Glassman's tweets — in which he criticized the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation's statement that racism is a public health issue — sparked outrage online. Several partners, including Reebok, distanced themselves from CrossFit.
"Floyd-19," Glassman replied Saturday.In a follow-up tweet, Glassman said the health research institute's coronavirus model"failed," and he criticized it for modeling a"solution to racism."It's FLOYD-19.
— Greg Glassman June 6, 2020 "George Floyd's brutal murder sparked riots nationally. Quarantine alone is 'accompanied in every age and under all political regimes by an undercurrent of suspicion, distrust, and riots,'" he tweeted.Glassman's tweets sparked outrage online, and several partners, including Reebok, distanced themselves from CrossFit over the weekend.Read MoreHe apologized Sunday.
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