Minnesota health officials: Protests will 'accelerate the spread'

ROCHESTER, Minn.-- While acknowledging "the pain, anguish, sadness and anger," driving protests throughout the Twin Cities, Minnesota Commissioner of Health Jan Malcolm on Thursday, May 28, encouraged protesters who gather in public "to please just be mindful of the risk, and that risk can be reduced" by social distancing and wearing masks. "We fully recognize," Malcolm added, "how difficult that would be in a situation like this." The state's top health official later affirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state are likely to rise from demonstrations this week in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death while being arrested by Minneapolis police. "I...