Thousands of students, teachers, coaches, school administrators, and others flocked to Lansing, Michigan, on Saturday to protest Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s shutdown of high school winter sports.
Dozens of people, including many of the athletes themselves, gave speeches from the steps of the Michigan State Capitol calling on the governor and the Michigan Department of Health to lift the ban on winter contact sports, according to MLive. Michigan is one of the only states in the country to prohibit high school athletics because of the coronavirus, despite research showing that spread of the disease in schools with precautions is minimal.
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