https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚨" title="Police cars revolving light" aria-label="Emoji: Police cars revolving light">NEW DATAhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚨" title="Police cars revolving light" aria-label="Emoji: Police cars revolving light"> >> Anti-science protesters mad about social distancing may have spread #coronavirus to towns throughout the US. Data maps show likely protesters traveling to rural communities, potentially infecting friends & neighbors, prolonging this crisis. Here’s Florida https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index">(1/11)
According to @guardian, anonymized cellphone location data shows demonstrators at anti-lockdown protests are "often traveling hundreds of miles to events, returning to all parts of their states, and even crossing into neighboring ones.” (2/11) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/18/lockdown-protests-spread-coronavirus-cellphone-data">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...
Our committee has reviewed data from Michigan’s second anti-lockdown protest & its attendees’ movements throughout the state. Here& #39;s https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index"> a time lapse data visualization of the 4/30 protest at the state capitol. (4/11)
Anti-lockdown protesters in WI on 4/24 traveled throughout the state & potentially spread #COVID19. A right-wing court later struck down the state& #39;s “Safer at Home” order, prematurely reopening the state & endangering lives. Here’s a map of the protestershttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index"> (5/11)
Despite the irresponsible pressure campaign from protesters and right-wing funders in Springfield, IL, on 5/1, @GovPritzker and @LoriLightfoot have been steadfast in their commitment to public health. This maphttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index">shows protestors traveling to rural towns and Chicago. (6/11)
On April 19, protesters demonstrated in Denver, CO. As seen below, likely attendees of the protest -- many of whom wore no mask and engaged in high risk behavior for contracting #coronavirus-- traveled to all corners of the state. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index"> (7/11)
Some Notes On the Data:

CTP contracted with VoteMap to obtain these datasets. VoteMap aggregates anonymous, opted in, cookie-free data from app publishers.

These totals represent the number of devices represented in each map:

WI: 174
CO: 1717
FL: 565
MI: 858
IL: 176

(9/11)
VoteMap’s data meets the rigorous standard of General Data Protection Regulations for the European Union as well as the California Consumer Privacy Act and Washington Privacy Act. (10/11)
A final note: These protests are dangerous & @realDonaldTrump and the political networks that encourage these protests must be held accountable for encouraging irresponsible behavior that put American lives at risk. /end
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