Most Americans say they are concerned that coronavirus stay-at-home orders will be lifted too soon.
Most Americans say they are concerned that coronavirus stay-at-home orders will be lifted too soon.
US medical workers stand up to anti-lockdown protesters
At least two Colorado healthcare workers dressed in full scrubs with masks stood silently with their arms crossed on Sunday as they blocked a line of vehicles full of protesters honking their horns and screaming, "This is the land of the free."
"You go to work. Why can't I go to work!" a protester can be heard shouting at the medical worker from her truck in the city of Denver.
The silent protest countered the loud demonstration of those rallying against stay-at-home orders in the US state.
"They were blocking the roads until the police force stepped in," Alyssa McClaran, the photojournalist who captured the standoff, was quoted by the New York Times as saying. "People were putting their cars right up against them."
The healthcare workers are being described as "heroes" online after photos of the standoff went viral.
"This nurse blocking anti-lockdown protesters in #Denver, #Colorado is my hero of the day!" tweeted one Twitter user.
The standoff came amid a wave of protests, promoted by some far-right groups and prominent conspiracy theorists, against coronavirus lockdown measures in the United States. President Donald Trump appeared to support the protests last week, saying "LIBERATE MINNESOTA" and "LIBERATE MICHIGAN" in tweets Washington state Governor Jay Inslee said fomented "domestic rebellion".
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