Premier Daniel Andrews is facing harsh criticism after posted celebratory social media posts, with the families of the virus victims blasting him as “offensive” and a “smart arse”.
On Monday, the Premier posted a photo of himself revelling in the state’s first day of zero COVID-19 cases since June and Melbourne’s harsh lockdown coming to an end by eating a doughnut and enjoying a $120 whisky.
But not everyone shared the same sentiment, with many pointing out the families of the 800 people who died in the state’s second wave didn’t have anything to celebrate.
Sebastian Agnello, whose mother died from coronavirus, told the Herald Sun that Andrews was “totally responsible” for the second wave getting out of hand.
“If he is patting himself on the back with the doughnuts; that is a person who has lost the plot in the sense of what he’s actually caused and the deaths that came from it,” he said.
Melbourne businessman Frank Micallef, who lost both his parents to the virus, said the premier should be “begging for forgiveness” from Victorians and found his celebratory tweets “offensive on a number of fronts”.
Victoria recorded two new COVID-19 cases and two deaths on Wednesday.
