A tired British doctor left the hospital where he was treating New Year’s Eve with the treatment of COVID-19 patients and shouted in a crowd of maskless protesters: ‘COVID is a joke. ‘
“I’m disgusting, but mostly sad,” Matthew Lee tweeted with video he shot the hundreds of protesters outside London St Thomas’ Hospital.
‘I wish people could see the amount of COVID-19 and deaths in hospitals and the sacrifices that health workers make. This week alone was so difficult. Their ignorance hurts others. I really wish people would keep themselves safe. ”
The UK is recording a huge increase in coronavirus cases as a highly contagious variant of the deadly bugs being torn apart by the population.
On New Year’s Eve, Londoners were warned not to party in groups outside, and indoor events banning mixed groups from different households were banned, reports The Independent.
Lee’s post was shared more than 24,000 times and tweeted again.
TV personality Piers Morgan was one who took note, tweet this he was “boiling” over Lee’s video. ‘If it’s a joke, let’s take all these rushes to the enclosed section without PBM. See how brave they feel when confronted with the reality of people suffocating death.
Lee, a Hong Kong native who makes videos about his life in medicine, was overwhelmed by the reaction. “Thank you very much for your support!” he tweeted on New Year’s Day. “Covid does not discriminate and we are all together on this.”