Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow has died while being treated for COVID-19, multiple sources

[yaesu]

Letlow, who was elected in November to represent Louisiana’s fifth congressional district, was being treated at Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport after announcing on December 18 that he had tested positive for COVID-19. He was supposed to be sworn into Congress on Sunday. He was 41 & has two young kids. He attended several maskless rallies, I do know that, and he paid the price and endangered others. likely contracted covid from his victory party where no one was wearing masks.

[Cha]

1. Whoa.. his immune

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system must have been way down.

What the hell was he thinking?!

Oh right.. kow tow to fucking trump who Fucked UP.

ETA.. Reading the thread I see he was "into masks.. just not mandatory".

So I correct my statement on "What the hell was he thinking?" It is sad!

[yaesu]

2. I guess he couldn't get the super celeb magic cure. nt

[Cha]

8. That's right.. I forgot about that..

It's weird how it's deadly for some but not others.

My grandson got it in Denver last month for about 3 weeks with really bad flu symptoms but has now tested negative. Thank Goodness.. we were so worried!

He got it from his Housemate who was asymptomatic

[yaesu]

10. I'm glad your grandson recovered. Its a coin toss I guess, still hitting the elderly harder but

its a strange virus indeed. That special treatment is in very short supply & most hospitals use a type of lotto to decide who gets it but that doesn't stop the elitists from getting it.

[Cha]

12. Thank you so much! Yeah, I think

when Biden & Harris get in the Vaccine will be distributed FAIRLY.

Course there will always be those who want jump to the head of the line anyway they can.

[yaesu]

11. I was wrong, He had been given Remdesivir and steroids - the identical remedy President Trump was

given according to press reports.

[LisaL]

14. Not identical.

Trump also got Regeneron antibodies.

[yaesu]

22. yep, only the Remdesivir and steroids treatment was mentioned as being the same tRump got but

Regeneron's REGN-COV2 Antibody Cocktail is supposed to be only for those over 55, with underlying health conditions and who have tested positive for COVID-19. And timing is everything.

[orleans]

32. i was looking around on his twitter feed

and he posted something a couple days before xmas (i think) that if people have antibodies to please donate because those who are sick need it -- something to that effect

[Cha]

18. OMg.. well thank you for telling us.

So it doesn't work on everybody.. it's like the freaking Twilight Zone.

Are you watching Stephen King's, "The Stand", on CBS?

It was written in 1978 but is very current today. It's about a post- Apocalyptic Pandemic World. is it any wonder they made it a series?

I just noticed it on amazon prime video. There's only been 2 episodes.

[LisaL]

20. Even in a clinical trial, remdesivir didn't reduce mortality.

Trump got an antibody infusion, which this guy apparently didn't get.

[Cha]

29. Thank you, LisaL for further

information. The more we know.. is so true!

[yaesu]

23. as mentioned above it now looks like he only got the partial treatment, tRump got the super duper

treatment. I watched the original The Stand years ago but haven't the latest release.

[Cha]

31. That's too bad for his family's sake.. sigh..

I didn't see the original movie.. I was never into that sort of thing until now when the whole world is experiencing what we're going through.

[malaise]

37. For his family's sake he should have worn a mask

Glad your grandson recovered

[Cha]

38. Thank you! We're so Grateful.. his mom & dad were

so worried, too.. in Oregon.

But he flew home for Christmas & they all got to spend quality time together. The other kids stayed in Montana & Melbourne Australia.

It was said on this thread that they saw a vid with Congressman Letlow & the mask was on then. But He also went to the WH Christmas party with his wife on Dec 18.. so I imagine there were lots of maskless people there.

[LisaL]

3. He also went to a White House Christmas party from what has been reported.

NT

[LizBeth]

4. I watched video he was very much a proponent of masks, not into mandatory, but self responsibility.

He also had two little ones and was only 41, and personally, I think it is sad.

Where are you seeing he was maskless at rallies.

[Walleye]

6. Very sad.

[shrike3]

16. I agree, it is sad. Way too young. And such young children. His poor widow.

[yaesu]

17. It sucks when anyone dies & it really sucks when you don't mask up & help spread a deadly virus

I'm pretty sure he walked a tightrope when it came to mask wearing, knew it was the responsible thing to do but also didn't want to seem too "weak", did see pics of him wearing masks, especially when with family but also seen pics of him maskless while campaigning.

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Did his politics kill him?

Sure didn't help. T/P

[exboyfil]

7. My dad died of cancer in a town near Shreveport

Let me tell you the healthcare in the area is a contributor to his cancer not getting caught before it metastasized. His primary care doctor was a joke.

[Stallion]

9. In Response to Question about Mask Mandates and Lock Downs:

He regurgitated the usual pro business nonsense and failed to respond to either a mask mandate or a lockdown:

We asked the two what were their thoughts about a potential second lockdown and a mask mandate amid growing concerns related to COVID-19. More than 200,000 people statewide have tested positive for the virus so far.

“We have to make sure our economy gets back open. We have to learn how to live in a COVID world. Other nations have learned how to do that and they’ve done so safely and we have to continue to do that,” Letlow said.


https://www.knoe.com/2020/11/20/candidates-square-off-in-knoe-debate-for-louisianas-congressional-dist-5-runoff/

[Cha]

26. And, now his voice is gone

forever.. TY for that, Stallion.

"Other Nations" had leaders who didn't call it a freaking "Hoax" for 70 days while playing golf.. & doing everything possible to spread it since Then!

[sfstaxprep]

13. He Probably Got It At White House Christmas Party A Week Earlier

Read this from December 10:

Letlow is planning to travel to Washington, D.C. this week with his wife, Julia, to attend the White House Christmas Party.

https://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/news/local_state_headlines/letlow-outlines-priorities-once-sworn-in-as-5th-district-congressman/article_2ddc49ee-3a55-11eb-8a69-27005c6ef596.html

[Cha]

19. Big tragic mistake.. bc even if he wore

a mask which has been noted in the thread.. there would have been others who couldn't care less about the safety of other people.

[FelineOverlord]

21. Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow has died while being treated for COVID-19, multiple sources

The timing, though. He would have been a member of Congress NEXT WEEK.

He just won the runoff THIS MONTH.

How fast everything changes.

I hate this disease.

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[LisaL]

25. In the photo of him (after voting) wife is wearing a mask.

He is maskless and smiling from ear to ear.

[LeftInTX]

27. A FB friend of mine's husband was texting from his hospital bed. He was dead 3 days later...

But her husband was 77, had cancer and on dialysis.

It is unusual for it to take young people like this so quickly. Usually the languish with symptoms in ICU for weeks as their immune system attacks their body with blood clots and eventually multiple organ shut down. But it's something that takes time.

This guy wasn't even in ICU for a week.

[LisaL]

30. Some young people haven't even made it to ICU when they died.

Virus is unpredictable. While most people who died were older and/or with pre-existing conditions, some young healthy people have also died. Some pretty quickly.

[lunasun]

34. ++18 yr old just on news didn't take long . A 19 yr old last week

TINLEY PARK, Ill. — The mother of an 18-year-old woman who died of COVID-19 is speaking out, urging anyone who believes the virus is a hoax to think again.

Sarah Simental had abided by the guidelines, social distanced and had done everything right, yet still contracted the virus. Less than two weeks later, it took her life.

Simental had just turned 18 last month, and she was a senior at Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort.
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They showed pics of her having her birthday just with parents very sad case
no prior health conditions
She was not overweight
anyone can get it and go fast
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[Tarc]

24. What happens to the seat?

Isn't LA one of those jungle primary states like Georgia?

[LeftInTX]

28. I guess a special election, but it will go to a Repuke

This was already a runoff between two Republicans.

[orleans]

33. hope his wife and kids didn't catch it n/t

[JI7]

35. Too bad it wasn't Mitch McConnell instead

[OnDoutside]

36. His twitter feed is pretty rough

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[BlueWavePsych]

39. Luke Letlow's maskless campaign events surface after he dies of COVID

Luke Letlow, elected to represent Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District in a runoff election earlier this month, died of COVID-19 complications in a Shreveport hospital Tuesday night. Letlow, 41, is survived by his wife and two children, and while a number of people are mourning him today, a number of people are also going online to post photos of maskless campaign events leading up to Letlow’s Dec. 18 diagnosis.

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/luke-letlow-covid-death-maskless-campaign-events/