However one good outcome from such a protest is the effect of such a mass gathering. For example the recent Queensland council elections which meant millions or Queenslander went out and voted resulted in no identifiable increase in coronavirus during the 14 days that followed.
With the Black Lives Matter protests is was unfortunately that immediately after the protests the reporting linked people who went to the protest with coronavirus and people who just read the headlines or heard them on TV, may have thought the people got coronavirus or spread the coronavirus at the protests.
The reality is after 14 days there's been no link to infections as a result of people attending the Black Lives Matter protests in Victoria. That's a good outcome as it shows there is very little infection hidden in the community that is not directly linked to an known infected person.
Kelvin Eldridge
NOTE: There's been three cases linked to the Black Lives Matter protests. The first two occurred too early to have been caught at the protest and the third nearly 12 days after the protest, likely too late to have results from the protest. The reporting does say these cases are linked to the protest and whilst that is true because the people did attend the protest, their attendance is the only link and not the actual infection. To me stating there's a link my lead people to think there's a link between the coronavirus infection and the protest.
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