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• 2021-01-19

  COVID lockdown rules

  The stupid COVID rules that have been put in place are not worth following, this virus has a 99.9% recover rate for anyone in between 4-50 and we have to shut the whole country down. I live in California which is democrat run so we have to be on red alert like this virus is a threat to all humanity. It’s stupid and it always has been. I wish I lived in Florida at this point because I can play sports there and live life. But no, I have to comply to California’s socialist communist ideology’s.
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  2020-03-21

  Policing the Plague

  This is a photograph of myself that I took just prior to the service of a search warrant on March 21st 2020 in Salinas, California. The state of California was the first to issue a statewide lock down order due to COVID-19 and had done so just the day before on March 20th. Officers in my department were required to don our gas masks for the service of search warrants and other specific activities at this time due to concerns of contacting the virus. These specific gas masks are issued to be used in environments in which CS or CN gas is introduced. They are also designed to be effective in nuclear fallout and are subsequently extreme overkill in regards to protection against COVID-19 and additionally utterly unpractical for officers whom work 40 plus hours a week. The requirement to wear these masks was very short lived as we soon downgraded to surgical masks and cloth masks. Nonetheless, this exemplifies the fear that has surrounded COVID-19, especially in the early days of the pandemic, and the often drastic reactions we as a society have had in response.
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  2020-08-21

  Yuma Inmates Allege Prison Officials Ordered Them To Refuse COVID-19 Testing To Keep Numbers Down

  This Tweet and linked article explain a haunting story. Inmates at the Yuma prison in Arizona were threatened with a "beat down" unless they refused to take a Covid-19 test in an effort by the administration to keep the case count down. The replies to this Tweet show the public's response to this allegation.
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  2020-04-10

  COVID Women Experience

  I thought this tweet was pretty humorous, but also had a harsh reality. During COVID-19, no strangers want to interact with each other because everyone is afraid of each other. Also, most of the time is spent inside so you don't have to worry about the threat of strange men. It is kind of sad to think about the fact that in society, this is the extreme it has to get to in order to feel safe from men. Even though, people leaving the house right now still feel far from safe with the threat of COVID.
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  2020-05-08

  "Save Lives Rather Than Save Face": Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman Refuses to Remove Reservation Checkpoints

  South Dakota governor threatens tribe with legal action unless they remove reservation checkpoints. Cheyenne River Sioux chairman responded with a press release, citing that it is a sovereign right of the tribe to protect it's people and "We will not apologize for being an island of safety in a sea of uncertainty and death."
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  2020-04-29

  Stand with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Amid Threats of Disestablishment

  Following the March 27, 2020 decision by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, under the Trump Administration, to remove over 300 acres of Mashpee Wampanoag reservation lands from federal trust, Indigenous and non-Indigenous advocates helped launch a #StandWithMashpee campaign as the tribe also struggles to deal with battling the spread of the coronovirus. #IndigenousStories