Grim Reaper appears on local news to protest beach openings
If you don't take social distancing seriously, you might run into the Grim Reaper.
In more ways than one.
Lawyer Daniel Uhlfelder went viral last weekend after lurking around Florida beaches dressed as death himself in protest of beachgoers enjoying the sun without proper social distancing, putting their communities at risk of COVID-19. While many states around the country are extending their stay-at-home mandates, others, like Georgia, are easing into reopening nonessential businesses.
Tweet may have been deleted
Uhlfelder is not a fan — he, along with health experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci, are cautious of society returning to normal so soon. He made an appearance on a local ABC station Friday to warn Floridians against flocking to beaches while the pandemic rages on.
And obviously he did it dressed as the Grim Reaper. In the most 2020 scene imaginable, reporter Faith Graham handed the mic over to the death himself for comment.
Tweet may have been deleted
"I'm a huge proponent of public beaches and I've been fighting for that for years, but I think the danger of bringing people here to the area and spreading the virus," the Reaper appeared to say. "I think it's going to prolong the recovery we have and I think that we should take better measures...It's too soon and it's not appropriate."
It's something. So is Graham's full report, below.
Personally, I thought the Grim Reaper would sound more soulless than Uhlfelder, but the lawyer does bring a sobering visual to the beach. The Centers for Disease Control still recommends staying at home, washing your hands, and covering your face if possible to avoid contracting and spreading the coronavirus.
And if you think for a secondthat you should attend a large gathering, just think of the Reaper.
TopicsViral VideosCOVID-19
(责任编辑:新闻中心)
- ·Tesla issues recall for 9,100 Model X cars
- ·Remember that alien megastructure star? It's probably not aliens
- ·[Newsmaker] Park aide Woo Byung
- ·一大批粤味“疆”至,让广东美食销往亚欧
- ·Ford can make your Mustang Mach
- ·Seoul City spends W4.8b to reduce 0.8 ton of fine dust
- ·The president and Puerto Rico, by the numbers
- ·[Herald Interview] ‘Sexual harassment is not personal, but social problem’
- ·NASA says Earth just had the hottest day ever recorded
- ·Giant jellyfish takes a swim with new diver friend, goes viral
- ·What Ever Happened to Winamp?
- ·Morgan delight after US make it to final
- ·Twitter Safety adds new rules that ban "private media"
- ·Microsoft's 'mixed reality' headsets aren't ready for primetime
- ·[From the Scene] How ‘world’s first oil town’ is wrestling to become ‘green'
- ·Officials once again try to ban bots from buying up online goods
- ·Balance tops list of Google Play's best apps of 2021
- ·Polestar has unveiled the official name and launch date for its new electric sedan
- ·Norris stuns Verstappen at Dutch GP
- ·What is Google Home?