Slate: How Police Responses to Protests Impact COVID-19
Yamilé Molina, PhD, assistant professor of community health sciences, analyzed for Slate how police responses to protests may drive COVID-19 infections. They noted packed holding cells from mass arrests and the use of tear gas are particular drivers of vulnerability.
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When [protestors] are clustering together, the worst thing we can do is attack their respiratory system simultaneously.
| Assistant Professor of Community Health Sciences
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