The earliest protests over George Floyd’s killing at the hands of the police, starting in Minneapolis and quickly rippling out to big cities across the country, started about a month ago.
Outside. Outside. Outside.
Some/lots of people wearing masks.
And oh, most of the democratic protestors were responsible before the protests, so less likely to have infections, than say irresponsible republicans.
Look at Hong Kong, almost no Covid-19. Why? Everyone wears masks, degree of responsibility.
The difference should be clear.
Everyone knows that capsicum “gas” has an antiviral effect.
Edited: /s
It is a message from God.
Yes, because the protesters are so on the “right” side, they are divinely protected. Let’s compare against the Arizona church population in two weeks!
Umm…because it takes about 3 weeks before symptoms start showing?
To summarize:
Outdoors
Majority mask wearing
Extra credit:
Municipalities ban tear gas as a matter of public health
Silent Marches
Drums and gongs
Distancing strategies while marching
Who says there hasn’t been a protest related spike? Cases have risen in Western Washington as well as Yakima County being out of control.
I bounced around the outside edges of the Mpls protests, peaceful and otherwise as well as the daily cleanup that was done each following day, What I saw was …Outside, People moving, breezy days and a quite high % of mask wearers. On top of MN having Covid largely contained so far. I’m not surprised MN didn’t see a big rise. From my anecdotal viewpoint the conditions were very bad for spreading day or night.
Perhaps that is because of their “essential workers” in the farm industry. Most of the protests in Central Washington have been against wearing masks.
Why is this so damned hard to figure TPM??
Air circulation while outside lowers the probability. Attending a rally in an enclosed arena with recirculated air and close packed bodies… you get the drift? There will be sickness from the demonstrations but the likelihood at a 3 to 4 hour rally is much higher.
So … why haven’t the cities that saw the largest protests seen comparable upticks in COVID cases?
Point this out to Evangelicals. Then tell them it’s because God is on OUR side.
Don’t bother with stuff like “outside” and “wearing masks”. 
Nobody noticed the Miracle COVID-45 air purifiers the protestors were toting along with them.
99.99% Effective!
I wear a mask when out and about. It isn’t a big deal or a political statement. I’m an old guy who does not wanna get sick. Covid or the flu … take your pick. I am happy to be at home also. I am not bored. Not yet anyway.
Must be them hydroxychloroquine chem trails spread by the Deep State in their spy planes.
I was surprised to see that there wasn’t any mention of the age of the protestors being a factor in the lower than expected infections. At least in my area, the age of the protestors appeared to be younger than the general population.
Same here, as being stuck at home in early / mid spring was really quite enjoyable.
Not sure about quite how that’ll be during a northern winter?
Let’s keep an eye out for spikes among the attendees of Trump’s latest two rallies. The Trump people seem to have several delusions:
All of the lefties demonstrating know better.
To be sure. However, there hasn’t been much of an increase east of the mountains outside of Yakima, Benton and Franklin Counties. Spokane, the second most populous country in the state, still has had less than 1,025 cases.
Winter for us in AZ isn’t snow and ice. Rather we try to avoid 108 degree days (like today) by being inside (bless my AC unit!!).
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Just check the forecast… gonna b e 110 tomorrow which means outside stuff (dog walk, poking around in my “garden” hasta be done by 9:00am cuz otherwise it’s roasting is the order if the day. Some will say " it’s a dry heat". To that I say… “go stand on my porch for an hour. Then talk to me about dry heat”.