So-called coronavirus problem started after a TikTok influencer shared a clip of herself licking a aircraft bathroom seat. SCREENGRAB: TWITTER
A person who filmed himself licking a bathroom bowl within the ‘ #coronavirus problem’ is now reportedly unwell in hospital with the lethal illness. ➡️https://t.co/9Kg3gCi4vZ pic.twitter.com/fmFGfAivdS
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A social media influencer from California has claimed he’s in hospital with coronavirus simply days after posting a video of himself licking a bathroom bowl for a revolting TikTok problem.
Larz, 21, who was additionally a part of a craze which noticed kids licking tubs of ice cream in supermarkets, revealed in a since-deleted tweet: ‘I tested positive for Coronavirus.’
The put up which features a video of him languishing in a hospital mattress is a far cry from the foul video he posted 5 days in the past of him licking a public bathroom seat, which was captioned: “RT (retweet) to spread awareness for the Coronavirus.”
It was an imitation – or meme – of a reckless and abhorrent stunt by TikTok sensation Ava Louise.
The 22-year-old filmed herself licking the bathroom seat on a aircraft with the caption ‘coronavirus challenge.’
Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan referred to as Larz ‘scum’ and mentioned that his catching the virus was ‘karma.’
Morgan mentioned this morning: ‘Karma is a wierd factor. In the event you behave in such a reckless, moronic, selfless method, karma will meet up with you.
“I don’t take any pleasure, I don’t wish illness on people, but this has got to stop. These acts of reckless stupidity. That guy who licked the toilet bowl, did he infect anyone else?.”
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Larz beforehand appeared on Dr Phil with one other influencer Bameron Kall, 20, the place they mentioned how they’d licked tubs of ice cream and spat mouthwash again into the bottle in viral movies.
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“I don’t talk to my family,’ Larz told Dr Phil “They’re irrelevant. None of them have followers, if they got followers or got rich I’d probably talk to them again.”
Larz bragged about he had “lots of money” from paid sponsorship offers throughout his social media accounts the place he posts photos with luxurious automobiles and celebrities.
It comes amid a worrying spate of comparable incidents throughout the US with youthful generations utilizing social media to mock coronavirus and achieve ‘clout’.
Simply yesterday, a 26-year-old from Missouri was charged with making a terrorist risk after he filmed himself licking a row of toiletry merchandise at a Walmart.
Cody Pfister, 26, of Warrenton, Missouri, uploaded the video to Snapchat on March 11 and was charged on Tuesday with ‘knowingly causing a false belief or fear that a condition involving danger to life existed.’
Warrenton police mentioned they’d acquired complaints from all over the world together with the UK, Eire and the Netherlands and mentioned it takes these issues ‘extremely seriously.’
The article initially appeared in Mail Online
