Listen: How Limiting Protests Will Spread the Virus
Protests responding to the killing of George Floyd have now spread to every state in the country and even internationally.
Public-health experts have warned that the protests will lead to a spike in coronavirus infections, but what role does the policing of the protests play in that dynamic? The staff writer James Hamblin and the executive producer Katherine Wells discuss on the podcast Social Distance:
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What follows is an edited and condensed transcript of their conversation.
So we’ve actually gotten a question from a listener, Jenn, about the protests. She wrote in and asked, “Could you talk about how safe it is health-wise to take part in the protests?” I mean,
