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.@CNN “medical analyst” and former @PPFA president @DrLeanaWen actually claims that #blacklivesmatter protests are safer from coronavirus spread than Trump rallies
#TrustTheScience #BelieveTheExperts
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Wen made a distinction between the “behavior” of participants at protests compared to rallies.

“It does not care why it is that people are gathering, but it does care about the conditions under which they're gathering, so outdoors much safer than indoors, wearing masks, obviously, much safer than not wearing masks, ...

... and I also, in this case, would distinguish between the behavior of the participants while at protests versus rallies,” Dr. Leana Wen told CNN’s @PoppyHarlowCNN Harlow and @JimSciutto about the spread of the coronavirus.

Wen continued: “At protests, many people are aware of the risks and are doing everything they can to reduce that risk, versus at many of the rallies we are seeing people going in defiance. It's their behavior during those events.

I also worry about what they do after the events. They may not be self-quarantining and testing as then getting tested as they should be.”

WTF kind of bullsh*t is this? The only point she made is that she in her opinion, everyone who attends a Trump rally is an idiot. There is NO medical or scientific basis WHATSOEVER for her to make such ludicrous statements.

She’s simply couching her personal political opinion as a science and fact-based opinion, which is highly irresponsible.