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Despite protests, including Harrisburg’s, most Americans still support coronavirus restrictions

  • By Scott Detrow, Mara Liasson/NPR and Brett Sholits/WITF
Protesters hold handmade signs outside the capitol in Harrisburg on Monday, April 20, 2020.

 Kate Landis / WITF

Protesters hold handmade signs outside the capitol in Harrisburg on Monday, April 20, 2020.

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Demonstrations supported by national conservative groups have begun to spring up across the country to protest the severe restrictions that public health experts say are necessary to prevent thousands of additional deaths from the coronavirus outbreak.

Transforming Health reporter Brett Sholits joined NPR’s Politics Podcast to share his experience at a rally to “reopen” Pennsylvania on Monday.

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