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Former OSHA Officials Voice Alarm as Trump Tells Corporations They Don’t Have to Record Coronavirus Cases Among Their Workers
Coronavirus: Armed protesters enter Michigan statehouse
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52496514
Gun-toting protesters against Michigan’s coronavirus lockdown have rallied in the state capitol building. Hundreds of demonstrators, a few of them armed, gathered in Lansing and many did not wear masks or socially distance.
Police checked their temperatures before some were allowed into the capitol, where lawmakers were debating. Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, extended her stay-at-home mandate earlier this month until 15 May.
Mike Pence defends not wearing a mask when visiting the Mayo Clinic, saying he’s regularly tested for the coronavirus
I am starting to like the Business Insider more and more. I mean could this image decrying the Veeps flub at the Mayo be any more to the point? Someone should have shown him an image like this before he made his decision AND how did the Mayo ALLOW THIS? VP or no – the big muckety mucks at the Mayo who gave him his tour should have insisted he wear a mask like every-fuckin-body else… Considering this, this story also brings the Mayo Down a notch in my book…
As seen on https://www.businessinsider.com/pence-defends-not-wearing-mask-when-visiting-the-mayo-clinic-2020-4
Hundreds gather in Pacific Beach for anti-lockdown protest; 100 new COVID-19 cases reported in region
The event drew people from around Southern California frustrated by stay-home orders to prevent spread of new coronavirus cases.
Hundreds of people from across Southern California descended on Pacific Beach Sunday, dismissing government warnings about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and demanding that businesses be allowed to reopen.
From the San Diego Tribune – read the whole story here…
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/story/2020-04-26/hundreds-gather-in-pacific-beach-for-anti-lockdown-protest-100-new-covid-19-cases-reported-in-region
