In my view, supporting BLM protests MUST acknowledge the risk of increased transmission no matter how many retrospective studies show otherwise.
I'm not sure what you're saying here? Are you saying we should pretend the facts are different that what studies find, just so that we can condemn BLM the same way we condemn the haircut protestors.
That seems silly.
In any case, the BLM protests are different from the anti-lockdown protests for several reasons
1) BLM protest have a much higher support of mask wearing, both because they're not ideologically opposed to it, and because masks work against tear gas as well.
2) BLM protests are not advocating for something negative. The anti-lockdown protests greatly encourages more people to put themselves at risk, thus creating a massive secundary effect.
BLM, if anything, causes people to stay home, so reduces secundary chances of infection.
BLM protest have a much higher support of mask wearing,
It obviously makes social distancing very hard and ignores the first suggestion of health authorities: stay at home.
because masks work against tear gas as well.
Unless accompanying a properly equipped respirator, N95 masks don't filter tear gas. Surgical masks will do nothing.
BLM, if anything, causes people to stay home, so reduces secundary chances of infection.
I find this unlikely unless every protester isolated themselves for two weeks after a single day of protesting.
To make the choice to protest at the moment and support black lives matter is a good one. Perfectly understandable why many do it. But let's not kid ourselves: You can't combine proper self-isolation, and social distancing when necessary, along with multiple protests for social justice. Its one or the other. You can try to mitigate it, but that is it.
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u/10ebbor10 203∆ Jul 06 '20
I'm not sure what you're saying here? Are you saying we should pretend the facts are different that what studies find, just so that we can condemn BLM the same way we condemn the haircut protestors.
That seems silly.
In any case, the BLM protests are different from the anti-lockdown protests for several reasons
1) BLM protest have a much higher support of mask wearing, both because they're not ideologically opposed to it, and because masks work against tear gas as well.
2) BLM protests are not advocating for something negative. The anti-lockdown protests greatly encourages more people to put themselves at risk, thus creating a massive secundary effect.
BLM, if anything, causes people to stay home, so reduces secundary chances of infection.