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 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

Agreed. But I think what they're really asking for is data that they can AGREE with and data that supports their arguements.

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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

These idiots don’t realize how flawed the “data” in Ex-Dr Andrew Wakefield’s “research” was. FYI: It was so flawed, biased, faked, and unreproducible that Wakefield’s medical license was revoked, and he’s legally no longer allowed to practice medicine anywhere.

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

Sadly not stopping him. Wakefield regularly tours the US spreading his c**p and has found an all too-willing audience in a lot of people. I feel so very sad for the people of the US that he's over there causing such harm. People like that should be locked up.

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

I, too, hate big pharma. But big pharma isn't profiting by us staying indoors. Stupid.

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

I think many have tried but failed... the data is there, if one can be bothered to look for it (e.g. https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus). Unfortunately we do need Big Pharma to be involved in finding and producing the required vaccine.

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

The data is there! Could you see the Black Plague, the answer is no; but, it still killed 75-200 million people.

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

The data is all around you, though? Or do you mean Data from Star Trek?

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

These "morans" ask questions, but aren't interested in the answers. #TrumpTramps

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

Did you run out of red ink or just forgot the apostrophe, dumb-a*s

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

It's the same as when they say "Read the transcripts" when they haven't read the transcripts and don't know what it says. Hahaha sheep!

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

We've shown you the data repeatedly, you're just too stupid to understand it. Have a nice death.

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

Also why are so many of these morons in their early twenties?? I was born in 92 and am not this idiotic.

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

Entitled and stupid. You can look it up on WHO and other websites and corroborate data if don't trust one source. You're disbelieving because your main source is FOXNEWS.

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

Em, I've watched countless videos over the past few weeks showing the data for America. I am in Scotland. It's easier for you to see your own countrys data, just put on your fkn TV news channel ffs

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

Google ""COVID" and "lancet".... ie one of the most well-known well respected and well credited medical journals out there. All of their coded related publications are available free of charge right now so we in the medical field can all stay informed and share data and learn as quickly as we can

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

You want data?? Here it is. Over 40,000 people have died before their time in your country. That's over 40,000 parents, daughters, sons, loved ones who are now gone because idiots like you refuse to quarantine. In NYC, people are being buried in wooden boxes in mass graves with nobody allowed to attend. That hasn't happened in a very long time & should never have happened in this day & age. What if that was the mother of this young woman? I'm sure she would be singing another tune! I know I'm posting a lot but I am so passionate about living that these morons just get me fired up! I also have dear friends & family in Canada & that's just too damn close for my comfort!

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

Show them the data and suddenly it's the wrong data. Data is fake news, go with your gut - or Dear Leader's gut.

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

sheep following sheep instead of thinking for themselves

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

No medicine to treat Covid-19 is available. No vaccine is available. What pharma is she talking about??

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

You ARE the data. Just wait. You will be part of a statistic... Good or bad, it depends on who you interacted with while the quarantine was in effect.

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

No medicine to treat it, no vaccine to prevent it...what pharma???

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

Here you go.. take this pen drive and shove it up in your .....

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

All you need to do is look at the CDC website or John Hopkins website and you will have more data than you will ever need to know. But no, you just want to walk out there like a stupid person with a sign

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

See the CDC website and ALL the State health department websites. They're updated daily. Heard of Google? Duh!

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

Stupid people doing stupid things like supporting the potential death of others for their poor little self serving theories. Plenty of data dumbass, read the news. Oh, I forgot, the news is a lie unless they agree with it.

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

Dumballinas. Look it up. Dumballinas. Two or more, sharing and believing, the same lie. In other words, stupid as sh*t.

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

How 'bout a video of mass burials instead? https://nypost.com/2020/04/09/nyc-to-bury-coronavirus-dead-on-hart-island-potters-field/

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

I work in the health care industry, and we literally show you the data every single day.

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

The data is there. It's everywhere. How the f*** has she not seen it??

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

we showed you the data, you're just ignorant enough to ignore it.

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

I don't understand. The data support the coronavirus pandemic as being not nearly as bad as its made out to be. This is not the bubonic plague, nor is it even AIDS or the Spanish flu.

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

You've been shown the data over and over and over again, lady. Either you've kept your eyes closed, or your brain closed.

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

someone smack her with some data.. as unless you blind impossible you havent seen enough of it these days...

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

too much liberty in usa. no real unity in this country… it's just every state for themself and f**k the others

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

But sabocat..the data is usually falisified like from china

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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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