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Guy To Travel Around Florida Dressed As The Grim Reaper To The Beaches That Opened Prematurely
Imagine you’re at the beach enjoying the waves washing over your feet and the sun warming your skin. That’s when you notice a tall, black-robed figure with a scythe out of the corner of your eye. You take a better look and that’s when you realize it’s the Grim Reaper!
Florida lawyer Daniel Uhlfelder plans to travel around his state beaches from May 1 to warn people about the dangers of not social distancing—all dressed up as the Grim Reaper. Uhlfelder was quite obviously inspired to do this by New Zealand’s public service campaign where a person dresses up as the infamous Swim Reaper to promote water safety and tries to prevent deaths from drowning.
While Uhlfelder’s main message is to make sure that Floridians know how important it is to stay at home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, he also plans to use his Reaper get-up to raise money for Democrats running for federal office.
More info: Twitter | Facebook | SwimReaper.co.nz | Instagram (Swim Reaper)
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Here’s what some people had to say about beaches reopening
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Lawyer Daniel Uhlfelder plans to dress up as the grim reaper, obviously inspired by New Zealand’s Swim Reaper
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The lawyer plans to teach people about social distancing and is using the opportunity to raise funds for Democrats
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According to Uhlfelder, he already ordered the Grim Reaper clothing
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Florida has more than 27.8k people infected with the coronavirus. More than 4.2k people are in hospital due to the disease while the virus has claimed the lives of more than 860 people. According to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the state had “flattened the curve” and he claimed that they avoided what happened in New York City and Italy.
Meanwhile, the Swim Reaper who Uhlfelder was almost certainly inspired by has had huge positive effects in New Zealand. The confrontational Swim Reaper campaign that was launched in December 2016 used dark humor to make young males aware of the danger they’re in.
Kiwi men from 15 to 34 years old used to make up a third of all preventable drownings; now the numbers are lower, closer to a quarter.
The Swim Reaper has more than 443k followers on Instagram and warns people about things like riptides, how dangerous swimming near rocks really is, and how you should never, ever swim when drunk.
And here is the confrontational Swim Reaper who warns people in New Zealand about water safety
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The Swim Reaper campaign has already had positive effects in New Zealand
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What do you think ?
JK Rowling 5 years ago
Can we all just stop arguing over nonsense and just enjoy that grim reaper on a unicorn floatie?
Carol Emory 5 years ago
As dumb as the Governor of Florida is to open up the beaches this early...The Mayor of Las Vegas has already claimed the Covidiot Champion of April Award...
elfin 5 years ago
At least they are excellent bad examples (much like trump). Whatever they say or do, don't.
Load More Replies... Hans 5 years ago
"Florida Lawyer Plans To Dress Up As A Reaper TO GET ATTENTION AND TO ADVERTISE HIS BUSINESS".
CP 5 years ago
I must have missed the advertisement. Where did you find it?
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago (edited)
That is not a good idea opening places up too early. There are still so many ignorant and stupid people out there that do not adhere to the social distancing. Just look at Singapore, they thought they had it under control and had very few cases because of the preventions they had in place and now they are having hundreds to over a thousand cases appear because foreign workers that have brought it into their country. I know economically we can't be isolated forever but opening everything up too early including our borders is a recipe for a disaster. The US has the most cases of Covid-19 than anywhere else in the world, they have overtaken Italy by thousands. There have been over 800,000 cases and over 45,000 deaths. Florida has had over 25,000 cases and over 800 deaths. Is that really a risk worth taking. In Australia we have over 6,500 cases and 74 deaths yet we are still being very cautious even though we only have a small amount compared to many places in the world. Be smart and stay safe.
Bob Beltcher 5 years ago
Awesome. I hope people get the hint that this isn't going away after staying inside for a single month.
Eunice Probert 5 years ago
But he hasn't got a cat. Death always carries a cat. And where is Binky, hmmm?
La Petite Morte 5 years ago
I have wanted a My Little Binky set since I read that book. Also, I adore Susan. She's my role model.
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La Petite Morte 5 years ago
Sadly, yes. People in my industry (Funeral Service) are running balls to the wall to keep up. The last time Chicago had to get refrigerated trucks to hold the body overflow was during the heat wave of 1995 when 732 people died over 5 days. The current death toll for Cook County is 1,072. That's a lot of refrigerated trucks...
Load More Replies... Jax 5 years ago
Seems hypocritical. Going to the beach to tell others not to go to the beach...
JK Rowling 5 years ago
Can we all just stop arguing over nonsense and just enjoy that grim reaper on a unicorn floatie?
Carol Emory 5 years ago
As dumb as the Governor of Florida is to open up the beaches this early...The Mayor of Las Vegas has already claimed the Covidiot Champion of April Award...
elfin 5 years ago
At least they are excellent bad examples (much like trump). Whatever they say or do, don't.
Load More Replies... Hans 5 years ago
"Florida Lawyer Plans To Dress Up As A Reaper TO GET ATTENTION AND TO ADVERTISE HIS BUSINESS".
CP 5 years ago
I must have missed the advertisement. Where did you find it?
Load More Replies... Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago (edited)
That is not a good idea opening places up too early. There are still so many ignorant and stupid people out there that do not adhere to the social distancing. Just look at Singapore, they thought they had it under control and had very few cases because of the preventions they had in place and now they are having hundreds to over a thousand cases appear because foreign workers that have brought it into their country. I know economically we can't be isolated forever but opening everything up too early including our borders is a recipe for a disaster. The US has the most cases of Covid-19 than anywhere else in the world, they have overtaken Italy by thousands. There have been over 800,000 cases and over 45,000 deaths. Florida has had over 25,000 cases and over 800 deaths. Is that really a risk worth taking. In Australia we have over 6,500 cases and 74 deaths yet we are still being very cautious even though we only have a small amount compared to many places in the world. Be smart and stay safe.
Bob Beltcher 5 years ago
Awesome. I hope people get the hint that this isn't going away after staying inside for a single month.
Eunice Probert 5 years ago
But he hasn't got a cat. Death always carries a cat. And where is Binky, hmmm?
La Petite Morte 5 years ago
I have wanted a My Little Binky set since I read that book. Also, I adore Susan. She's my role model.
Load More Replies... La Petite Morte 5 years ago
Sadly, yes. People in my industry (Funeral Service) are running balls to the wall to keep up. The last time Chicago had to get refrigerated trucks to hold the body overflow was during the heat wave of 1995 when 732 people died over 5 days. The current death toll for Cook County is 1,072. That's a lot of refrigerated trucks...
Load More Replies... Jax 5 years ago
Seems hypocritical. Going to the beach to tell others not to go to the beach...
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