Give this lady a Darwin award (posthumously, of course).
Originally Posted by : Unvaccinated Trump supporter who spread coronavirus conspiracy theories dies of COVID-19
On Tuesday, the Cape Cod Times reported that Linda Zuern, a former member of the Bourne, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen and a Trump-supporting figure in the local Republican Party, had died of COVID-19.
Zuern died at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston of severe complications caused by COVID-19, according to the report. She was 70 years old and had not been vaccinated.
"She was a strong woman who believed in speaking the truth and defending our freedoms in America," Republican State Committeewoman Deborah Dugan told the Cape Cod Times. Dugan was at Zuern's bedside when she died. "I would describe her to people as a little woman but a mighty warrior."
For months, Zuern, a member of the pro-Trump group the United Cape Patriots, had promoted conspiracy theories about the pandemic on Facebook. She has shared articles accusing the World Health Organization of a coverup of the "Wuhan Virus" and claiming COVID-19 is cover for "globalists" to usher in "U.N. Agenda 2030" — a sustainable development initiative right-wing conspiracy theorists assert is a plot to create a one world government.
Zuern also expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory, posting their creed of "WWG1WGA" (Where We Go One, We Go All).
Zuern promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment of COVID-19 during a Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates meeting in December and questioned whether officials "had looked into preventative measures that people could use besides a vaccine to help build up their immune system," the Cape Cod Times reported.
Peter Meier, chair of the Board of Selectmen, said Zuern cared deeply about others. "She definitely left her mark on the community," he added.
According to the report, Zuern and her mother contracted COVID-19 while returning home from a trip to South Dakota — a state where Republican-motivated policies have let the virus propagate with little control.
Also having a change of heart, before his stopped, was Dick Farrel, a former Newsmax commentator and all-around coronavirus-denying, vaccine-resistant right-wing radio talk show host. The South Florida radio host died of COVID-19 complications on Aug. 6, at age 65, after exhorting fans not to get the vaccine, calling the entire coronavirus crisis a “scam-demic.”
Both Farrel and Valentine urged friends and followers to get the vaccine as the disease closed in on them and said they regretted not doing it themselves.
Originally Posted by SuperBowl4:
People died all the time before the C 0 v AIDS bro. This whole death thing is not a new concept
Right. From a virus with an existing vaccine that is safe, free, and readily available. Yeah, hundreds of people in the USA die from that every single day.
I wonder how many of the supposedly staunch anti-vaxxers here have secretly gotten their shots.
Also having a change of heart, before his stopped, was Dick Farrel, a former Newsmax commentator and all-around coronavirus-denying, vaccine-resistant right-wing radio talk show host. The South Florida radio host died of COVID-19 complications on Aug. 6, at age 65, after exhorting fans not to get the vaccine, calling the entire coronavirus crisis a “scam-demic.”
Both Farrel and Valentine urged friends and followers to get the vaccine as the disease closed in on them and said they regretted not doing it themselves.
Newsmax was one of the leading sources of “plandemic” and “scamdemic” content. I wonder how many people they’ve lost.
Originally Posted by Mizzou_8541:
To be fair…Cave is a ducking asshole mocking a dead person. Dude. You’re the epitome of early 1930s brown shirts. You’re cheering a person dying. Fuck you.
Why not? He presented his views like an asshole who wasn't asked. I have no sympathy for any of these contrarians and will never be convinced that I should. He certainly wouldn't want any as he died for what he believed in. He died doing what he enjoys. Had I died, as a fully vaxed, mask wearing sheep, he'd surely be amoung the crowd ridiculing me.
His death is to be celebrated. He owned me. GG, dead guy I never heard of. You are a real hero to your friends and family.
Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider:
I wonder how many of the supposedly staunch anti-vaxxers here have secretly gotten their shots.
Probably several. We know Tucker refuses to say whether he’s been vaxxed (which is a sure tell that he has). He doesn’t want to alienate his antivaxxer audience members tho.
Ann Coulter is vaxxed And is a big proponent. Yet she hosts all types of doubters on her feed, the most notorious being Alex Berensen. Again, has to play footsie with that chunk of her audience
Hannity and Ben Shekelpiro are longtime Vax advocates.
Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider:
I wonder how many of the supposedly staunch anti-vaxxers here have secretly gotten their shots.
I have wondered this too.
A lot of them seem to criticize the vaccines while also hoping they can skate by on the herd protection that might have resulted from everyone around them being vaccinated, but that isn’t going to work when half the public have the same idea as you… or when a variant comes out that is much more transmissible.
Maybe there are a lot of them, like the Trump voters who wouldn’t admit it because they didn’t want backlash from people in their life. Under the radar vaxed
When I am on the road I listen to a great deal of talk radio. I cant think of anybody telling people "don't get the vax". Most just advise to talk and discuss with your PMD about whats best for you.
Originally Posted by Eleazar:
I have wondered this too.
A lot of them seem to criticize the vaccines while also hoping they can skate by on the herd protection that might have resulted from everyone around them being vaccinated, but that isn’t going to work when half the public have the same idea as you… or when a variant comes out that is much more transmissible.
Maybe there are a lot of them, like the Trump voters who wouldn’t admit it because they didn’t want backlash from people in their life. Under the radar vaxed
There seems to be a subset of ConsetvaTards who are angry at the ChiComs for releasing a deadly bio weapon onto the world,but also it’s just a hoax at the same time.
