move struggle4progress Jun 2020 #3
Coronavirus cases skyrocket in Tulsa struggle4progress Jun 2020 #4
I'm sure that's because of all the protests underpants Jun 2020 #11
"It's a hoax! And it's China's fault. Finally we have an excuse not to enforce environmental laws! struggle4progress Jun 2020 #18
Great summary underpants Jun 2020 #19
A record increase struggle4progress Jun 2020 #5
Oklahoma GOP Sen. Lankford urges elderly to avoid rally struggle4progress Jun 2020 #6
But i though it was over ..cant have it both ways ace3csusm Jun 2020 #13
But the Trumpsters said the seniors were old and going to die anyway. keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #14
Pence says another venue is being considered struggle4progress Jun 2020 #7
Fauci wouldn't go near rally struggle4progress Jun 2020 #8
I guess history is repeating itself ... will this be the new Tulsa Massacre ace3csusm Jun 2020 #16
Just wait until his campaign stiffs you on the bill mercuryblues Jun 2020 #9
You beat me to it. MontanaMama Jun 2020 #10
And it won't just be the bill for police overtime or venue or vendors. panader0 Jun 2020 #20
I'm sorry but I have ZERO tolerance for totally ignorant people - I encourage them to go, NoMoreRepugs Jun 2020 #15
Agree...Go at it everyone going gets a free going away that ace3csusm Jun 2020 #17
Mareo Johnson is a Tulsa minister.He founded BLM Tulsa, was good friend of cop-murdered T Crutcher bobbieinok Jun 2020 #21
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