curl-6 on 21 June 2020
Where I live we are also reinstating restrictions again after a few weeks of easing led to an increase in cases.
In the end it wasn't the protests that led to an uptick, but allowing larger family gatherings, which I suppose makes sense and nearly everyone at the BLM protests here wore a mask and were in the open air, while people hugging, kissing, and otherwise getting close with family without masks is much more conducive to the spread of a disease like COVID-19.
Still, we're very fortunate compared to most countries; my state is the worst in the country and we totaled 19 new cases in the last 24 hour period.
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