'It's called a dress code, Kevin!' US Marine, 24, goes viral for impassioned rant against people who refuse to wear masks, complaining that 'idiots' are making the pandemic last longer

• Timmy Byrnes, a 24-year-old from upstate New York, posted a rant on TikTok 
• An aviation supply specialist with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12, he was  stationed in Japan for two-and-a-half years before the pandemic hit
• He is incredibly frustrated with people who refuse to wear masks and mocks their whining and complaints
• Byrnes noted that even 7-11 has a dress code, which is exactly what the mask requirement is
• He also pointed to the much more cumbersome gear he's worn in the Marines, chastising people not to be 'beta b****es' 

One US Marine has truly run out of patience for people who refuse to wear a mask during the pandemic after he 'finally' got home from being stationed overseas.

Timmy Byrnes, a 24-year-old aviation supply specialist with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 12, took to TikTok this week to go on a rant against anti-maksers who whine about the discomfort of masks and moan about a lack of 'freedom.'

'To you ... geniuses who are like, "This is America, I have the freedom not to wear a mask" — it's called a dress code, Kevin!' the upstate New Yorker shouts in now-viral video, which has already racked up five million views across TIkTok and Twitter.

Byrnes, who was stationed in Japan for two-and-a-half years, appears furious to have come home from protecting American freedom abroad only to find that his countrymen can't make such a simple sacrifice during a worldwide pandemic.  

In a video recorded from the driver's seat of a front car while wearing his uniform, he urges viewers to wear a mask. 

'But it's hard to breathe,' he whines, imitating objections he has heard to mask-wearing.

'Have you ever had to wear this f***ing noose?' he asks, pulling up what looks a like military-issued scarf over his face. 

'Notice how you don't really understand me?' he goes, demonstrating how he has to pull the fabric away to make his voice clearer.

'Don't get me started on this ball of fun,' he adds sarcastically, gesturing to a photo of him in full uniform, including a gas mask.

'You're gonna be fine,' he tells viewers. 'Stop being a little beta b***.'

He continues his impassioned speech, pointing out that mask-wearing rules are just a simple dress code: something that nearly every public and private place has to some degree. 

'The 7-11 also requires you to wear a shirt,' he says. 'So I don't have to explain to the kid I'm babysitting why a crackhead-looking Santa has bigger t****es than his ma.'

'I've been oversees for two and a half years — Japan, not anywhere f***ing dangerous, I'm a POG — and I finally get back to America just in time for it to shut down!' he yells. 

'And you idiots are making it shut down longer! It's a piece of cloth!' he concludes.

Byrnes's charismatic video has taken off across social media users, with viewers on Twitter applauding him as 'hilarious' and 'amazing.'

'He is a complete mood. I screamed and then fell out. He is tired of people's [poop emoji],' wrote one. 

'I'd like to buy that Marine a drink,' said another. 

On Tuesday, the United States recorded just over 1,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day for the first time since May — with 58 per cent of the fatalities being reported in hotspot southern states.

The increase in daily deaths on Tuesday marked the first time fatalities have surpassed the 1,000 mark since May 29 when 1,179 were recorded.

The US reported more than 900 COVID-19 deaths on multiple days last week.

There has been an uptick in deaths, on average, across the US since the beginning of July after hotspots states including Florida, Texas, and Arizona saw explosions in cases and hospitalizations.

Of the deaths recorded on Tuesday, 58 per cent — or 592 fatalities — occurred in the South. where coronavirus has been spiking since at least Memorial Day, according to COVID Tracking Project data.

Twenty four per cent, or 252 deaths, occurred in the West where Arizona and California are currently experiencing surges.

Meanwhile, the Northeast region, where New York and its surrounding states were the initial epicenter of the nation's outbreak, accounted for six percent of Tuesday's death toll.

More than 142,000 Americans have now died from COVID-19 across the country and over 3.9 million people have tested positive for the virus.

The number of infections across the country are now on track to reach four million within the next two weeks. In the past week, the average number of daily cases has been 66,000. Based on that trajectory, cases will increase by one million in two weeks.

Until recently, the number of deaths per day from COVID-19 had been falling for months even as the hotspot states experienced huge daily surges in cases.

Health officials have been warning for weeks that deaths would surge again because the fatality rate lags several weeks behind infections. A coronavirus death, when it occurs, typically comes several weeks after a person is first infected. Experts had predicted states that saw spikes in cases and hospitalizations would, at some point, see deaths rise too.

In total, deaths across the United States increased five percent in the week ending July 19, compared to the previous seven days, according to a Reuters analysis of the COVID Tracking Project data.

Nineteen states have reported increases in deaths for at least two straight weeks, including Arizona, Florida and Texas.