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Are Protests Unsafe? What Experts Say May Depend on Who’s Protesting What
New York Marxist Times ^

Posted on 07/06/2020 8:12:33 AM PDT by BusterDog

Public health experts decried the anti-lockdown protests last spring as dangerous gatherings in a pandemic. Health experts seem less comfortable doing so now that the marches are against racism.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2020election; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; mediawingofthednc; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine
People WILL needlessly die because of this. How many remains to be seen. But, politicians, media, and technocrats got to keep their progressive self image and avoid the cancel culture twitter mobs, so there’s that.
1 posted on 07/06/2020 8:12:33 AM PDT by BusterDog
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Such honesty appeared in the NYT? I’m stunned.


2 posted on 07/06/2020 8:18:39 AM PDT by livius
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Public health experts: protests are bad when you are protesting us. Otherwise go right ahead.


3 posted on 07/06/2020 8:18:48 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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The conclusion...

It’s OK when WE do it.


4 posted on 07/06/2020 8:22:34 AM PDT by uranium penguin
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To: livius

“ Such honesty appeared in the NYT? I’m stunned.”

It’s the elephant in the room, they had to address it. They do try to spin the narrative in predictable ways, though.

They realize the health experts have a severe credibility problem now and that getting people to comply with mitigation efforts is going to be virtually impossible at this time.


5 posted on 07/06/2020 8:23:41 AM PDT by BusterDog
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"Those who protested stay-at-home orders were “rooted in white nationalism and run contrary to respect for Black lives” the letter stated.

By contrast, it said, those protesting systemic racism “must be supported.”

“As public health advocates,” they stated, “we do not condemn these gatherings as risky for Covid-19 transmission. We support them as vital."

Anti-White racism is okay.

Got it.

6 posted on 07/06/2020 8:26:57 AM PDT by Eagles6
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Ah yes. The “systemic racism” bogeyman. 🤣
7 posted on 07/06/2020 9:10:45 AM PDT by Prince of Space (Irish lives matter!)
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How can they be unsafe when the Police protect the “protesters’..... er criminals?


8 posted on 07/06/2020 9:18:02 AM PDT by sport
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