A viral video shows a woman yelling at a nurse to “go to China if you want Communism” amid a coronavirus lockdown protest.

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The incident was captured Sunday as healthcare workers stood in the streets. They were counterprotesting against the hundreds gathered at the Colorado State Capitol to demand that stay-at-home orders be lifted.

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Scott Dworkin, co-founder of the Democratic Coalition, posted the video to Twitter where it received over 13 million views.

Two nurses stage a counter protest 💙 pic.twitter.com/GzInxIp5y2 — Scott Dworkin (@funder) April 20, 2020

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Unrest has been building as Americans face unemployment and small businesses struggle to stay afloat.

Over the weekend, protesters gathered around the country to oppose lockdown measures meant to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus. On Twitter, users were outraged by the video of a protester yelling at frontline healthcare workers.

Actress Kristen Johnston tweeted her disbelief.

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“I can’t believe these Denver healthcare workers had to do this,” she wrote. “Like they aren’t already risking their lives.”

This image. I can’t believe these Denver healthcare workers had to do this. Like they aren’t already risking their lives. pic.twitter.com/LBYl78yxa0 — kristen johnston (@thekjohnston) April 20, 2020

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Many others condemned the woman for telling the healthcare worker to “go to China.”

If you havent seen the video of the woman yelling at a healthcare worker to "go to china if you want communism" in Denver's it makes me a special kind of ashamed for our country. Yelling at healthcare workers"you can go to work, why cant i" really? Stupid motherfuckers. — Not the America I served #Iwantmycountryback (@asbennett13_a) April 20, 2020

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To the stupid bitch that told the nurse 'to go to China' you do realize that thanks to people like you this virus will keep going around America like A FREAKING MERRY-GO-ROUND and sports, concerts, vacations, etc. will be canceled indefinitely.

My god, people are whack jobs. — Smokeycat_returns (@SmokeycatR) April 20, 2020

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On Monday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-diseases expert, responded to the protests that occurred this weekend.

“The message is that clearly this is something that is hurting, from the standpoint of economics and the standpoint of things that have nothing to do with the virus,” he stated. “But unless we get the virus under control, the real recovery economically is not going to happen.”

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