Elizabeth Tippett
Frontline workers frequently make short TikTok videos while on the job. Source: Tzido/Getty Images.
As the Thanksgiving holiday was winding down, a medical centre in Salem, Oregon, found itself in the middle of a frothing social media mess. A nurse named Ashley Grames posted a video on TikTok that went viral in which she mock-confessed to ignoring coronavirus health guidelines.
The video which Grames has since taken down, though it remains available on other feeds is less than 15 seconds long. And if you’re not familiar with TikTok tropes, the video will seem very weird.
The nurse is wearing scrubs and seemingly at a medical facility. She lip-syncs to a short audio clip from