viral, racial

media barrage, fairness a mirage

suspicious, treacherous, insidious, perfidious

rumor, murmur, mutter, flutter, rolling thunder

intermingle, intersperse, interlock, interrupt, intermix, interracial

 reverberate, permeate, insinuate, undulate, fluctuate, propagate

animate, agitate, separate, segregate, discriminate, vindicate

resonate, reverberate, dedicate, dissipate

washing hands, masking responsibility

bending the curve

publicize, advertise

stumble, tumble, grumble, rumble

he read, she said, they pled, widespread

probable, questionable, mistrust, distrust

testing, tracing, tracking, traveling, treading

suggestion, commotion, dissatisfaction, disorganization

news threads, truth shreds, fanning the fire, blowing smoke

unrest, suspect, racing, pacing, close encounters, death counters

breaking the cycle?

frustration mounting
resistant strain, old refrain
temperature spiking.