Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Americans Support the Shutdown, Not the Protests

Small demonstrations against the coronavirus restrictions are getting inordinate media time. Why?

April 20, 2020 at 11:30 AM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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What exactly are we to make of the protests against the current shutdown to fight the coronavirus pandemic?