Despite the global pandemic crisis that we are currently experiencing, some people just aren’t listening to the “stay at home” rules.
Keep scrolling to check out the police officers who took matters into their own hands when people refused to leave the beach…
This is the worst pandemic our world has seen in decades.
The deadly virus has completely taken over the world and it has been spreading at an alarming rate.
And many have now banned large and crowded events, including any travel to and from infected countries.
Our first case was confirmed in Washington in late January after a citizen returned from a trip to China.
Since the first case in Washington, there have been 400,000 more confirmed cases across the country.
And it has been proven that locking down public areas and avoiding social situations has helped reduce the chances of spreading the already out of control virus.
But it seems that not everyone feels the need to abide by these suggestions…
Scenes last month at the Clearwater Beach in Florida showed that a lot of people have completely disregarded these global warnings.
And even though many beaches in this area have been closed due to the pandemic, visitors still flocked anyway.
Some people just don’t quite realize the extent of this situation…
With 14,550 positive cases of the virus in the state of Florida, many of whom are teens or in their early twenties, the Centers for Disease Control has advised that all events with more than 50 people attending should be canceled – meaning people need to start taking this very seriously.
Officials have made it perfectly clear that mass gatherings are not allowed to happen until further notice…
And this includes religious gatherings, such as going to church on a Sunday.
But we need to accept the fact that these lockdowns have been implemented to save lives, and abusing the rules of them is a very selfish thing to do.
These methods range from fines to convictions, depending upon the severity of the case.
The U.K has been experiencing an influx of nice weather over the last few weeks which, as we can imagine, isn’t ideal for the nation who are currently in lockdown.
And people have been venturing out to local beaches to enjoy BBQs anyway.
A local resident began filming on his phone when 2 police officers approached the couple and began telling them to pack up their belongings.
And they just stare up at the officers as they continue to tell them to leave.
So one of the officers empties a passer-by’s helmet on the BBQ.
Savage.
This savagery has got the internet seriously talking.
A lot of people weren’t happy with the way the police officers dealt with the situation.
One user wrote online, “People have a right to be in the fresh air too, prisoners in their own home! If you have no symptoms for weeks & stay sat away from people then Where’s the danger?!”
“If they were from the same household – they weren’t hurting anyone, the beach was empty, they were the only ones on there – if it was crowded then is wrong what they are doing,” another user wrote.
“The fact is having a bbq is neither essential nor exercise, therefore, rules broken. As someone who HAS to remain inside for twelve weeks, I find it unbelievable that people are so thick in this day and age. I know first hand how hard this is. Just for someone else’s sake, maybe even someone else’s life, stay home unless you have NO choice but to go out,” one angry user wrote.
“Why do people think it’s acceptable to “have a day at the beach” pretending it’s their 1hr daily activity? The rest of us are not self-isolating so you get to enjoy the beach to yourself! STAY AT HOME! What makes you so bloody special!”