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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer expressd concerns last month when protestors flocked to Lansing to protest her stay-home order, with some refusing to wear a mask or practice social distancing. Dr. Deborah Birx, President Donald Trump's point person on the virus, says last Thursday's Capitol rally was "devastatingly worrisome."
Now, comes more fuel to stoke their concerns.
Newly released cellphone data shows the first group of protesters April 15 dispersed to smaller communities across Michigan in the following days, raising concerns about the spread of the virus, reports editor Lee DeVito of Metro Times:
A map was released by an advocacy group called the Committee to Protect Medicare, which raised concerns that the protesters could have carried the disease to smaller, rural communities that are ill-equipped to deal with Covid-19 patients.
The data was collected by a firm called VoteMap, which showed more than 300 opted-in devices gathered at Lansing on April 15. The firm collected the data using geo-location data from other downloaded apps. (According to the group, the data is anonymized for privacy.)
The Committee to Protect Medicare executive director Rob Davidson called the data "a bright red flag that the irresponsible behavior of a few hundred people could potentially set off a Covid-19 time bomb."
