Hundreds of maskless people gathered Saturday at the Ohio Statehouse to protest what they see as overreach by government officials and public health advocates desperate to stop the spread of the surging coronavirus.
gathered Saturday at the Ohio Statehouse to protest what they see as overreach by government officials and public health advocates desperate to stop the spread of the surging coronavirus.They said infection and mortality data are being manipulated.
Various groups gathered at the statehouse under a blazing sun to rally for many causes Saturday, including militia members, supporters of President Donald Trump, prayer proponents and those who champion Black Lives Matter and civil rights organizations. “My brother just died of the virus last week. He was in a nursing home,” Gonzalez said. “How can these people be against masks? The numbers don’t lie.”According to Ohio Department of Health data, the state set a daily record for COVID-19 infections on Friday, with 1,679 new confirmed and probable cases reported.
“What about breathing in your own carbon all day?” said Lia Ivko of Newark, Ohio, who joined protesters at the statehouse. She said doctors, including the nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, won’t admit that masks cause problems and aren’t effective.
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