“They will feel guilty for the rest of our lives.”
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said on Sunday she found it “devastatingly worrisome” that anti-quarantine protesters in Michigan had flocked in tight quarters to the state Capitol, defying social-distancing guidelines.
Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” the doctor said the protesters at the rally were especially concerning because, “if they go home and infect their grandmother or their grandfather who has a comorbid condition, and they have a serious or an unfortunate outcome, they will feel guilty for the rest of our lives.”
While people have the right to protest, she added, “We need to protect each other at the same time we’re voicing our discontent.”
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Dr. Deborah Birx found it “devastatingly worrisome” that anti-quarantine protesters in Michigan had flocked in tight quarters to the state Capitolhttps://t.co/crD114eNEI
— POLITICO (@politico) May 3, 2020
This is how Americans now interpret freedom: Not as a political condition in a democratic society, but as a constant chant of "you're not the boss of me." This is not freedom, or at least not freedom in any political sense. It's a child-like understanding of autonomy. /1 https://t.co/lB7Xth6KCP
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 3, 2020
This is what happens when people believe that "freedom" means "telling everyone no," whether it's at work, or at a doctor's office, or in a group activity of any kind. It's a stage toddlers go through, but they grow out of it. This is permanent childhood. /3
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 3, 2020
The protesters demand this empowerment, but without any consequent responsibility. Adults would say: "I accept this risk." Children say: "Let me do what I want and if things go bad, it's not my fault and you have to help me anyway." They just want all this to go away. /5
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 3, 2020
So, be thankful for the adults around you wearing masks, staying in, working with the public at risk to themselves in an ER or even just manning a cash register at the grocery store. Citizens are adults, and we have to get through this despite the overgrown children among us. /7x
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 3, 2020
Birx: Anti-lockdown protests are "devastatingly worrisome" because if demonstrators who flaunt social distancing guidelines bring the virus back home and infect someone who gets seriously ill or dies "they will feel guilty for the rest of [their] lives"https://t.co/7yacufh4Pw
— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) May 3, 2020
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