{"id":501,"date":"2020-08-22T09:15:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T16:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notordinary.org\/?p=501"},"modified":"2020-08-22T09:15:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T16:15:11","slug":"black-lives-matter-protests-did-not-cause-an-uptick-in-covid-19-cases-graphic-detail-the-economist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notordinary.org\/2020\/08\/22\/black-lives-matter-protests-did-not-cause-an-uptick-in-covid-19-cases-graphic-detail-the-economist\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Lives Matter protests did not cause an uptick in covid-19 cases | Graphic detail | The Economist"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>DEMONSTRATING CAN be a dangerous activity, even in the best of circumstances. During a pandemic, it can be lethal. When mass protests against police brutality broke out in America earlier this month, following the death of George Floyd at the hands of policemen in Minneapolis, public-health experts worried they would lead to a surge in infections. Anthony Fauci, a leading member of the White House\u2019s coronavirus task-force, called the protests \u201cthe perfect set-up\u201d for the spread of the virus. Eric Garcetti, the mayor of Los Angeles, warned that the gatherings could become \u201csuper-spreader events\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This was more than scaremongering. SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes covid-19, is spread through droplets of moisture produced when an infected person speaks, coughs or sneezes. Large, crowded gatherings can contribute to the spread of the virus, especially when those involved are shouting and chanting slogans\u2014projecting droplets farther into the air. Police tactics such as spraying tear-gas, herding protesters into contained areas and rounding up troublemakers into police vans and jail cells also increase the risk of infection.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/graphic-detail\/2020\/06\/30\/black-lives-matter-protests-did-not-cause-an-uptick-in-covid-19-cases\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"wpel-icon-left\"><i class=\"wpel-icon dashicons-before dashicons-admin-links\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>Daily chart &#8211; Black Lives Matter protests did not cause an uptick in covid-19 cases | Graphic detail | The Economist<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEMONSTRATING CAN be a dangerous activity, even in the best of circumstances. During a pandemic, it can be lethal. When mass protests against police brutality broke out in America earlier this month, following the death of George Floyd at the hands of policemen in Minneapolis, public-health experts worried they would lead to a surge in &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/notordinary.org\/2020\/08\/22\/black-lives-matter-protests-did-not-cause-an-uptick-in-covid-19-cases-graphic-detail-the-economist\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/notordinary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/notordinary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/notordinary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notordinary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notordinary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/notordinary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/notordinary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notordinary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notordinary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}