Protesters have said that supporting the fight for racial justice is worth the risk of contracting COVID-19
Most protesters have been wearing masks, but with close conditions as they marched through streets in Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New York City, among other cities,Get push notifications with news, features and more.In Atlanta, which has seen three straight days of protests, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said that she is worried about new infections, particularly among the black community which has been disproportionately affected by COVID-19.on Sunday.
"There's going to be a lot of issues coming out of what's happened in the last week, but one of them is going to be that chains of transmission will have become lit from these gatherings,"And Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said that the protests could be “super-spreader events” — gatherings where the virus quickly spreads with people in close contact — but that he understands the need to protest.
“I cannot in good conscience let this moment pass me by,” said Hasani Sinclair, a 38-year-old high school history teacher,. He had been staying home, only going out in public with a mask and has been tested multiple times for COVID-19, but said that as a black man, he needed to speak out against police brutality that “has been a silent cause of death for years and years and years.”“I’m terrified of the coronavirus. I’m diabetic, and my mom is very worried.
On Saturday, the New York City Health Department shared tips for protesting as safely as possible during COVID-19. They suggested wearing face masks, eye protection, using noisemakers instead of yelling and staying six feet away from other people.
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