30yo COVID party attendee's deathbed confess: "I think I made a mistake. I thought this was a hoax."

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Dan Diamond @ddiamond

A sad, shocking story from the chief medical officer of San Antonio’s Methodist Hospital: A 30-year-old who attended a “Covid party” and then made a deathbed confession to the nurse. “I think I made a mistake. I thought this was a hoax.”

9:36 AM · Jul 11, 2020

[mucifer]

1. It's so sad that people like this one probably never watch the news and don't see what is going on

[milestogo]

5. Or they listen to everything trump says and they believe it

[Hortensis]

6. It's being spread around his circles and beyond, BETTER than

the news few watch anyway. As more of these stories spread personally and through social media around the globe, DU will be only one minuscule point among hundreds of millions they pass through.

Be the spread we want others to be.

[mucifer]

8. The good news is there are more former repubs than former dems these days

[Hortensis]

18. Yes. :) And many conservatives aren't crazy and do mask.

[spanone]

11. she knew, why else would she use the word 'hoax'

[bullwinkle428]

13. This is what happens when you make Facebook your sole source of news.

[winetourdriver01]

2. Tragic

It is tragic, that young man had just begun his life. The republican/fascist party and their enablers and media organs have OCEANS of blood on their hands.

[Dave Starsky]

3. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

I feel terrible that I have absolutely zero sympathy for this idiot.

[MyMission]

26. I agree

I too feel bad, and a bit callous when my gut reactions are mostly harsh.

"They asked for it."
"There goes one more rump supporter who would have voted for him. Divine justice."
"If a lot of idiots get killed off, the human race will be better for it (the US too)"

I know that those who have died during the early stages were tragic and preventable deaths.
But as we've learned more and more about the virus, many (smart/informed) people have realized there are measures we can, should and do take to protect ourselves and others.

The stupid, misguided folks who don't embrace or follow these measures are contracting and spreading it. Covid party attendees especially deserve to suffer the consequences.

Having said that, I do have an iota of sympathy for them, but not much more. I know a nice young man, 33, a father, who rebels against the idea of masks. He would not attend a covid party, but could certainly catch it as many young folks do, going about their life without masks or concern.
I'd be very sad if he got sick and or died, because I know him. The only person I know that balks at wearing a mask. That gives me my iota of sympathy.

[colsohlibgal]

4. Indirect Murder Via Trump

That stupid cheating psychopath has so much blood on his hands but in the end something missing in Trumpster’s brains is the cause.

[RiF]

7. "I think I made a mistake..."

Still not sure?

RIP

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. The patient was TOLD it was a hoax. . . . . nt

[Mike 03]

10. *Sigh*

No, I'm not going to pile on this dumbass. His president told him it was a hoax, and he never turned the channel from Fox News to CNN just to be sure, or picked up a newspaper. There are a lot of people just like this. Just *sigh*

[mercuryblues]

12. A virus is gonna virus

This guy made the virus' job easy.

[handmade34]

14. today's Russian Roulette

although in this case the people around you are saying the bullet isn't lethal

[BarbD]

15. Reality is not easy to accept.

What is also missing is the lasting effects this virus has on the human body even if it doesn't kill. We are still learning its effects, immunity questions, infectious rate etc.etc.

Unfortunately many people find it easier to accept what they want to hear. If one accepts what is real, one is faced with real problems that need to be dealt with.

I have a daughter who lives in la la land and is sure everything will turn out alright without doing anything about it. She doesn't want to think bad things or bad outcomes. By the way, she gets this from her father not me.

[Initech]

16. And that's why you should never believe anything that Fox News tells you.

So sad. I hope that his family sues the shit out of them.

[llashram]

17. think you made mistake?

oh well if one follows the devil, there are the devil's dues to pay. And how many shall we not hear from the Oklahoma rally, we do know the numbers have spiked because one infected person infects 7-8 more. Florida COVID parties, all because this POTUS says his virus and it numbers are a hoax? How many shall die? From the murderous, criminal incompetence of this POTUS?

[liberalla]

19. Hard lesson to learn! I feel for the now deceased patient.

Hopefully others who may consider a covid party fun will hear the warning.

[dlk]

20. Oppositional Defiant Disorder isn't just for children

Sadly, some people are hardwired to only learn things the hard way. With the Covid-19 pandemic, the consequences will continue to be tragic.

[mucifer]

21. another thought: how many people got it from this person suffering goes on...

[McCamy Taylor]

22. COVID Party??????? Are these real?

[Demobrat]

23. And of course the idiot magats

will call this young man’s death a hoax. Never happened. Wait for it.

[dchill]

24. Anything Trump calls a "hoax" is actually a documented fact.

Word to the unwise.

[hatrack]

25. "Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that."

Benjamin Franklin