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VOA \u2014 Thousands of anti-mask and vaccine mandate protesters rallied on the mall in Washington, D.C., on Sunday to voice opposition to the Biden administration’s COVID-19 mask and vaccine policies.<\/p>\nVOA \u2014 Thousands of anti-mask and vaccine mandate protesters rallied on the mall in Washington, D.C., on Sunday to voice opposition to the Biden administration’s COVID-19 mask and vaccine policies.<\/p>\n
Gathering at the base of the Washington Monument, and then marching to the Lincoln Memorial, the protesters held signs saying, “Make Love Not Mandates!!” and “Coercion is Not Choice.”<\/p>\n
COVID-19 has killed more than 860,000 people in the United States \u2013 and more than 5.5 million globally — over the two-year-long pandemic and has weighed heavily on the economy.<\/p>\n
On January 13, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination-or-testing mandate for large businesses — a policy the conservative justices deemed an improper imposition on the lives and health of many Americans — while endorsing a separate federal vaccine requirement for health care facilities.<\/p>\n
Many U.S. companies have implemented mandatory mask-wearing policies to protect their workers, as have various municipalities and cultural organizations.<\/p>\n
Masks remain polarizing. Biden, a Democrat, recently urged people to wear masks and noted that about a third of Americans report they do not wear masks at all. Many Republican-leaning states have no mask requirements. Some Democratic-governed states such as California have reimposed indoor mask mandates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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