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A group of nurses who posed dancing with a fake coronavirus ‘victim’ in a bag for a TikTok video have been criticized.
Nurses can be seen wearing what appears to be a dead person in images posted on the social media platform.
Some viewers suspected that the stunt could have been based on the meme of viral dancers from Ghana.
Doctors and nurses around the world have been using social media to create joyous performances in hospitals to lift spirits during the pandemic.
However, not everyone has been impressed by the clip, which features the group wearing a protection kit and carrying a ‘Covid-19’ body bag stamped in red print.
The Internet has sometimes turned to doctors for spending time creating social media content in hospitals where patients die and families cannot see loved ones for fear of contracting the virus.
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But even other doctors said the latest clip with a fake bagged corpse had taken the TikTok hospital trend too far.
Some suspected that it may have been based on the ‘Ghana funeral dancer’ meme, which has become an unlikely macabre success during the course of the pandemic.
Images of well-dressed Ghanaian bears performing skillful dance routines while carrying royal coffins began circulating in March, even as the pandemic accelerated.
Memes are often regurgitated on the TikTok quick launch video platform, where they evolve into new viral trends.
Some who criticized the nurses’ video said they understood that it could be interpreted as “dark humor,” referring to the dark type of comedy that is used as a defense mechanism to help people overcome the tragedy.
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But others called the trick in bad taste as the global death toll from coronavirus approaches 240,000 and exceeds 27,000 in the UK.
It is unclear where the TikTok clip was filmed and the nurses are not identified in the post.
However according to the Mail Online, the images are believed to have been filmed in a hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Twitter user Brian Holan wrote that he had served in the military and could appreciate “black humor.”
“However, you have to realize that the average person sees it differently. If you are going to do this kind of humor well, just keep it to yourself,” he wrote.
Another Twitter user by the name of Lion Cub Online claimed to have worked in the emergency departments and said he agreed with the criticism.
“I agree with you 1000%. I have worked in emergency rooms, urban hospitals and in crisis teams. I know the value of black humor as self-preservation … but they should not have put it on social media. “
Others were more forgiving, noting that the nurses were probably raffling off the popular clothes-wearing meme and didn’t appear to be wearing a real body.
A Twitter user wrote that they interpreted the dance as the nurses celebrating victory over the virus.
“They carry the body of Covid19 … because they beat him. To the tune of the funeral meme that has been going around.”
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