The Social Distancing Backlash Is Here

A growing array of people on the left and the right are questioning how policies meant to stop the virus are being implemented

Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
Published in
5 min readApr 17, 2020

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People gather on the Capitol’s steps to protest Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Stay Safe, Stay Home executive order on April 15, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. Photo: Elaine Cromie/Getty Images

It’s been about one month since local and state governments began encouraging social distancing and implementing stay-at-home policies in an attempt to curb the spread of the novel

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Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
Writer for

Award-winning Puerto Rican journalist. Senior Writer at New York Magazine’s The Cut. Formerly GEN, Refinery29, and more. Read my work: https://www.thecut.com/