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New protests loom as Europeans tire of virus restrictions
The Associated Press ^ | October 27, 2020 | By COLLEEN BARRY and FRANCES D'EMILIO

Posted on 10/27/2020 8:52:01 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

MILAN - Italy braced Tuesday for more protests in cities nationwide against virus-fighting measures like regional curfews, evening shutdowns for restaurants and bars and the closures of gyms, pools and theaters - a sign of the growing discontent across Europe with renewed coronavirus restrictions.

Nightly curfews have been implemented in French cities and in Spain, and restaurants and bars in Italy must close at 6 p.m. Schools have been closed in Northern Ireland and the Czech Republic. German officials have ordered de-facto lockdowns in some areas near the Austrian border and new mask-wearing requirements are popping up weekly across the continent, including a nationwide requirement in Russia.

“We would all like to live like before, but there are moments where you have to make tough decisions,” French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Tuesday as the government held emergency meetings on the pandemic.

Yet in this new round of restrictions, governments are finding a less compliant public, even as the continent has seen over 250,000 confirmed deaths in the pandemic and last week recorded 46% of the world’s new infections, according to the World Health Organization.

Over the weekend, police used pepper spray against protesters angry over new virus restrictions in Poland. Spanish doctors staged their first national walkout in 25 years on Tuesday to protest poor working conditions, and other protests were planned in the Netherlands.

In Britain, anger and frustration at the government’s uneven handling of the pandemic has erupted into a political crisis over the issue of hungry children.

Dr. Michael Ryan, WHO’s emergencies chief, said the European Union’s open borders might even need to be shut down again to “take the heat out of this phase of the pandemic.”

“There’s no question that the European region is an epicenter of disease right now,” he said.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ccp; china; europe; lockdown; reopen; virus

1 posted on 10/27/2020 8:52:01 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

GET OUT THERE FOLKS!


2 posted on 10/27/2020 8:52:50 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sweden was unavailable for comment.


3 posted on 10/27/2020 8:58:17 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Notice how none of the people imposing restrictions and subverting liberty has lost their own paychecks, perks, and liberty

Life in Pandemic Gilead is good for the Commanders


4 posted on 10/27/2020 9:00:08 AM PDT by silverleaf (A live Biden speech is like a solar eclipse: rare, and leaves everyone in the dark)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They know hot Swedish chicks are in bars in Stockholm with no masks, and have been for month.


5 posted on 10/27/2020 9:07:47 AM PDT by montag813
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

6 posted on 10/27/2020 9:23:27 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Death to China and Covid.


7 posted on 10/27/2020 9:30:57 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: silverleaf
Notice how none of the people imposing restrictions and subverting liberty has lost their own paychecks, perks, and liberty

Amen! All the "public health", etc. types are absolutely loving the fact that they get to tell everyone else what to do and know that they'll continue to collect a nice steady paycheck even when everyone else is locked down, out of work or otherwise losing income.
8 posted on 10/27/2020 9:35:16 AM PDT by rockvillem
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What? I thought only we dummy deplorables were the only ones that hate the lockdowns. I’ve been told all my life that Europeans were our superiors in everything.


9 posted on 10/27/2020 10:19:51 AM PDT by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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