Anti-lockdown protests continue to gather momentum across the U.S. as people flood the streets, ignoring social distancing rules. Even though some states are beginning to ease restrictions, most of the country remains under some form of stay-at-home order, which is making protestors call for America to 'reopen' immediately.

Some critics think Donald Trump is to blame. Last week, the President posted a series of tweets, urging everyone to 'liberate' Minnesota, Michigan, and Virginia and said the 2nd Amendment's under siege.

Protests have erupted in over a dozen states from coast to coast. Here are some of the signs that were spotted there.

Demonstrations have occurred in Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, Minnesota, Utah, Virginia, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Oregon, Maryland, Idaho, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Washington, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania. These states are led by both Republican and Democratic governors.

The crowds have varied in size quite a bit: from a few dozen protesters in Virginia and Oregon to thousands of people in Michigan and Washington state. The latter saw one of the largest demonstrations, with about 2,500 protesters gathering at the capital in Olympia. The state was the early epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States.

In some places, these anti-lockdown demonstrations spawned counter protests. For example, in Colorado, healthcare workers blocked traffic at crossroads.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good for them, protestors don't like it though when someone else uses their right to protest ;)

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Reportedly, the organizers of these protests have largely been conservative, pro-Trump and pro-gun activists. Many of these demonstrations have been described as reminiscent of Trump campaign events, carrying pro-Trump banners, t-shirts, and signs. Some of them were even calling for freedom over tyranny and comparing governors to dictators.

However, it looks like the protests represent just a small fraction of people. Last week, a Pew poll found that 66% of US adults say their greater concern is that state governments will lift restrictions too quickly, rather than not quickly enough.

Also, US public health experts and many state leaders have continued to highlight the importance of social distancing, arguing in favor of the measures protesters have taken issue with.

Political things aside, it's normal that some feel as if the quarantine is becoming an increasingly heavier burden. Counselor and psychotherapist Tati Silva told Bored Panda that the pandemic can bring a sense of loss: "People feel unstable because they don't know what is going on, panic and fear come to place." Silva warned that this might lead to people developing depression, panic attacks, and anxiety.

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If that is the case, it's important one takes care of their mental wellbeing during these difficult times. "Exercise if you can," Silva advised. "It will boost your mood. Set up buddy groups -- friends or family to do regular checking in with people. Distract yourself -- writing down your thoughts and feelings can help offload any worries and fear you may have."

And remember to be kind to yourself. "Don't overload yourself, thinking that you should be taking all the courses available online, learning 2 to 3 languages, and reading one book a day. That will make you feel overwhelmed. I also suggest that you pick one new thing every week to do, so your brain can get excited about the week to come."

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes you can make a choice but what about those others you might infect, narrow minded fool!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But the vaccine won't be ready for at least a year... so how is that a current 'campaign' against anti-vaxxers? When COVID-19 kills someone this ignorant woman actually cares about, I think she'll sing a different tune.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A good number of them are actually vaccinated (for available vaccines prior to SARS-CoV-2), but their children are not.

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Kathy Baylis
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fine, then. Use your crystals and essential oils to “cure” yourself of this incurable disease. Personally, I’m going to quarantine myself until (qualified) researchers comes up with at least a successful treatment that mitigates the worst symptoms and makes COVID-19 truly “just the flu”. (Once they do that, I know the vaccination will follow. But this idiot will be dead, so her kids, if they miraculously survive, will have a chance to survive it again by being vaccinated.)

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate the sign that says "give me liberty or give me death" it's like YOU F*****G HAVE LIBERTY STOP F*****G KILLING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY BY F*****G PROTESTING IN THE MIDDLE OF A F*****G QUARANTINE! STOP MISUSING LIBERTY YOU ARE ACTUALLY THAT PATHETIC THAT YOU WOULD... I'm just gonna stop there's no point

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Carlo Marano
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why does this level of stupidity only seem to exist in America?

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Lou Lopez
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because we indulge idiots over here. "Oh, you have 'strongly held religious beliefs' that have no place in politics? Gosh, let's treat those as superior to actual science and human rights, hurr durr." I get whiny comments all the time because I'm "mean." Stuck it up, buttercup, IDGAF. Lots of people have been "nice" to you fuckwits and it's only emboldened you. Don't like it when I call you a mouth-breathing, oxygen wasting pile of garbage? Stop being it then. Behold, as I search for a flying F**K to give.

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MoodyBlue
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The stupidity of these anti-vaccination people knows no limit.

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Monika Soffronow
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What an irony that they are wearing t-shirts saying "Freedom keeper" on it. What freedom exactly? Freedom to contract potentially deadly diseases or freedom to remain full of it no matter how dumb?

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Jace
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, they’re spelling “Freedumb” wrongly... Freedom to be willfully ignorant and selfish and not give a flying f**k about the well-being of anyone else.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*Blinks* Why is Bill Gate's getting sucked into this? *looks at other Panda's* Someone has got to explain this to me, why is Bill Gates in on this? I mean, if she'd've said 'Al Gore' I might get it, but Bill Gates?

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Joran Quinten
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm guessing the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is known to support vaccin programs

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Viviane
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you don't want the vaccine (when it comes), lots of folks will gladly have it.

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KateKat
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did anyone else notice that the woman to the left is very good at calligraphy?

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Chris DiFonso
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Her shirt says, "Freedom keeper" lol. And the sign held by woman behind her reads, "Give me liberty or give me death" -- do we have a say in what is given to her? My vote is not for liberty for her.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She better get herself to a dr and assessed for mental illness because this is just bizarre thinking

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Jace
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Conspiracy theorists are barely different from religious followers. You going to go after religious people for believing in stupid and crazy s**t too, or are we going to embrace conspiracy theorists as “freely expressing their religious convictions”?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The sign actually means that they believe that "COVID19" is actually a cover created by "Bill Gates, Pharma and Anthony Fauci", and that the drugs used to treat COVID19 are actually vaccinations. The sign isn't against anti-vaxxers: it's *written by* anti-vaxxers. She's an anti-vaxxer. "guess(sic) go back to school?"

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dumbass, you'll wish you had been vaccinated when we get a vaccine! She is obviously a trumper.

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Jace
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate it when people who *look* normal aren’t remotely rational. It reminds me that we cannot judge by appearances... which would be comforting.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anti-vaxxers are the most selfish people. It's all about them and to H with everyone else. True Trump Loyalists.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sadly, there are a LOT of democrats in the anti-vax lot. Also a lot of Green Party people in that same lot. It’s f*****g depressing how wide spread this particular b******t belief is. People want to think they’re special so they attach to conspiracies to feel like they’re “in the know” while everyone else is blind...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ahhh, there they are. The fine citizens who brought back the measels

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Living_Shadow
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anti-vaxxers and their unreasonable logic never fail to surprise me with how downright stupid it is. I feel bad for their kids out there, their idiot parents putting them in danger

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hey Kathy, my crystals and EO's hates idiots too!! Carry on and hate the right idiots!!!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anti-vaxxers claim childhood vaccines cause autism. Please explain why autism diagnoses are GENDER imbalanced: for each girl diagnosed, there are 3.6 boys diagnosed. Are more boys vaccinated than girls?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But there is more then one country trying to make a vaccine.. And Bill Gates isn’t involved with Britain, China, Canada and Australia now is he?? It’s also going to take 1-2 yrs for it to be ready depending on which one they use.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don’t bother trying to use logic with a conspiracy theorist. They’re the same as religious believers. Rational thought is irrelevant. They didn’t become believers because of any data. They choose to believe because they want to.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah right, fkn Bill Gates needs your paltry fkn salary, moron! I think the one behind her, the 'give me liberty or give me death' their prayers should be answered - kill 'em all America, before they fkn kill you with their stupidity. And fkn Chump is just making it worse with his idiotic tweets. America, he is going to decimate your country! All you sane, normal people out there, please stay safe.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is so much wrong with this picture I don’t even know where to begin. So I won’t

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Aimee Simmons
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the argument is rendered invalid as she is citing her job, which has probably gone silent while on lockdown unless she works from home, cannot fund anything.

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Merilyn Horton
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pity the poor third world people who are desperate for vaccinations

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Jacquie Gariano
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anti=vacers are going to infect us all with diseases that can and should be controled. OK, infect yourself but don't infect me and mine. Stay away from me.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She seriously thinks every - e.v.e.r.y. - country on the globe is spending extreme fortunes in compensation to firms, employers, employees, etc. etc. for healthcare during covid, etc. course of a "campaign" in us, by us, about something only about what happens on US soil. Smart. Really smart!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You nailed it, honey! Except it's not some kind of conspiracy. It just is gonna he funded by Bill Gates, and recommended by Fauci. Bahaha except it's not even available yet! It's like, oh! Captain obvious and dramatic arrived!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The sign actually means that they believe that "COVID19" is actually a cover created by "Bill Gates, Pharma and Anthony Fauci", and that the drugs used to treat COVID19 are actually vaccinations. The sign isn't against anti-vaxxers: it's *written by* anti-vaxxers. She's an anti-vaxxer.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How about an AIDS vaccine? Or an Ebola vaccine? I'd rather become infected with coronavirus than either of those nasty buggers.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

TBH I am not at all excited about a vax created by Bill Gates either. Thanks though.

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Jace
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because Gates isn’t an expert in everything. The arrogance of plutocrats and the naive belief in wealthy people’s abilities...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Er dutch the us paid j&j 1 billion dollars for a vaccine..follow the money

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

we need a real Purge… not just a movie… those are about the destroy their country.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have no idea what you’re trying to say, and it seems like the virus is doing the job already.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well seeing as there are so many idiots already there get one of them to do it, must be somewhere there who can cut a morons hair!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Concentration camps? Get history straight. If you freak out now, how would you react if REALLY bad times come back? Tens of millions died in World War 2!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is Exactly what's wrong in so many discourses! The data is out there, you just have to look it up. In the time that it took to make that sign, she could have looked up the data. This happens so much, think of anti global warming protesters or people saying there's no gender pay gap. The data is there folks, but we don't feel like catering to your laziness, look it up yourselves.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But the off button on your respirator should be... (I feel bad for the doctors who will have to treat dumb*asses like this guy who they will feel obligated to treat under their swearing of the Hippocratic Oath).

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True communism is about working together for the greater good. You, however, are free to die... I just wish you wouldn't take others with you and tax the health care system.

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