Front Line Workers Frustrated By Crowds Protesting Coronavirus Shutdown

BOSTON — As hundreds protested the state lockdown Monday, scenes of a crowded Beacon Street frustrated front line workers. Dr. Daniel Summers was among the many who took to social media to express their disappointment.

The North Andover physician tweeted: “These people right here are making my job, and my life overall, so much harder.”

Dr. Jon Santiago, an emergency physician and state legislator, says crowds at these types of large gatherings could set back their efforts in the fight against the coronavirus. “Quite frankly the protest was not only misguided it was selfish. And it really posed a threat to public health,” said Santiago.

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