As fears grow surrounding the coronavirus outbreak, which seems to have originated in China, people of Asian descent have been harassed.
This was apparent in a video that shows a man on an NYC subway spraying an Asian man with Febreeze and telling the man to stay away. City Comptroller Scott Stringer responded to the video on Twitter, writing:
The coronavirus is in countries all over the world. The discrimination against Asian New Yorkers has to stop. NOW.
Treat each other with respect. We are all in this together. https://t.co/bh46t1fkO3
— Scott M. Stringer (@NYCComptroller) March 4, 2020