Lockdown protests may have spread virus widely, cellphone data suggests

Study Uses Cell Phone Data to Track Lockdown Protesters

Lockdown protesters are gathering from far and wide and then retreating back far and wide, potentially carrying the coronavirus around the U.S. in dramatic fashion, according to a study that tracked protesters anonymously via cell phones.

‘Neither ironic or funny’: Cell data reveals right-wing lockdown protesters may be spreading COVID-19

“The behavior we’re seeing at protests carries a high risk of infection,” said Dr. Rob Davidson, an emergency care physician and executive director of the Committee to Protect Medicare. Cellphone data provided to The Guardian by advocacy group Committee to Protect Medicare shows that the right-wing anti-lockdown protests encouraged by President Donald Trump may have resulted in the spread of coronavirus […]

Anti-lockdown protests in US may have helped spread coronavirus, phone data suggests

‘We can see protesters are going from a highly concentrated event and then dispersing widely’

'Neither Ironic or Funny': Cell Data Reveals Right-Wing Lockdown Protesters May Be Spreading Covid-19

Jake Johnson, staff writer"The behavior we're seeing at protests carries a high risk of infection," said Dr. Rob Davidson, an emergency care physician and executive director of the Committee to Protect Medicare.

Cellphone data reveals right-wing lockdown protesters may be spreading COVID-19: 'Neither ironic or funny'

Cellphone data provided to The Guardian by advocacy group Committee to Protect Medicare shows that the right-wing anti-lockdown protests encouraged by President Donald Trump may have resulted in the spread of coronavirus across the country as some demonstrators traveled to the events from out of sta

Study of Cellphone Data Shows How Anti-Lockdown Protesters Spread Coronavirus

A study conducted by the progressive campaign group the Committee to Protect Medicare suggests demonstrators at anti-lockdown protests have spread the novel coronavirus. The information was gathered from anonymized location data from opt-in cellphone apps. According to The Guardian, with whom the organization shared its data, “data scientists at the firm VoteMap used it to determine … Continue reading "Study of Cellphone Data Shows How Anti-Lock…