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Collected Item: “City Officials Scramble to Prepare as Mass Protests Threaten a Resurgence of COVID-19”

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City Officials Scramble to Prepare as Mass Protests Threaten a Resurgence of COVID-19

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News Article

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Excerpt from Article: State and local public health officials are in a tough spot. After months of imposing restrictions to protect their residents from the highly infectious coronavirus—at great cost to families’ livelihoods and the broader economy—they now must balance those efforts with another, equally vital imperative: protecting Americans’ right to gather en masse to protest police brutality and systemic racism.

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#ASU, #HST580, #SocialJustice, #NoJusticeNoPeace, protest, tests, Covid rise, public health, police brutality, George Floyd, containment

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https://time.com/5850104/protests-coronavirus-city-prep/?fbclid=IwAR1oHMCCNtii9chSzhFPocnxnS516cNh-54DoRFmvXY41QeX81MxlC6-ZPU

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TIME Magazine, Abigail Abrams

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2020-06-09
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