'Live Free or Die': Protesters march against California stay-at-home rules in Huntington Beach

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-17/protesters-california-stay-at-home-coronavirus



A group of more than 100 protesters converged on Huntington Beach on Friday in a demonstration against California’s coronavirus stay-at-home rules, part of a series of national demonstrations organized by conservative groups. The protesters — some with Trump banners and American flags — mostly were not wearing masks or practicing social distancing by standing at least six feet apart. And they offered views about the spread of the coronavirus that differed sharply from scientific findings and experts’ recommendations.

One of the first people to trickle into the afternoon’s protest in Huntington Beach was 62-year-old Paula Doyle. The Costa Mesa resident arrived with a hand-held American flag and a “Live Free or Die” sign and was “sick” of social distancing and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order, which she said was “killing business.” “I don’t think there’s any reason for us to be on lockdown now,” she said shortly after arguing with another Trump supporter who was in favor of quarantine. “We didn’t have any dangers; we have no danger in our hospitals now of overflowing.”

The comments of protesters fly in the face of what California public health officials and other experts have been saying about the coronavirus. California’s relatively quick action to close businesses and order residents to stay home has tamped down the coronavirus pandemic and left many hospitals largely empty, waiting for a surge that has yet to come. The initial success of the unprecedented shutdown of schools, businesses and other institutions has pleased experts and public health officials, prompting calls to keep the restrictions in place at least into May to help cement the progress.

Social distancing will be a critical factor. Lifting restrictions too early would likely lead to dangerous new jumps in cases. Dr. Howard Markel, a professor of the history of medicine at the University of Michigan, said earlier this week deploying stay-at-home measures required a degree of patience not to pull back too early. “If you pull the triggers off too early, not only is there a circulating virus to do what it naturally does, but you will have incurred all the economic and social disruptions of [stay-at-home orders] for nothing,” Markel said in a webinar hosted by the American Public Health Assn. last month.



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[BigmanPigman]

1. The same morons were in San Diego.

Hundreds of them...oooh, hundreds! Sooooo scary!!!!

Most of them were affiliated with the Proud Boys (obnoxious Nazis who are always at every anti-tRump protest over the past 3 years). Yawn...

[Chainfire]

2. Tallahassee had a protest yesterday

The local news showed what must have been 25 people total, half of which were children. The other half just acted like children.

They want to take their country back.....

[Mr.Bill]

3. So they want to live free or die?

Do I get to pick which one?