Kirk Cameron protests stay-at-home orders with Christmas carol sing-along
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Actor Kirk Cameron makes a point as he speaks before U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions address at the Western Conservative Summit, Friday, June 8, 2018, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. â Actor Kirk Cameron held a âpeaceful protestâ against coronavirus pandemic restrictions Sunday, getting together hundreds of people in Southern California to sing Christmas carols.
Video shared on
Cameronâs Facebook page shows a large crowd, tightly packed without masks, singing carols with musicians at a mall parking lot in Thousand Oaks. At one point, Cameron tilts the camera down to himself and gives a thumbs up.
Cameron s caroling event was held Sunday evening outside The Oaks mall in Thousand Oaks.
Video of the event shows hundreds of people gathered to sing Christmas carols, few of them wearing masks or practicing social distancing.
It is generating backlash in Ventura County, which like most of Southern California is seeing a dangerous post-Thanksgiving surge in cases and hospitalizations linked to COVID-19.
Ventura County has reported nearly 27,000 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
But on Monday alone, the county reported 2,651 new cases - a 10% increase in a single day.
The county has reported 199 deaths from the virus and 1,307 people hospitalized since the start of the pandemic.
Cameron s caroling event was held Sunday evening outside The Oaks mall in Thousand Oaks.
Video of the event shows hundreds of people gathered to sing Christmas carols, few of them wearing masks or practicing social distancing.
It is generating backlash in Ventura County, which like most of Southern California is seeing a dangerous post-Thanksgiving surge in cases and hospitalizations linked to COVID-19.
Ventura County has reported nearly 27,000 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
But on Monday alone, the county reported 2,651 new cases - a 10% increase in a single day.
The county has reported 199 deaths from the virus and 1,307 people hospitalized since the start of the pandemic.