Still More Realism

Another mayor admits the demonstrations and riots had the effect of spreading the Covid-19 virus. Brietbart reports:

Mayor Eric Garcetti told a press briefing on Wednesday afternoon that the recent Black Lives Matter protests in the Los Angeles area were, in fact, partly responsible for a recent spike in coronavirus cases.

“Some of the spread did come from our protests,” Garcetti admitted, in response to a question from Breitbart News.

Another journalist followed up to ask Garcetti if he knew precisely how may coronavirus cases had been traced to the protests. He said that he did not have an answer at hand, but that public health officials felt “more certitude than just a couple days ago” that the protests had been responsible for some of the spike.

None of which means Garcetti believes the BLM demonstrations were a bad idea during an epidemic, he quickly added obsequiously, having no wish to become a target of the mob’s ire.