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It's news. Covered by many mainstream news outlets. See references in the article and at 2020_Lansing,_Michigan_protest and 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Michigan. Communpedia Tribal ( talk) 00:18, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
If there are important doubts about the article's relevance, an AfD should be started. -- Jamez42 ( talk) 04:08, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
A lot of sources note that the protests are Republican backed and include far right groups, but this from Slate is more nuanced. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/behind-reopen-businesses-protests.html Slate's not as great source, but this is a thoughtful piece. I wonder if we should include its implicit distinction between grass roots and astroturf here? Guy ( help!) 11:45, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
This page was renamed today to Protests in the United States over responses to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, by User:Jamez42. I have moved it back to the original title pending discussion. In my opinion the proposed new title is a clumsy and uses unnecessary disambiguation, since there are no other articles about such protests. I gather that the user's original intention was to give the article a worldwide view [1], then changing his mind to make this a United States-specific article, with presumably the intent of creating other articles about protests in other countries. Personally I would like to see all of the protests in a single article - the "worldwide view". Even if the U.S. dominates the article, as seems likely, that is still no reason IMO to break up this type of topic/activity/movement into a bunch of geographic splinters. What do others think? -- MelanieN ( talk) 16:52, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
About the lead sentence, currently In the United States in April 2020, protests were organized by Republican-connected groups[1] in several locations across the United States[2] against the measures state governments were taking to combat the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.
: I think “Republican-connected groups” is too narrow. The local protests are being organized by a wide variety of state or local groups: a few frankly political/Republican, many generic right wing or anti-government, and many other special-interest groups that are piggybacking on the current situation. There are multiple examples where the local protest has been organized by a gun-rights group or an anti-vaccination group. How can we reword the opening sentence to make it more broadly true? --
MelanieN (
talk) 18:23, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
Do we need the tag that says, "The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject." --- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:32, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
If someone would either add a section at the bottom of this article with information about protests in other parts of the world, or else start a draft "Coronavirus protests worldwide" or something, we would have something to talk about. Right now we seem to agree that protests elsewhere should receive coverage, but we don't even know what that coverage would look like and have no starting point. I don't feel able to do that myself. Maybe some of our more globally-oriented editors? -- MelanieN ( talk) 19:11, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Worldwide examples have been added. Time to retire the tag? Kire1975 ( talk) 18:46, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
--- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:48, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
More on India:
--- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:49, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
--- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:52, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
--- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:55, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
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I propose that the article 2020 Lansing, Michigan protest be merged into Protests over responses to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. The Michigan protest was just one of numerous such protests; we can't have an article about each one. Much of the material in the Michigan article duplicates what is in the Protests article, and the rest can be merged. -- MelanieN ( talk) 03:13, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
Several of us have been merging material from the Michigan article into this one. I would appreciate it if a few of you would take a look at the two articles, compare them, and see if we have retrieved what we need. If so we can snowclose this merge and make the other article into a redirect. -- MelanieN ( talk) 19:01, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
I think it isn't a common format, but is it possible of feasible to merge the states subtitles into regions, such as "East Coast", "West Coast", "Midwest" or something similar? That could help merging sections that are only a few lines long, specially if the list keeps growing. -- Jamez42 ( talk) 09:35, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
North Dakota: Even though Governor Doug Burgum has not issued a stay-at-home order, about 150 protesters gathered outside the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck to demand the state government re-open concert venues, movie theaters, gyms, nail salons, massage parlors and barber shops.[27][28]
@ Kire1975: I see that you changed the format so that each state is now a separate level-3 heading. That is the kind of subsection clutter that Another Believer and I were trying to avoid. You said you were afraid that if the regional sections were just paragraphs without subheadings, they would become a "wall of text". I didn't see that happening, but let's discuss it. -- MelanieN ( talk) 15:16, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
Currently, the protests are listed in alphabetical order by state. The section above this argues for re-arranging them by region of the country. While I think a regional arrangement might be a way to present information that gives it some more context than alphabetically, I'm wondering if chronological might be better? The small protest in Ohio on April 9 was followed by the large protest in Michigan on April 15, which sparked the protests in other states over the weekend from April 17-19.
Perhaps some combination of a chronological and regional presentation might be best? Discuss the small Ohio and large Michigan protests first, then divide the other states by region and chronologically within the region. ~ ONUnicorn( Talk| Contribs) problem solving 14:27, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
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The title suggests that the content of the article is about worldwide protests against coronavirus response. However, the content only talks about U.S. protests. Therefore I suggest changing the title to something like "United States protests over responses to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic" or "2020 United States anti-lockdown protests". What do you think?-- SharʿabSalam▼ ( talk) 16:27, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
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The article content is only about United States protests, therefore I am proposing new titles:
-- SharʿabSalam▼ ( talk) 16:44, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
SharabSalam, thanks for starting a discussion. But I think it is way too early for a formal Requested Move because we have not yet settled on what the new title should be. There are dozens of possibilities, not just these three. Would you mind changing this from a formal RM discussion to a more unstructured discussion, along the lines of "What should the title of this article be?" Then if we can narrow it down to one choice we can just do the move, or if we wind up with two or three possible choices we can then have an RM to choose which one. Thanks. -- MelanieN ( talk) 17:16, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
I agree with Another Believer that we don't need to change titles yet. But we need to plan ahead, because I think it is inevitable that this page will wind up being just about the U.S. For right now let's just let everybody brainstorm, suggesting possible names for an article about the United States protests. IMO one of the first things we need to settle on is the order of the various parts of the title, particular what the first word(s) should be since the first word or two tells the reader what it is about. SharabSalam suggests leading off with "United States". I think that is too generic and it would be best to lead off with "Protests", such as "Protests related to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States", or "2020 coronavirus", such as "2020 coronavirus protests in the United States". Other ideas? Let's hear them! -- MelanieN ( talk) 17:23, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
I closed the formal move request. The formal request was premature. We don't have proposed alternate title yet. For further explantion see my above post and MelanieN's post. OK. So, let's move on with proposing titles. --- Steve Quinn ( talk) 18:13, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
I would like to propose again Protests during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic or Protests as a response to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, which could help with the scope issue mentioned before. I personally prefer the latter, which I believe is a middle ground between the former and the current title. -- Jamez42 ( talk) 21:35, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
Somebody moved the page to "in the United States" again. Since we are still discussing and have not reached consensus about what to call it, I have move-protected it until we decide on the title. -- MelanieN ( talk) 04:15, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
@ JzG: The colectivo "Tres Raíces" is currently imposing a para-policial curfew in the 23 de Enero barrio of Caracas to prevent further infections. The responsability of the murders is disputed, but I believe that the protests are over a response to the pandemic fall under the scope of the article. As of the other countries, the title proposals could help broadening the theme. -- Jamez42 ( talk) 21:41, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
Nicolás Maduro announced a ban on protests on 12 March as a measure to prevent the spread of the outbreak in Venezuela. [1]
Residents of the 23 de Enero parish in Caracas announced that they would protest in defiance of the quarantine as a response to the murder on 21 March of three men that were playing dominoes outdoors during the quarantine, of which members of the colectivo Tres Raíces were responsible according to neighbors and relatives. [2] [3]
On late March, the colectivos Tres Raíces and La Piedrita started imposing a paramilitary-enforced curfew in the 23 de Enero parish, increasing repression and imposing closure times to businesses. [2]
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Looks like there are significant protests in Puerto Plata but the only source I'm seeing is not reliable yet. Keep an eye out. Kire1975 ( talk) 03:19, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
I wrote the Chinese version of this article with a broader scope. The title is Resistance towards responses to the ... Content wise, instead of listing each country, I start the article with reasons behind the resistance, followed by ways people have resisted (protests, violence, legal actions, just ignoring), the governments' responds to the resistance, and possible influences on the disease spread. -- Yel D'ohan ( talk) 05:22, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
Just FYI, there's also Strikes during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. --- Another Believer ( Talk) 14:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
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Protests over responses to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic → Protests over responses to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic – This is for uniformity of the page articles, as consistent with every other page regarding the pandemic Starzoner ( talk) 02:07, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
over". X1\ ( talk) 04:00, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
This is not ready to close or move. The discussion has only been open for a few days. Only a few people have responded and their opinions are all over the map. Let's give it a week at least. -- MelanieN ( talk) 16:12, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
The move to "COVID-19" has been performed. It looks to me as if most people here prefer "related to" rather than "over". Would anyone object if I move it to "related to"? I'll wait a day or two for comments. -- MelanieN ( talk) 23:43, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Please see 2020 United States anti-lockdown protests. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 06:38, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: no consensus to move ( non-admin closure) Mdaniels5757 ( talk) 01:31, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic → Protests over government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic – The article only covers protests against government responses to the pandemic, so the title should reflect that. Falling Gravity 20:14, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
Amsterdam: https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-netherlands-protests/thousands-protest-in-amsterdam-against-dutch-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSL1N2JS0AR — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.64.108.244 ( talk) 08:21, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
Content from the section on Alberta Canada added on February 22, 2021 is the same or similar to content I added to the article Alberta Legislature Building. I needs to be pruned and summarized for this article. Oceanflynn ( talk) 21:13, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
From what I have heard it was more than 1000 people in Sweden, not 300-500. Maybe worth checking such things.-- Mats33 ( talk) 12:32, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
The section on Australia proposes that:
It is believed that several protesters were "fake tradies" who could be described as "professional protesters". Police responded with rubber bullets, batons and tear gas. Various media outlets were critical of the police's heavy-handed response to the protesters and bystander civilians.[224][225][226]
It was John Setka, head of the CFMEU who claimed that in the referenced article. The sentence should read:
"CFMEU president, John Setka, who was a target of some protests, claimed that several protesters were...etc." The existing sentence given the impression it was a generally held belief by most people, which is not supported by evidence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:44B8:4115:6B00:C159:EDA4:81C2:5382 ( talk) 07:05, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
According to the lead and infobox, protests in favor of measures to contain the virus are basically a coequal part of this. However, I can't see evidence of this in the body. It seems to be a very marginal or rare phenomenon at best, and certainly given majorly WP:UNDUE weight at present. Crossroads -talk- 01:04, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
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It's news. Covered by many mainstream news outlets. See references in the article and at 2020_Lansing,_Michigan_protest and 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Michigan. Communpedia Tribal ( talk) 00:18, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
If there are important doubts about the article's relevance, an AfD should be started. -- Jamez42 ( talk) 04:08, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
A lot of sources note that the protests are Republican backed and include far right groups, but this from Slate is more nuanced. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/behind-reopen-businesses-protests.html Slate's not as great source, but this is a thoughtful piece. I wonder if we should include its implicit distinction between grass roots and astroturf here? Guy ( help!) 11:45, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
This page was renamed today to Protests in the United States over responses to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, by User:Jamez42. I have moved it back to the original title pending discussion. In my opinion the proposed new title is a clumsy and uses unnecessary disambiguation, since there are no other articles about such protests. I gather that the user's original intention was to give the article a worldwide view [1], then changing his mind to make this a United States-specific article, with presumably the intent of creating other articles about protests in other countries. Personally I would like to see all of the protests in a single article - the "worldwide view". Even if the U.S. dominates the article, as seems likely, that is still no reason IMO to break up this type of topic/activity/movement into a bunch of geographic splinters. What do others think? -- MelanieN ( talk) 16:52, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
About the lead sentence, currently In the United States in April 2020, protests were organized by Republican-connected groups[1] in several locations across the United States[2] against the measures state governments were taking to combat the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.
: I think “Republican-connected groups” is too narrow. The local protests are being organized by a wide variety of state or local groups: a few frankly political/Republican, many generic right wing or anti-government, and many other special-interest groups that are piggybacking on the current situation. There are multiple examples where the local protest has been organized by a gun-rights group or an anti-vaccination group. How can we reword the opening sentence to make it more broadly true? --
MelanieN (
talk) 18:23, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
Do we need the tag that says, "The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject." --- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:32, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
If someone would either add a section at the bottom of this article with information about protests in other parts of the world, or else start a draft "Coronavirus protests worldwide" or something, we would have something to talk about. Right now we seem to agree that protests elsewhere should receive coverage, but we don't even know what that coverage would look like and have no starting point. I don't feel able to do that myself. Maybe some of our more globally-oriented editors? -- MelanieN ( talk) 19:11, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Worldwide examples have been added. Time to retire the tag? Kire1975 ( talk) 18:46, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
--- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:48, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
More on India:
--- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:49, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
--- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:52, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
--- Another Believer ( Talk) 21:55, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
I propose that the article 2020 Lansing, Michigan protest be merged into Protests over responses to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. The Michigan protest was just one of numerous such protests; we can't have an article about each one. Much of the material in the Michigan article duplicates what is in the Protests article, and the rest can be merged. -- MelanieN ( talk) 03:13, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
Several of us have been merging material from the Michigan article into this one. I would appreciate it if a few of you would take a look at the two articles, compare them, and see if we have retrieved what we need. If so we can snowclose this merge and make the other article into a redirect. -- MelanieN ( talk) 19:01, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
I think it isn't a common format, but is it possible of feasible to merge the states subtitles into regions, such as "East Coast", "West Coast", "Midwest" or something similar? That could help merging sections that are only a few lines long, specially if the list keeps growing. -- Jamez42 ( talk) 09:35, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
North Dakota: Even though Governor Doug Burgum has not issued a stay-at-home order, about 150 protesters gathered outside the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck to demand the state government re-open concert venues, movie theaters, gyms, nail salons, massage parlors and barber shops.[27][28]
@ Kire1975: I see that you changed the format so that each state is now a separate level-3 heading. That is the kind of subsection clutter that Another Believer and I were trying to avoid. You said you were afraid that if the regional sections were just paragraphs without subheadings, they would become a "wall of text". I didn't see that happening, but let's discuss it. -- MelanieN ( talk) 15:16, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
Currently, the protests are listed in alphabetical order by state. The section above this argues for re-arranging them by region of the country. While I think a regional arrangement might be a way to present information that gives it some more context than alphabetically, I'm wondering if chronological might be better? The small protest in Ohio on April 9 was followed by the large protest in Michigan on April 15, which sparked the protests in other states over the weekend from April 17-19.
Perhaps some combination of a chronological and regional presentation might be best? Discuss the small Ohio and large Michigan protests first, then divide the other states by region and chronologically within the region. ~ ONUnicorn( Talk| Contribs) problem solving 14:27, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The title suggests that the content of the article is about worldwide protests against coronavirus response. However, the content only talks about U.S. protests. Therefore I suggest changing the title to something like "United States protests over responses to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic" or "2020 United States anti-lockdown protests". What do you think?-- SharʿabSalam▼ ( talk) 16:27, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The article content is only about United States protests, therefore I am proposing new titles:
-- SharʿabSalam▼ ( talk) 16:44, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
SharabSalam, thanks for starting a discussion. But I think it is way too early for a formal Requested Move because we have not yet settled on what the new title should be. There are dozens of possibilities, not just these three. Would you mind changing this from a formal RM discussion to a more unstructured discussion, along the lines of "What should the title of this article be?" Then if we can narrow it down to one choice we can just do the move, or if we wind up with two or three possible choices we can then have an RM to choose which one. Thanks. -- MelanieN ( talk) 17:16, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
I agree with Another Believer that we don't need to change titles yet. But we need to plan ahead, because I think it is inevitable that this page will wind up being just about the U.S. For right now let's just let everybody brainstorm, suggesting possible names for an article about the United States protests. IMO one of the first things we need to settle on is the order of the various parts of the title, particular what the first word(s) should be since the first word or two tells the reader what it is about. SharabSalam suggests leading off with "United States". I think that is too generic and it would be best to lead off with "Protests", such as "Protests related to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States", or "2020 coronavirus", such as "2020 coronavirus protests in the United States". Other ideas? Let's hear them! -- MelanieN ( talk) 17:23, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
I closed the formal move request. The formal request was premature. We don't have proposed alternate title yet. For further explantion see my above post and MelanieN's post. OK. So, let's move on with proposing titles. --- Steve Quinn ( talk) 18:13, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
I would like to propose again Protests during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic or Protests as a response to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, which could help with the scope issue mentioned before. I personally prefer the latter, which I believe is a middle ground between the former and the current title. -- Jamez42 ( talk) 21:35, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
Somebody moved the page to "in the United States" again. Since we are still discussing and have not reached consensus about what to call it, I have move-protected it until we decide on the title. -- MelanieN ( talk) 04:15, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
@ JzG: The colectivo "Tres Raíces" is currently imposing a para-policial curfew in the 23 de Enero barrio of Caracas to prevent further infections. The responsability of the murders is disputed, but I believe that the protests are over a response to the pandemic fall under the scope of the article. As of the other countries, the title proposals could help broadening the theme. -- Jamez42 ( talk) 21:41, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
Nicolás Maduro announced a ban on protests on 12 March as a measure to prevent the spread of the outbreak in Venezuela. [1]
Residents of the 23 de Enero parish in Caracas announced that they would protest in defiance of the quarantine as a response to the murder on 21 March of three men that were playing dominoes outdoors during the quarantine, of which members of the colectivo Tres Raíces were responsible according to neighbors and relatives. [2] [3]
On late March, the colectivos Tres Raíces and La Piedrita started imposing a paramilitary-enforced curfew in the 23 de Enero parish, increasing repression and imposing closure times to businesses. [2]
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Looks like there are significant protests in Puerto Plata but the only source I'm seeing is not reliable yet. Keep an eye out. Kire1975 ( talk) 03:19, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
I wrote the Chinese version of this article with a broader scope. The title is Resistance towards responses to the ... Content wise, instead of listing each country, I start the article with reasons behind the resistance, followed by ways people have resisted (protests, violence, legal actions, just ignoring), the governments' responds to the resistance, and possible influences on the disease spread. -- Yel D'ohan ( talk) 05:22, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
Just FYI, there's also Strikes during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. --- Another Believer ( Talk) 14:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Protests over responses to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic → Protests over responses to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic – This is for uniformity of the page articles, as consistent with every other page regarding the pandemic Starzoner ( talk) 02:07, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
over". X1\ ( talk) 04:00, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
This is not ready to close or move. The discussion has only been open for a few days. Only a few people have responded and their opinions are all over the map. Let's give it a week at least. -- MelanieN ( talk) 16:12, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
The move to "COVID-19" has been performed. It looks to me as if most people here prefer "related to" rather than "over". Would anyone object if I move it to "related to"? I'll wait a day or two for comments. -- MelanieN ( talk) 23:43, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Please see 2020 United States anti-lockdown protests. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 06:38, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: no consensus to move ( non-admin closure) Mdaniels5757 ( talk) 01:31, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic → Protests over government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic – The article only covers protests against government responses to the pandemic, so the title should reflect that. Falling Gravity 20:14, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
Amsterdam: https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-netherlands-protests/thousands-protest-in-amsterdam-against-dutch-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSL1N2JS0AR — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.64.108.244 ( talk) 08:21, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
Content from the section on Alberta Canada added on February 22, 2021 is the same or similar to content I added to the article Alberta Legislature Building. I needs to be pruned and summarized for this article. Oceanflynn ( talk) 21:13, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
From what I have heard it was more than 1000 people in Sweden, not 300-500. Maybe worth checking such things.-- Mats33 ( talk) 12:32, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
The section on Australia proposes that:
It is believed that several protesters were "fake tradies" who could be described as "professional protesters". Police responded with rubber bullets, batons and tear gas. Various media outlets were critical of the police's heavy-handed response to the protesters and bystander civilians.[224][225][226]
It was John Setka, head of the CFMEU who claimed that in the referenced article. The sentence should read:
"CFMEU president, John Setka, who was a target of some protests, claimed that several protesters were...etc." The existing sentence given the impression it was a generally held belief by most people, which is not supported by evidence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:44B8:4115:6B00:C159:EDA4:81C2:5382 ( talk) 07:05, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
According to the lead and infobox, protests in favor of measures to contain the virus are basically a coequal part of this. However, I can't see evidence of this in the body. It seems to be a very marginal or rare phenomenon at best, and certainly given majorly WP:UNDUE weight at present. Crossroads -talk- 01:04, 1 December 2022 (UTC)