In a Facebook message on September 10 by Willem Engel, leader of the Virus Truth action group (formerly Virus Madness, red.) he criticized the fact that the Guldenakker residential care center was closing due to multiple corona infections. The message starts with the words ‘just a DIY assignment in between’ and then mentions the number of the residential care center.
The result was ‘ten to twelve phone calls full of insults to our receptionists’, says the spokesman for Thebes, parent company of the residential care center. ‘A few callers also promised to’ completely destroy ‘our employees. It went on for about eight days and had a huge impact on the front desk staff. And that was in addition to the emotional conversations with family members, carers and our residents themselves following the closure. ‘
The spokesperson, whose number is on Thebes website, has also received a phone call. ‘I’ve never experienced anything like it. Almost immediately, an emotional lady began to scold, saying that she hoped that I would also get corona, that I would die a painful, slow and lonely death. And that she would stalk and destroy me. I was baffled. ‘
The Guldenakker closed by order of the local GGD, in consultation with the elderly doctor of the residential care center, after several residents and employees had tested positive for the coronavirus without identifying the source. The residential care center has been open again since Wednesday.
Campaign
In the meantime, more and more celebrities are backing out after they had called on their fans in recent days to be critical of corona measures, under the slogan #ikdoenietmeermee. This campaign came as well created under the influence of corona skeptic Willem Engel. Engel says the promotion was conceived in an app group he helped set up.
Vlogger Famke Louise, an influential social media personality with a million followers on Instagram, made the call together with rapper Bizzey and a series of other often young celebrities. They spoke the text in videos on Monday: ‘Only together can we get the government under control. I no longer participate. Free the people!’
Singers Tim Douwsma and Thomas Berge, DJ Mental Theo, and rappers Yes-R and Bizzey, among others, deleted or changed their message on social media. Douwsma added on Tuesday evening On 1 that he does not adhere to Engel’s ideas, and changed the hashtag on his social media channels from #ikdoenietmeermee to #ikblijfcritisch.
Respect
Bee Jinek Famke Louise was given the space to express her concerns about that people lose their jobs and companies go bankrupt. ‘I just think that the cabinet is not taking that into account enough. The impact of this virus is much greater than anyone thinks, it really is a social problem. ‘
Later in the broadcast, she emphasizes that she has ‘a great deal of respect for corona’ and that she does adhere to the one-half-meter standard. Intensivist Diederik Gommers, on the other side of the table, then says that he would like to start a conversation with young people.
But, he warns her, it is irresponsible for people with a lot of influence on young people to declare that they no longer adhere to the corona measures. “You may be done with the virus, the virus is not done with us.”
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