Americans expressed outrage over viral photos taken at a crowded pool party at a water park in Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus originated.
Photos show thousands of Wuhan residents cooling off in a massive swimming pool at a water park in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province on Saturday, Aug. 15.
No one in the crowd appeared to be wearing a face mask or social distancing. The central Chinese city was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in December 2019.
The Wuhan water park was closed earlier this year after the coronavirus swept through Wuhan, killing thousands. The park reopened in June and has been crowded ever since.
Social media users expressed outrage over the photos, especially since millions of Americans can’t go to school or church because of restrictions and lockdowns in many U.S. states.
Global leaders have accused Chinese officials of delaying the news about the virus after it escaped a lab in Wuhan.
As of Tuesday, over 775,000 people have reportedly died from coronavirus-related illnesses around the world, according to data from John’s Hopkins University.
No Covid cases at all in 10 million Wuhan population. How could that be? They must not be using the same PCR test, that is showing 'cases' everywhere else, thereby giving them the excuse to continue their fascist laws https://t.co/9MV5qC360h
— OpenEyes (@SeekTheFacts) August 18, 2020
Wuhan throwing pool parties and we finna be COVID’d up til 2022 cuz everybody dumb
— hol’ on ocho… (@OchoBoomin) August 18, 2020
Wuhan China has had 0 cases since May and the US has had… a few million. Does anyone else see the issue or is it just me
— sad star wars fan (@Brand0ngg) August 18, 2020
No entiendo que tiene de malo. La gente de Wuhan no tiene la culpa del virus, en país siguió de manera correcta las medidas y por eso ya pueden seguir con su vida normal. No sabía que tenían que guardar luto por los demás países
— Arigatito ??? (@westernburger) August 18, 2020