Virus Rebels from France to Florida Flout Lockdown Practices

Medical Xpress ^

[nickcarraway]

Young German adults hold "corona parties" and cough toward older people. A Spanish man leashes a goat to go for a walk to skirt confinement orders. From France to Florida to Australia, kitesurfers, college students and others crowd the beaches.

Their defiance of lockdown mandates and scientific advice to fight the coronavirus pandemic has prompted crackdowns by authorities on people trying to escape cabin fever brought on by virus restrictions. In some cases, the virus rebels resist—threatening police as officials express outrage over public gatherings that could spread the virus.

"Some consider they're little heroes when they break the rules," French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said. "Well, no. You're an imbecile, and especially a threat to yourself."

[Sirius Lee]

Alright, the generation war has begun.

And here I am stuck in the middle again. Kill the boomers or kill the millennials, what to do, what to do? I think I'll sit back and have some popcorn.

[SisterK]

Some of us just don’t want to burn down the house to kill the termites. That’s all.

well said