>>11859869>I feel like you took your last three points from some liberal talk show. you should maybe try to back those points up with some data, and then come back to this thread.What data would you like? NY was one of the most heavily protested states, new cases remain on a slightly downward trajectory. Minnesota had the earliest protests, there's been a very tiny uptick in cases. Compare that to Florida, which is having an incredible surge in cases. If protests are the primary cause of increased cases, then why isn't every state that had protests experiencing a rise?
In terms of the number of protesters, there were by most estimates, several tens of thousands across the entire country. In 2010, Florida had 810 million beach day visits. That's 2.2 million per day, and I'm sure they occurred at a higher frequency during the summer months. Guess what people have been doing in Florida recently? Going to beaches and beach bars. What do you think is a bigger risk, 20-30 thousand people across the country getting together, or several million going out in a single state?
Look, I'm sure there was some spread caused by the protests, that's common sense, but the number of protesters was tiny compared to the population of this country, and millions of people with cabin fever have been taking advantage of the warm weather and relaxed restrictions. The majority of the states taking the biggest hit are ones that were mostly spared early on, whereas the north east has held its own despite being the epicenter at one point. I think it's very likely that the rise in new cases is due to millions of people going out and being careless because they never personally experienced what the virus can really do. Those in the north east saw it first hand and are taking precautions, precautions which we know work based on the results in other countries.
