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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 4525201" data-attributes="member: 1940"><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-task-force-warns-governors-of-covid-spike-tied-to-protests" target="_blank">Trump’s Task Force Warns Governors of COVID Spike Tied to Protests</a>Top officials on President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force told governors on Monday they were worried about a spike in infections due to the mass <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-tries-to-retreat-from-trumps-call-to-dominate-protests" target="_blank">protests</a> against racial injustice taking place <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/thousands-swarm-major-cities-in-largest-george-floyd-protests-to-date" target="_blank">across the country</a>. Speaking via conference call, a recording of which The Daily Beast obtained, Deborah Birx, Trump’s coronavirus response coordinator, relayed fears that the yelling by protesters could potentially negate the health benefits of wearing a mask, and that the destruction of testing sites at those protests would set back efforts to contain the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/floridas-seen-a-statistically-significant-uptick-in-pneumonia-deaths-the-cdc-says-its-likely-covid" target="_blank">virus</a>’ spread. Birx said 70 such sites had been destroyed, which had already resulted in an appreciable drop in testing rates there. She advised governors to “scramble now to make sure there is testing available in urban areas.”</blockquote>

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