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Protests and policing will worsen the coronavirus pandemic - The US has moved from attempting to beat the virus to managing the harm of losing

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Tags: usa, coronaviruses.covid19, protests, reopening, pandemics, policing, author.robinson meyer, author.alexis c madrigal, source.the atlantic, paywall.soft
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/06/america-giving-up-on-pandemic/612796/

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Title
America Is Giving Up on the Pandemic
Authors
Alexis C. Madrigal, Robinson Meyer
Published
Jun 7 2020
Word count
2389 words

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    It's basically guaranteed that the protests will worsen the coronavirus pandemic. However, it's also basically guaranteed that the premature re-opening across the country will also worsen the...

    It's basically guaranteed that the protests will worsen the coronavirus pandemic. However, it's also basically guaranteed that the premature re-opening across the country will also worsen the pandemic.

    I'm going to go out on a very safe limb and claim that once the upcoming surge arrives, Fox News and the right will place 99% of the blame on the protestors, if they even caveat it at all.

    Here's a great thread on Twitter, from a doctor, discussing this: https://twitter.com/Craig_A_Spencer/status/1269798948371341312

    A quote from said thread: "Right now, we don't know for sure. But I certainly worry way more about a bunch of people indoors, with no physical distancing, and without masks. Based on everything we've learned over the past few months, THIS seems to be a much greater risk."

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