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Collected Item: “Conflict emerges between protests and public health”

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Conflict emerges between protests and public health

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Screenshot of tweet

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

As large scale BLM protests have taken place all across the world, the morality of protesting during a global pandemic has often come up. I chose this tweet to submit to the archive because it highlights one of the more extreme reactions to protests during a pandemic in that this user is accusing the protestors of endangering the publics health. However, this is only one side of the argument as many argue fighting for justice takes priority. The fact that this is about protests in Australia also provides an important international and specifically non US element as the overall attitude towards social distancing and government enforcement of health guidelines differs greatly in the US than it does in other nations.

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#protests, #pandemic, #publichealth, #Australia

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https://twitter.com/JanMareeSmith2/status/1274915542155984898?s=20

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

@janmareesmith2

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2020-06-21
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