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Anti-coronavirus restriction backlash on the horizon
1 month ago | By Boston Herald
The backlash is coming.
It already seems clear that the first major political and culture eruption of the Biden years will be a roiling populist backlash against the next round of COVID-19 restrictions.
We saw this sentiment play out in sporadic anti-lockdown demonstrations last spring and it has driven ongoing resistance to masks, but it is, in all likelihood, about to reach an entirely new level - fueled by exhaustion with the virus, elite hypocrisy and the shattered credibility of the public-health establishment.
The ascension of Joe Biden will add force to the reaction.
The right's...
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