| Comment | I won't see anybody outside my house for the foreseeable. I wore a n99 mask, gloves and used sanitiser, get a grip. Theres people back to work and mingling on larger scales across the country. It's a non-issue in comparison to the first few rows next to the speaker in Glasgow Green getting crowded for an hour.
>Powell: It’s a privileged perspective, to state that I am solely being a good citizen by staying home. At the root, it’s racism that is perpetuating the inequities of Covid-19, that caused George Floyd to be murdered, that has police using excessive force on peaceful protesters. It’s racism that has a national leader potentially unleashing militarization upon the country.
>As a public health professional, I recognize the challenges of a pandemic, but this is a moment that so many of us do not have the privilege to turn away from. There has never been a convenient moment to protest.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/04/is-it-safe-to-protest-during-a-pandemic-experts-answer-our-questions#maincontent |
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