The Protests Are Necessary And Important––But We Can’t Afford To Forget About COVID-19
This virus hasn’t gone anywhere. It’s still here. It’s still infecting thousands of people a day.
The COVID-19 pandemic has now claimed more than 400,000 lives worldwide, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. The university’snoted this horrifying milestone on Sunday. The United States, at more than 109,000, accounts for more than a quarter of those deaths. Worldwide, more than 6.9 million people have been infected with the coronavirus since the first known cases began to emerge in the Chinese province of Hubei late last year.
But the really scary part is, the most recently reported rise in infections does not include any infections due to active protest. It’s too early to see how the above-mentioned mass gatherings in the name of social justice will impact theBut the reality is, there will be an increase in infections. And don’t get me wrong: I support the protests going on nationally. They are sparking a conversation around race and its relationship with authority in the U.S.
On the heels of the protests are state initiatives to open up the U.S. I live in a pretty rural area of Oregon, and my county just moved into phase two, along with most of the
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