By Kristy Puchko | Social Media | April 20, 2020 |
By Kristy Puchko | Social Media | April 20, 2020 |
The pandemic has driven Americans into the streets to protest. However, they are not protesting a federal government that has caused life-threatening delays in a response. They are protesting state governments that are requesting people stay home to help cut down on the spread of COVID-19, which could overwhelm the healthcare system causing a spike in death rates.
A bone-headed protest in Denver, Colorado, got a lot of attention because of a showdown between a caterwauling protester and a masked man in scrubs that Twitter users have described as a nurse. Hanging out of a pick-up truck window, she held a sign that read, “LAND FREE,” while yelling at the nurse to “Go back to China.” The nurse stood, blocking the path of the driving protest with a quiet dignity as the horns of the moron parade blared. He was backed by another healthcare worker, who was also dressed in green scrubs and a face mask.
Nurses silently protest anti-lockdown demonstrators in Colorado.
— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) April 20, 2020
Something for the history books.pic.twitter.com/Z6szc3YWWC
This Is Working Class.
— Conseils Ouvriers (@contre_capital) April 20, 2020
Nurses blocking white protofascists middle-class protests in Denver USA 🔽 pic.twitter.com/b1quzWPKN0
Nurses blocking the anti-lockdown protest in Denver .
— Wee ian (@WeeRound) April 20, 2020
Common sense v No sense .
An iconic picture of Trumps USA . pic.twitter.com/Iy1pdf09Hu
STRIKING IMAGES: Healthcare workers blocking anti lockdown protests in U.S.
— Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) April 20, 2020
Decency vs. Depravity pic.twitter.com/kQLo9zLSCn
Take a deep breath and just be grateful that you’re not as painfully stupid as this woman is. https://t.co/3abEK0vE5o
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) April 20, 2020
This Is Working Class.
— Conseils Ouvriers (@contre_capital) April 20, 2020
Nurses blocking white protofascists middle-class protests in Denver USA 🔽 pic.twitter.com/b1quzWPKN0
Here we see a racist Karen in her non-native habitat telling a hard working Asian American nurse to “go to China.” Such fascinating yet peculiar behavior, since Karen may soon find herself in need of the nurse’s lifesaving care in the coming months. pic.twitter.com/ryvpuawfJ9
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) April 20, 2020
Healthcare workers confronting people protesting stay-at-home orders in Denver and blocking their cars.
— Charlie D (@CharlieDof93) April 20, 2020
Nurses blocking anti-lockdown protests in Denver is the kind of badassery that we should all aspire to as Americans. pic.twitter.com/E14p2g3YPb
This image. I can’t believe these Denver healthcare workers had to do this. Like they aren’t already risking their lives. pic.twitter.com/LBYl78yxa0
— kristen johnston (@thekjohnston) April 20, 2020
Not everyone was Team Healthcare Workers.
This is bullshit.
— Natalie F Danelishen (@Chesschick01) April 20, 2020
1.) When do doctors and nurses have time to protest? I thought they were "overwhelmed"?
2.) I just see places calling them "healthcare workers". I have not found names/ credentials yet. It could be Antifa in scrubs for all we know. #endthelockdown pic.twitter.com/kYxSZrn2mZ
There have been other protests too, just as stupid.
How TF do you protest a pandemic? You're fighting for mass deaths? 💀💀💀 pic.twitter.com/8Kqz1t6Z01
— Ms. Thandwa (@Thandwa_Kolele) April 20, 2020
Wow.
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) April 19, 2020
Alex Jones shaking hands with his fans at the “liberate” Texas protest is the stuff of nightmares.
pic.twitter.com/qHWotEqvHe
All you have to know about this Huntington Beach protest is that the guy holding the sign that says “COVID-19 IS A LIE” is wearing more PPE than most US frontline healthcare workers
— Sam Ghali, M.D. (@EM_RESUS) April 18, 2020
pic.twitter.com/rJagaRkAmK
Downtown San Diego as hundreds of “patriots” gather at the Hall of Justice to protest the Shelter-at-Home orders.
— The Travelers Club (@TravelersClubSD) April 18, 2020
The sound of honks, USA chants and “Sweet Home Alabama” can be heard blaring through the block. Police not enforcing any orders regarding the large-scale gathering. pic.twitter.com/fQZ2aAUpk4
How soon til she turns up dead from COVID-19 and then becomes the poster girl for America’s biggest dumbass? pic.twitter.com/5fPwnmijXz
— Rodrigo Perez 📽🎞📺 (@YrOnlyHope) April 20, 2020
It’s easy to roll our eyes at these “open the economy” protesters. We might think, ‘Fine. Expose yourself to the deadly virus, dummy.’ But it’s not just their own health and lives they are putting at risk. By flagrantly ignoring the advice of health experts, these protesters will spread the disease to their family, friends, fellow protesters, and anyone they refuse to give the respect of social distance. They are all potential Typhoid Marys. They could get people killed because COVID-19 doesn’t care about your politics or your faith. Disease is not a meritocracy.
Kentucky reports highest coronavirus infection increase after a week of protests to reopen state https://t.co/nLnAqn92hy
— Naveed Jamali (@NaveedAJamali) April 20, 2020
To that end, others have begged those protesting or considering breaking quarantine to remember those who have died already. Among them is five-year-old Skylar Herbert, the daughter of two first responders in Michigan. She is the first child to die of Coronavirus-related causes in the state.
And people want to protest to open the country up LOOK WHAT YOU ARE DOING STOP BEING SELFISH https://t.co/8zrZFEgaT1
— like she created the fucking rainbow🌈 (@Rocioceja_) April 20, 2020
Hard to read this and then thing of those people at those protests refusing to social distance. What are they thinking? https://t.co/N1mrjjfe6L
— Molly Jong-Fast🡠(@MollyJongFast) April 20, 2020
But hey, Karen needs a haircut.
This woman’s sign perfectly encapsulates this fucking “freedom” movement. What are a few million deaths when Karen needs a haircut? pic.twitter.com/9B16MCXTNd
— Liz Lincoln, books to get through quarantine (@TheLizLincoln) April 19, 2020