A new name has now emerged for individuals who go against public health advice amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The new word made its way into the Urban dictionary over the weekend.
The definition reads: “Someone who ignores the warnings regarding public health or safety.
“A person who hoards goods, denying them from their neighbours.”
The online dictionary gives examples of how the phrase can be used, including: “Did you see that covidiot with 300 rolls of toilet paper in his basket?”
The new definition has been voted up hundreds of times by users of the website.
At a Downing Street press conference, NHS England National Medical Director Stephen Powis said people stockpiling essentials including food, medicine, and toilet paper “should be ashamed”.
See funny tweets making use of the word in a sentence below:
Remember this picture when you take more than you need! #COVIDIOTS #elderly pic.twitter.com/kulXgXFY8A
— Randy Elder (@RandyElder17) March 22, 2020
Stay Safe, Stay Healthy. #COVIDIOTS pic.twitter.com/D35xTQ1w68
— Quarantined Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) March 23, 2020
After having several rounds of sex overnight and she starts coughing and sneezing in the morning ????#COVIDIOTS pic.twitter.com/CJaFb3bvLW
— Olamide Popoola Of Ibadan (@lamidepopoola) March 23, 2020
After bashing and dragging the church yesterday because of the COVID19 pandemic, look at you all packed up in a bus on your way to work this morning. #COVIDIOTS
— Da Mayor of Tweet City ???? (@iam_damayor) March 23, 2020
pic.twitter.com/oTC7jEtA5b
#COVIDIOTS #COVIDIOTS Critical care nurse breaks down after finding empty supermarket shelves following 48 hour-shift. pic.twitter.com/KG8bLWQBPG
— ???? ??? Anis Qureshi (@TheAnisQureshi) March 23, 2020
#COVIDIOTS
— Quarantine_Tiwari_Ji (@IdkgoooogleIT) March 23, 2020
This big cat know the meaning of social distance but some people don't. pic.twitter.com/er4KZh8Jzr
