Capitol Riot Likely a Superspreader Event as Pandemic Sees Deadliest Day Yet

The violent siege on the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Wednesday left the nation shaken to its core, but new concerns have mounted around the possibility of the insurrection proving to be a coronavirus super spreader event. The United States reported more than 4,000 deaths on Thursday, and the largely unmasked mob of rioters that stormed the locked down Capitol may well have brought the coronavirus along with them. There’s also concern about new super-infectious strains being transmitted.