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Many have already begun to think about moments
during the protests when they didn’t make the best
choices in the interest of social-distancing.

With the easing of shelter-at-home executive orders,
Memorial Day travel and the reopening of businesses,
some states were already seeing a rise in confirmed
coronavirus cases. There was already a concern about
what we can expect next. Then tragically, another horrific
police-involved event took place. And suddenly, protests
of outrage broke out in every major part of the United
States, and in many significant parts of the world.

WHO Supports The Global Movement Against Racism—
The World Health Organization (WHO) took time
during its daily press conference to address the critical
issue of sudden wave of protests against police violence
against American citizens and racial injustice.

On June 8, 2020 WHO Director-General, Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced WHO’s position on
racism. The Director-General said, “WHO fully supports
equality and the global movement against racism. We
reject discrimination of all kinds”

Although WHO’s Ghebreyesus, seemed to imply that
the protest might have been necessary as a means of
sending a message to world leaders. There did seem to be
an indication of concern about following safety guidelines.

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets
around the world, to demonstrate their outrage against
four hundred (400) years of systemic racism, oppression
and police brutality. And, to demand equal justice for
all African Americans, and swift justice for the family of
George Floyd.