Anti-Vax Flat Earth Preacher Dies of COVID-19

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Rob Skiba, an influential figure in flat earth and Christian circles who was skeptical of COVID-19 vaccines and some of the illness’ treatments, has died of COVID-19, colleagues announced on Thursday.

Anti-Vax Flat Earth Preacher Dies of COVID-19
Rob Skiba had been battling the virus since August, friends said.
thedailybeast.com
2:23 PM · Oct 14, 2021

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Rob Skiba, an influential figure in flat earth and Christian circles, has died of COVID-19, colleagues announced on Thursday. He had been fighting the virus since at least late August, when he began exhibiting symptoms after “Take On The World,” a biblical flat earth conference. “He has been sick since coming back from TOTW,” a Facebook friend posted in early September, adding that Skiba had been hospitalized for low oxygen levels. One of the country’s most prominent advocates of Flat Earth Theory, Skiba was also skeptical of COVID-19 vaccines and some of the illness’ treatments. On the first day of the Take On The World conference, Skiba authored a Facebook post suggesting that the COVID-19 vaccines were dangerous.

‘To those who disagree with my position on our current situation... One of us is right,” he wrote. “Unless YHWH miraculously intervenes, based on what I’m seeing/hearing, the one scenario that really does appear to be coming into focus is the likelihood that within I’d say 2 to 3 years or so... one of us will probably be dead. Truly, I take no joy in saying this, nor will I if I'm the one still standing.”

Skiba’s community memorialized him on social media. “Whether you agree or disagree with him on a particular subject, you can’t help but love his genuine, authentic, loving, disarming, comical approach to very polarizing content,” a friend wrote in tribute. “What a great teacher.”

*the end, literally*

[Champp]

1. TOTG*

Now he's off to Take On The Graveyard.

Dangerous to swallow the Republican/Russian lies about vaccines and masks.

[TlalocW]

2. Well, take his body to the edge of the world

And toss it off. It's what he would have wanted.

TlalocW

[70sEraVet]

8. Excellent!

[Trueblue1968]

14. Drop him off, throw him into the Garbage of space .....

flat earth people make me sick, there are none stupider !!!!!

[sakabatou]

3. One less idiot on the planet.

[NurseJackie]

4. Three in one. Good job, Covid! 👍

[ForgedCrank]

21. sounds like not the brightest guy on the planet, but

what does it take to cheer the death of another human?

[NurseJackie]

23. It takes someone like that...

what does it take to cheer the death of another human?

It takes someone like that... who spreads dangerous misinformation; and who spreads the virus among others; and who occupies a hospital bed that someone else could have used instead; and who uses valuable and limited hospital resources and time.

I'd cheer the death of Trump too (and a few others that come to mind).

[ForgedCrank]

26. I suppose if that's the way you wish to be viewed, then so be it.

I just hope you aren't really a nurse.

[NurseJackie]

29. I haven't disparaged you. What good purpose does it serve to disparage me?

[ForgedCrank]

31. Well,

first of all, I held my words and kept it as non-offensive as I could considering the point. That is the civil thing to do. To "disparage" you was not the intent, but instead, to point out the singular taboo behavior. It was not an overall assessment of you as a person. I don't even know you and that wouldn't be fair at all. I don't even know if you are a nurse as your username implies. But if you are, that is yet another facet of this. Medical professionals don't generally celebrate the death of people they don't like, it is in fact frowned upon. I think you already understand this. I also think you are most likely not a bad person and understand the terrible message that is conveyed when you say things like that out loud.

I wont elaborate further, you obviously disagree with my assessment, but you did ask. I choose to not behave that way, I'd much rather appeal to others than to let them know I will celebrate their death if it happens. Hopefully you just say these things in jest, something I suppose we all do from time to time.

[NurseJackie]

32. It's not a "terrible message". The world is better off without dangerous crackpots like that.

I also think you are most likely not a bad person and understand the terrible message that is conveyed when you say things like that out loud.

It's not a "terrible message". The world is better off without dangerous crackpots like that. Of course I cheer and celebrate! No, it was not in jest. I'm serious as a myocardial infarction.

Televangelists, talk radio hosts, politicians, bloggers, youtube "stars"... they're doing more damage than simply "killing themselves". These aren't anonymous anti-vaxxers who suffer in silence. They're SPREADING MISINFORMATION!! They deserve ZERO SYMPATHY and ZERO COMPASSION. Honestly, they can all burn in hell.

I'd much rather appeal to others than to let them know I will celebrate their death if it happens.

They don't care. Stop coddling and excusing them. They thrive on the attention. It's a waste of time and emotion. They're adults. They deserve exactly what they get. The sooner they all die-off the better we'll all be. No sympathy from me.

It was not an overall assessment of you as a person.

Oh, okay. Thanks.

I choose to not behave that way,

Schadenfreude is therapeutic for many. I expect you'll probably not appreciate this website. https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/

[NurseJackie]

34. Here you go! Anti-vaxxers contribute to horrors like this...

Here you go! Anti-vaxxers contribute to horrors like this...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215953630

... I'm not in the mood to coddle an converse-politely and try to appeal with those idiots. When anti-vaxxers die, so does their justification. When an anti-vax mouthpiece dies, the chorus of lies and toxicity dies along with them. Their followers won't be persuaded with calm and rational discussion and pleading. They need to see their flat-earth tinfoil hat wearing HEROES dropping dead before it will make a difference.

Let them ALL die. No pity. They brought this on themselves. It's what they WANTED! I rejoice in the demise of each and every anti-vaxxer. The sooner they're gone, the sooner the lies will stop.

[ForgedCrank]

36. Ok. now imagine that kid was disliked by some jerk

who went to his funeral and was spouting off about how he was glad the kid was dead and that he deserved it, and that more kids like him should die.
Sounds like a really crappy person, doesn't it?
Anyway, i'm not going to carry on with you about this. it's a horrible thing to say about other people, no matter how much you dislike or disagree with them.

[NurseJackie]

37. Ridiculous. That young boy is not an anti-vax conspiracy spreader.

Sounds like a really crappy person, doesn't it?

No, what it actually sounds like is that someone can't come up with a better argument, so they pretend to completely miss the point and instead try to weaponize the tragic death of an innocent child. What a shitty thing to do. Even *I* wouldn't do that. Yikes!

What I don't understand, however, is why it is that I'm being falsely accused of "going to funerals" and "spouting off" at anti-vaxxers. Come on, now! My online taunting and ridicule and expressions of joy are hardly the same. What an absurd comparison. There's nothing at all analogous about that. Good lord.

Nobody is carrying tri-color fluorescent "GOD HATES ANTI-VAXXERS" signs at funerals. (But if this shit keeps up, I could easily imagine it happening.)

it's a horrible thing to say about other people, no matter how much you dislike or disagree with them.

No it's not. The unfettered spreading of their anti-vax lies and conspiracy theories and snake-oil quackery is what's REALLY the "horrible thing".

no matter how much you dislike or disagree with them.

I guess I just have higher standards when it comes to being willing to accept that type of dangerous behavior that only prolongs the misery and death for other innocent people who do NOT choose take that risk.

Odd word to use... "disagree". That suggests that they have valid points. It's a subtle way of making a "both sides" argument. It's coddling. It's excusing. It's pandering to. It's unnecessarily sympathetic to members of a fucking DEATH CULT who are spreading lies and (literally) spreading the virus to others. They're serving as human incubators for the next mutation and even MORE virulent strain of Covid.

They're doing this willingly and with contempt and spite. They don't deserve "respect" or "sympathy" or "concern" or "understanding" ... what they deserve is the fulfillment of their own death wish. It's what they want. I'm happy for them. Rejoice!

[ForgedCrank]

38. wth?

I accused you of none of that.
I accused you of claiming moral authority over the actions of others (and I don't care HOW stupid they are, that's not the point) and cheering their deaths because of it. I tried to give you a simple example of the opposite and even that went over your head. Then you read a bunch or words that I didn't even say.
Doesn't MATTER what the reason is or how much you dislike a certain behavior, it's a really shitty thing to cheer over the death of another person. I just hope to I'm never in a place where I have to rely on a nurse who thinks like you.
At first I thought you said this just to the value and didn't really mean it. And if you don't think that is a horrible thing to say about another person, I am uninterested in discussing anything further with you.

[NurseJackie]

39. Of course not. Just a straight-line analogous comparison... as if it's the same thing (but it's not.)

Then you read a bunch or words that I didn't even say.

No, your meaning was very clear. Have no fear about that. I understood it perfectly.

I just hope to I'm never in a place where I have to rely on a nurse who thinks like you.

No need to get personal (again). But, you never know. If the nurse has strong feelings about anti-vaxxers, it would probably be best to not show sympathy for them.

At first I thought you said this just to the value and didn't really mean it.

Of course I mean it. Hooray! The sons-of-bitches are dead. Gone. Forever. Never to spread their lies and mutations any further. Never to willingly infect the vulnerable and innocent.

And if you don't think that is a horrible thing to say about another person,

Why would anyone be more concerned at my expressions of shadenfreude than they are about the "horrible things" (ie: lies and misinformation) that the antivaxxers spread and which continue to cause death in their wake?

I am uninterested in discussing anything further with you.

Well okay. All I can tell you is that hundreds of thousands MORE people are dying unnecessarily... these deaths could have been prevented... slowed... stopped... except for the actions of people like that AND because of the "concern" and objections erroneously directed at my delight that there are fewer and fewer members of this insidious anti-vax DEATH CULT.

Let the anti-vaxxers die. It's what they want. The sooner the better. Let their anti-vax message die with them.

Good riddance to them!

[mcar]

41. Actions have consequences

In this case, how many people were infected by this idiot?

I'm not a nurse but I did work in healthcare for a long time and keep in touch with some of my former co-workers. Some of these nurses lost their entire families during the early, pre-vaccine days of Covid and kept on working. Now they are being threatened and spat upon while they care for dead-enders like this idiot.

I reserve my sympathy for them. The flat earther should have died at home and saved the care team more grief.

[NurseJackie]

42. Amen! 👍🍸🍸

I'll drink to that!

[ForgedCrank]

44. I enthusiastically agree with almost all of that,

up to and including consequences for being stupid.
But I'm not going to cheer about it and wish more of them would die. That would make me just as bad (if not worse) as them, and I'm better than them. I hope you are as well.

[mcar]

45. I sympathize with their healthcare providers

They made their choice and may have murdered others on their way. I shed no tears for them.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

43. From the Hoarse Whisperer

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[mcar]

40. My sympathies to their care providers

Another load of stress and death they have to deal with because of these selfish fools.

[3Hotdogs]

5. What a maroon.

[Initech]

6. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[Thomas Hurt]

7. tested God and lost. tsk, tsk.

[gojoe12]

25. Or won

Depending how you look at it 😁

[malaise]

9. Cained

Darwin is sharing licks these days

[MFM008]

10. And the red death

Held dominion over all.

[paleotn]

11. Womp womp.

[ffr]

12. I love the photo with the slanted horizon.

Bwah!

[rurallib]

13. So these idiots making the bet that covid won't kill them

they are about 0 for 200,000 or so.

Starting to look like a pretty foolish bet

[central scrutinizer]

15. Flat Earth?

That’s some industrial strength ignorance and stupidity.

[Baitball Blogger]

16. Pandemics are known to eliminate the weakest or the most susceptible.

Most people would try to avoid playing Russian roulette with a virus, because you never know what you're predisposed for. But, to be flagrant, well, no one should be surprised when nature takes its course.

[mnhtnbb]

17. Darwin Award.

COVID is doing some work culling the herd of the stupid.

[East-A-Squared]

18. Darwin Award winner.

[BlueIdaho]

19. That is one trippy headline. nt.

[Aristus]

20. One less out of each column.

That was courteous of him...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

22. Karma is a harsh mistress

[Vinca]

24. Someone should have pushed him off the side of the earth long ago.

[JanMichael]

27. COVID kills two bad birds at once. Congratulations! Nt

[Takket]

28. " within I'd say 2 to 3 years or so... one of us will probably be dead"

Glad it was him!

No sympathy.

Buh bye

[dalton99a]

30. Good for him.

[lagomorph777]

33. YHWH intervened. Now he can inspect the Earth from the inside, to see its flatness.

Does YHWH mean "You Half-Wit Hypocrite"?

[Brainfodder]

35. Reading "an influential figure in flat earth and Christian circles"

Aggrandizing thoughts of fools is usually pretty worthy?