Miami Spring Breakers "If I Get Corona, I Get Corona" Video

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Miami Spring Breakers "If I Get Corona I Get Corona" Video is a viral video featuring college-aged adults on spring break in Miami discussing their ambivalence towards the novel coronavirus. The video sparked outrage and mockery from the public, many of which criticized those not practicing social distancing as harmful and irresponsible. Some have referred to the men in the video as Corona Chad.

Origin

On March 18th, 2020, the official CBS News Twitter account tweeted a video interview with various college-aged adults celebrating spring break in Miami during the coronavirus outbreak. They captioned the video, "'If I get corona, I get corona. At the end of the day, I'm not gonna let it stop me from partying': Spring breakers are still flocking to Miami, despite coronavirus warnings." The post received more than 25 million views, 61,000 likes, 24,000 comments and 20,000 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below).

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Following the release of the video, people began retweeting the post and sharing their opinions on the interviewees. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted,^[1] "38% of hospitalized #Coronavirus patients were aged 20 to 54. Listen to the stats -- not this guy. STAY HOME!" The tweet received more than 8,300 likes and 2,900 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, left).

Following the post, people began mocking the people in the video. Twitter^[3] user @pamelam35 shared a screenshot of one of the interviewees and wrote, "tell me this boy aint already sick." The post received more than 7,200 likes and 185 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, center). Twitter^[4] user @lildzaddy compared another to an image of SpongeBob SquarePants (shown below, right).

That day, Redditor ^[2] agt13 shared the video in the /r/fuckthesepeople and received more than 945 points (96% upvoted) and 100 comments in less than 24 hours. Redditor^[5] epiphenomenalmonkey shared the image on the /r/trashy subreddit, where it received more than 1,500 points (95% upvoted) and 300 comments in less than 24 hours.

Brady Sluder Apology

On March 22nd, 2020, the boy in the infamous clip, named Brady Sluder, posted a lengthy apology on his Instagram account,^[6] wherein he wrote he was sorry to the people he insulted and encouraged listening to local health officials (full post below).

The apology was covered by Buzzfeed.^[7]

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