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In early December, Rodney traveled to Frisco, Texas, for the ReAwaken America conference, a dayslong event mixing right-wing politics and conspiracy theories with Christian prayer and presentations decrying vaccination and masks. Wearing a Q hat and a wide smile, Rodney posted selfies with conservative talk show hosts to his Facebook page.
In our country, we have now killed 20,000 people from the COVID vaccine, Leigh Dundas, a purveyor of misinformation, screamed from the conference stage, repeating an unfounded claim. If that isnt a genocide, I dont know what is.
A few days after returning to Iowa, Rodney, 61, started feeling sick.
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You know the rest of this sad story. He died January 19, 2022, having wasted hospital resources for a month and leaving two heart-broken daughters.
[link:https://www.desmoinesregister.com/in-depth/news/local/columnists/courtney-crowder/2022/02/13/iowa-covid-icu-patient-daughter-must-decide-ventilation-removal/6642409001/|
Beachnutt
(7,189 posts)of his family came back to reality and got vaccinated and scorned the antivax loons.
stopdiggin
(11,092 posts)this has to feel very much like the loss of a family member to drug addiction - or suicide. Helpless - hopeless - and overwhelmingly sad.
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,746 posts)have zero right to be treated in a hospital when they get Covid.
I am honestly sorry hospitals are continuing to treat such people.
I will add that the extremely small number of people who actually cannot get the vaccine would deserve hospital care.
But there are fewer of those than people realize, and even those with an auto-immune disorder can usually be vaccinated.
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Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)At least now he won't be voting again.
Wish I could read the actual article, but there's a paywall.