Monday, November 16, 2020byCommon Dreams

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“Actual public health professionals do not incite violence in response to guidelines or policy that they disagree with. The purpose of public health is to help people, not endanger them.”byKenny Stancil, staff writer

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White House adviser Dr. Scott Atlas implored Michiganders to “rise up” against new public health measures recently implemented by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) in an effort to curb the ongoing surge of Covid-19 infections. (Photos: Saul Loeb/AFP (L) and Chip Somodevilla (R) via Getty Images)

“It actually took my breath away, to tell you the truth.”

So said Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday morning after Scott Atlas, a member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, urged the state’s residents to “rise up” against new Covid-19 public health measures the governor ordered on Sunday as a way to curb the pandemic’s surging infection rate.

Whitmer pointed…