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Greg Evans
Apr 21, 2020
In the past few days, you may have seen worrying scenes from the United States where mass protesters have begun to congregate in public areas, angry at the fact that they cannot either work or go about their lives as normal due to the lockdown measures put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Protests, which have been urged on by Donald Trump, have sprung up across the country in states from California, Texas, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Although they are noticeably annoyed at having to stay in their homes, the reason why some are protesting is, shall we say, illogical.
Interviews held with protestors in Pennsylvania by ITV News show that some are angry after losing their well-paid jobs, while another said that the government should look at their numbers and report how many people have coronavirus in the US, rather than how many have died.
However, two protesters' reasons definitely raised eyebrows. One woman, called Diane Ventura, lashed out at 'American patriots' for following government advice and that she doesn't believe in the scientific proof because she believes in God.
‘What do I say to the science? I say I don’t believe your science as I believe my god’. Americans protest against c… https://t.co/dcrjVl0nuP— ITV News (@ITV News) 1587420628
Another protester named Austin Ritz, called scientists 'fear mongers' for telling people to follow safety advice and that they couldn't be called 'experts' because 'their numbers have been lies.'
Scientists are 'fearmongers', says another protester https://t.co/nyKGUA7q9e— ITV News (@ITV News) 1587421277
It's pretty astonishing that these are not parodies at all and two real quotes said during the coronavirus. Needless to say, people didn't know what to think.
I mean, words fail ... https://t.co/YJGhRIv6nd— Chris Ship (@Chris Ship) 1587421537
@itvnews God has not told you to disbelieve science.— Dr Martin Opposes Gov’t Corruption (@Dr Martin Opposes Gov’t Corruption) 1587461417
Scientists may one day discover a vaccine for the coronavirus, but they'll have a much harder task should they ever… https://t.co/krLDOwWHjW— Graham Lithgow (@Graham Lithgow) 1587465291
@itvnews Yes like the pastor who died, because he put his god before a pandemic!— Joanna ⚫⚪ (@Joanna ⚫⚪) 1587420700
If the stupid only endangered themselves I’d be more than happy to let them go for it. https://t.co/ujAlBuDuiJ— Irvine Welsh (@Irvine Welsh) 1587448100
At the time of writing, the United States has confirmed at least 744,000 cases of Covid-19 across the country, which has resulted in more than 34,000 deaths.
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