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Re:America is giving up on the pandemic? by GuB-42 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @07:30PM (#23452024)
It is not "public health authorities". It is not a message from the government or any organization in a position of power. Instead, it is an open letter from health professionals.

They express themselves both as medical experts and as human beings, so having a political stance is no problem, as long as they make it clear which part of them is speaking. I think it is not clear enough in their letter, but in my opinion, there is absolutely nothing wrong with their message.

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Re:America is giving up on the pandemic? by SpicyLemonZest on Sunday June 07, 2020 @07:50PM (#23452145)
They're not expressing their support for the protests as a personal or political question separate from their medical expertise. The letter says that "white supremacy is a lethal public health issue", racism is "the paramount public health problem", and the protests are "vital to the national public health". This is beyond simply not making it clear enough; they're deliberately invoking their medical expertise as a source of authority for their political judgments.
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