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Ocelot II

(115,869 posts)
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 02:20 PM Dec 2021

Another anti-vaxxer sheriff just died of covid.

An Itasca County deputy died in the hospital Monday after a weeks long battle with COVID-19.

Jayme Williams, a deputy with the Itasca County Sheriff’s Office, first became ill with COVID-19 on Dec. 11, according to a GoFundMe organized to support his family as he leaves behind a wife and three children, ages 17, 14 and 12. ...

The GoFundMe had raised more than $13,000 of its $50,000 goal as of Wednesday. The money will support Williams’ wife and children.

The fundraiser does not specify if Williams had received a COVID-19 vaccine, though his Facebook page reveals a post he made in September linking to a webpage about supposed vaccine adverse reactions, on which he commented: 'Take your vaccine and shove it.' He has also made posts doubting the efficacy of mask-wearing as a COVID mitigation tactic.

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/41-year-old-itasca-county-deputy-dies-after-battling-covid-19

According to this article, an MRI revealed a laceration on his liver and internal bleeding. The laceration may have been caused by his coughing. So covid can result in coughing that's violent enough to cause liver lacerations and internal bleeding - but let's own the libs by rejecting masks and vaccines?
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Another anti-vaxxer sheriff just died of covid. (Original Post) Ocelot II Dec 2021 OP
I'd imagine my liver has quite a few lacerations ... and scars ... Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2021 #1
There's A Difference... ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #24
Maybe, Mr. Evil Dec 2021 #28
Well scars can be left behind by lacerations. ShazzieB Dec 2021 #31
Wow, Dec. 11th. That was fast. tanyev Dec 2021 #2
Not a tear will I shed... secondwind Dec 2021 #3
"Well kids, it's like this . . ." gratuitous Dec 2021 #4
Evidently Daddy didn't have life insurance, either. N/T phylny Dec 2021 #18
Can you just open a life insurance policy on these public antivax jackasses? WA-03 Democrat Dec 2021 #21
I've wondered that too. I know some companies have life ins policies on key employees. CaptainTruth Dec 2021 #30
Dead peasant insurance. Not just for key employees. niyad Dec 2021 #50
A county that doesn't have life insurance on the employees, Delmette2.0 Dec 2021 #37
Just Faux pas Dec 2021 #5
COVID: Making America Great Again TheRealNorth Dec 2021 #6
Another tough guy... orwell Dec 2021 #7
I never have liked Itasca county cops! Emile Dec 2021 #8
Play stupid games COL Mustard Dec 2021 #9
Roger that! TomSlick Dec 2021 #10
Will Need Go Fund Me modrepub Dec 2021 #11
Republicans are all alike! They point their fingers at everyone hoping Emile Dec 2021 #12
Is there a list of these being kept somewhere? UTUSN Dec 2021 #13
Yes. Ocelot II Dec 2021 #19
Thanks. They all looked so HAPPY and sure they were SMART!!!!!!! UTUSN Dec 2021 #20
Trump University graduates. SergeStorms Dec 2021 #27
Amazing growing leaps and bounds website! Emile Dec 2021 #39
There's one on fb and several subreddits tenderfoot Dec 2021 #23
You would think a County Sheriff would have pretty good insurance... TheRealNorth Dec 2021 #41
Isn't covid the #1 reason for deaths to law enforcement the past few years? tenderfoot Dec 2021 #43
Totally preventable Historic NY Dec 2021 #14
this says it all lapfog_1 Dec 2021 #15
+1 TheRealNorth Dec 2021 #42
Softly and tenderly, Herman is calling... Blue Owl Dec 2021 #16
They say these magats are a dying breed C_U_L8R Dec 2021 #17
With no help from us. KS Toronado Dec 2021 #22
Let me guess: they'll classify this as "line of duty" so his family gets full benefits. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2021 #25
Good. (nt) Paladin Dec 2021 #26
Gee, that's too bad.... Talitha Dec 2021 #29
"Take your vaccine and shove it!" Mr. Evil Dec 2021 #32
As the Bard might have observed DFW Dec 2021 #33
Pears 'n Tots. 634-5789 Dec 2021 #34
"fundraiser does not specify if Williams had received a COVID-19 vaccine" aeromanKC Dec 2021 #35
Bring out your dead. nycbos Dec 2021 #36
That was fast jmbar2 Dec 2021 #38
Subject line and story don't match Effete Snob Dec 2021 #40
Sorry! Mea culpa. He was a deputy. Ocelot II Dec 2021 #45
Did the sheriff get the shot? Effete Snob Dec 2021 #46
No idea, but considering that Itasca County is deep in Trump Country, Ocelot II Dec 2021 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author Effete Snob Dec 2021 #48
BUT THEY DID NOT SHOOT THE DEPUTY? Effete Snob Dec 2021 #49
"Suicide by Covid" should be the cause of death FakeNoose Dec 2021 #44

Mr. Evil

(2,856 posts)
28. Maybe,
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 04:54 PM
Dec 2021

Hugh has periodic reoccurring lacerations that continuously produce his scars.

I'm guessing Hugh is going to have a great New Year's Eve!

ShazzieB

(16,537 posts)
31. Well scars can be left behind by lacerations.
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 04:56 PM
Dec 2021

So if you have scars AND lacerations, that just means you have fresh wounds along with old, healed over ones.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. "Well kids, it's like this . . ."
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 02:27 PM
Dec 2021

Daddy thought it was more important to pwn the libs by refusing to get vaccinated than to be your father. It will be years before you will be able to conclude whether that was a good thing or a bad thing.

WA-03 Democrat

(3,055 posts)
21. Can you just open a life insurance policy on these public antivax jackasses?
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 04:36 PM
Dec 2021

there must be a way to profit from it by now?

Emile

(22,942 posts)
8. I never have liked Itasca county cops!
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 02:30 PM
Dec 2021

Like the fishing in that part of Minnesota, but the cops are egomaniacs that are not one bit friendly to out of state tourists!

modrepub

(3,503 posts)
11. Will Need Go Fund Me
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 02:40 PM
Dec 2021

for COVID hospital bills. That's the real kicker here that's never reported. Not only do you die, but someone is going to have to pay a bill on top of that. Hope he had good (government sponsered) health and life insurance.

Did you ever notice out the ones with the highest anti-government attitudes seem to be the ones most dependent on it?

Emile

(22,942 posts)
12. Republicans are all alike! They point their fingers at everyone hoping
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 02:49 PM
Dec 2021

no one notices their hypocrisy.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
27. Trump University graduates.
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 04:53 PM
Dec 2021

Or maybe the University of Facebook, or Twitter College.

No matter from which school of lower learning they studied, their graduation ceremony is always held 6 feet underground.

And their children will suffer because of it.

tenderfoot

(8,438 posts)
23. There's one on fb and several subreddits
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 04:36 PM
Dec 2021

Almost all of these people that died are bootstrapping Trump supporters, had no health insurance and needed a Go-Fund-Me campaign to cover costs.

TheRealNorth

(9,500 posts)
41. You would think a County Sheriff would have pretty good insurance...
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 08:25 PM
Dec 2021

You would think they would have life insurance too given the line of work. So I am thinking the family are probably a bunch of grifters, like their God-King.

tenderfoot

(8,438 posts)
43. Isn't covid the #1 reason for deaths to law enforcement the past few years?
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 08:32 PM
Dec 2021

If you're on fb, search for "herman cain awardss"

Mr. Evil

(2,856 posts)
32. "Take your vaccine and shove it!"
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 04:57 PM
Dec 2021

I think it's safe to say he was unvaxxed. At least now he's unsick. Just another (former) loudmouth, alpha-male douchebag.

aeromanKC

(3,328 posts)
35. "fundraiser does not specify if Williams had received a COVID-19 vaccine"
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 05:05 PM
Dec 2021

He died quick. Tells you all you need to know. HINT: He didn't

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
40. Subject line and story don't match
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 05:46 PM
Dec 2021

What sheriff?

The sheriff might have gotten the shot, but they did not shoot the deputy.

But you gave this guy a field promotion he did not deserve.

"Jayme Williams, a deputy"

Is there a sheriff at the linked story?

Response to Ocelot II (Reply #47)

FakeNoose

(32,773 posts)
44. "Suicide by Covid" should be the cause of death
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 08:36 PM
Dec 2021

All he had to do was stand in line for a free vaccine.

Just sayin'

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