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Supervisor Kathryn Barger Ties Coronavirus Spike To Protests
"I definitely think there's a direct correlation between the protesters and the spike," Barger said.
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger spoke candidly Wednesday about a number of issues facing the county including the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, countywide protests and the board’s ongoing feud with Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
“I definitely think there’s a direct correlation between the protesters and the spike,” Barger said. “I mean, obviously, the opening up probably threw something into it.
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“But remember, the first night that we had the protesters was the first day that restaurants and all were allowed to reopen — many of them did not.”
And because of the sheer size of protest crowds, Barger said contact tracing was next to impossible, though she noted that most of the county’s new cases were in people between the ages of 18-40.
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“It’s not a criticism per se, what the protesters were protesting about,” she said. “A lot of the protesters were not wearing a mask, and they definitely were not social distancing. And I believe that that’s what we’re seeing play out right now is as a result of that.”
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