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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Health care workers in North Carolina on Tuesday held a counterprotest against yet another “ReOpen NC” rally in the state capital. About a dozen nurses, doctors and other health care workers, wearing scrubs and masks, stood outside the State Archives of North Carolina in Raleigh with their arms crossed. Some carried signs reading “Stay Home For ME” and “I Can’t Believe I Have to Show Up Here Too.”AdvertisementThey stood in a formation that allowed them to practice social distancing, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends.These protesters carried signs promoting debunked conspiracy theories about COVID-19, which has already infected over 1 million people and killed over 57,000 . There have been over 9,500 reported cases of COVID-19 in North Carolina, , resulting in over 340 deaths. AdvertisementOne of ReOpen NC’s lead organizers, Audrey Whitlock, revealed this week that she had . The protesters also heckled and harassed the health care workers ― front-line workers in the fight against both COVID-19 and a right-wing campaign to downplay the dangers of the virus ― who remained silent and stoic. “My grandma taught me not to argue with a fool because onlookers can’t tell who’s who,” Amber Brown, a nurse from Kernersville who attended the protest, told HuffPost over the phone Tuesday. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs people screamed at them, our health care workers stood in silence defending our state.This is courage and composure in it's purest form. — Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon)The poll found that a majority of Republicans also oppose the protests, even though AdvertisementAdvertisementA HuffPost Guide To Coronavirus Suggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Health care workers in North Carolina on Tuesday held a counterprotest against yet another “ReOpen NC” rally in the state capital. About a dozen nurses, doctors and other health care workers, wearing scrubs and masks, stood outside the State Archives of North Carolina in Raleigh with their arms crossed. Some carried signs reading “Stay Home For ME” and “I Can’t Believe I Have to Show Up Here Too.”AdvertisementThey stood in a formation that allowed them to practice social distancing, which the Centers for...

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