The diagnoses of COVID-19 seem to be coming in thick and fast. Nobody is safe and the numbers of those infected keep getting higher every single day.
Nobody saw Coronavirus on the horizon until it was too late and I think it's simple to say that it is affecting every single one of us, whether you've got the virus or not.
However some people just aren't taking it seriously enough, and many of them are in California.
Keep scrolling to find out why.
On Friday morning, an important announcement came out of Washington, DC.
The world is currently in an incredibly turbulent time.
Over 200,000 people have now been infected with the virus.
And, here in the States, we aren't faring much better.
Several cities have declared states of emergencies...
World leaders have been scrambling to find a solution to the outbreak for months now...
Trump has remained valiantly confident in America's resilience to the virus.
In January, just after the initial COVID-19 outbreak, he was quizzed on his thoughts on the virus, in which he replied: “It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine."And, even when the number of COVID-19 cases in America started to climb...
He remained calm, and repeatedly stressed that there was nothing to be too worried about.Trump has persistently fought against the media regarding the pandemic.
And, at one point, even dubbed the virus as being a "fake news media" conspiracy.And, as the months trickled by...
President Trump simply wouldn't budge from his stance on the virus and even went on to compare it to the common flu. This was one of his most dangerous and false statements about the virus, and caused plenty of outrage amongst both Americans and people all over the world.And, the very next day, the President was accused of "lying" to the American public regarding free medical testing.
Things needed to change.
But, thankfully, Trump seemed to have a sudden change of heart.
This move freed up around $50 billion in federal funding...
It seems that now, President Trump is finally taking the pandemic seriously.
In presser, Trump says “we have a problem that a month ago nobody ever thought about.” Trump was first briefed abo… https://t.co/nMe2l4GxN1— Dan Diamond (@Dan Diamond)1584388264.0
The President has been doing some serious backtracking.
Trump: “I felt it was a pandemic long before it was declared a pandemic.” https://t.co/v3B3UQhbdM— Jan Postma (@Jan Postma)1584463905.0
He has now been sending a very different message to his people...
And, like the other world leaders have all been doing, has been encouraging his citizens to band together and support one another.And he has sent out a message of love and positivity to all those affected by the virus.
.@realDonaldTrump's message to all Americans: "We love them, we're with them, we will not let them down!" https://t.co/l6Metor1gB— Steve Guest (@Steve Guest)1584551313.0
And the latest out of the White House might be the biggest news yet.
"Neither President Trump nor Vice President Pence had close contact with the individual."
Coronavirus began in Wuhan, China
Some people even think it began with Tangled.
Tangled came out ten years ago.
And the town outside is called?
Wait a minute here...In tangled, Rapunzel is trapped in a tower (quarantine) and hidden from the kingdom named Coro… https://t.co/7mcktIUYH7— Jared Talbot (@Jared Talbot)1584190238.0
It's certainly pretty weird.
When you realized Rapunzel was quarantined for 16 years and the fictional kingdom where she was born is called “Cor… https://t.co/2pIj6CWNuY— D J (@D J)1584343947.0
COVID-19 is hitting everybody.
Hungry monkeys fight over a banana in Thailand as tourist numbers plummet because of coronavirus https://t.co/zrowWOCvDn— The Sun (@The Sun)1584817800.0
Unfortunately it's hurting animals too.
Why?
So my dog has been so happy that everyone is home for quarantine, that his tail has stopped working, so we went to… https://t.co/MZcschBcZO— Emma smith (@Emma smith)1584701076.0
Tweeting about it, his owner wrote:
Didn’t expect this happen😂, for those asking, he is currently on pain relief and the vet said he should be healed w… https://t.co/BBipFsH8Pe— Emma smith (@Emma smith)1584774129.0
So my dog has been so happy that everyone is home for quarantine, that his tail has stopped working, so we went to the vet and the vet said ‘he had sprained his tail from excessively wagging. Didn’t expect this happen, for those asking, he is currently on pain relief and the vet said he should be healed within a week, this is him on the 2nd day. He is super happy and there is now movement from side to side but he is struggling to lift it up in the air. His name is Rolo and he is a Dachshund (sausage dog).
However, some people aren't taking it seriously.
And many of those people are in California, USA.California is on lockdown.
#SanDiego #California where our Beaches, Boardwalks and Piers are all wide open. People are out enjoying the sun. 🌞… https://t.co/4Jbi8Z4AB8— Amie Zamudio (@Amie Zamudio)1584838907.0
But photos show...
While California Governor Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom issues statewide “stay at home” order for 40M Californians, peo… https://t.co/WJKEE6EuCF— Preston Phillips (@Preston Phillips)1584671377.0
What the hell?
🚨🚨TODAY: Huntington Beach, California PLEASE #StayHome this is NOT #SocialDistancing This will only prolong… https://t.co/AcKQgzMELZ— Peter Morley (@Peter Morley)1584832466.0
And even now.
They took to the trails yesterday.
I guess people in Hermosa Beach don't give a shit about social distancing????? https://t.co/yR1YoWC3Nl— Vires Et Honestas (@Vires Et Honestas)1586051081.0