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.
Originally Posted by BucEyedPea:
I did. Just paraphrased it. How 'bout you practice what you preach.
Since AOC is a communist, an ideology that takes from one to give to another, which is what you're supporting.
Only it was taken from me to subsidize the corporate profits of vaccine makers, a product I don't care to buy in a free-market never mind being forced to be a venture capitalist for them.
That's redistributing wealth upwards but still is redistributing it to someone. AOC would simply redistribute it downwards.
Your overblown triggered reaction seems to show you're being defensive. Perhaps we got too close to the truth.
No, you put words in my mouth. You didn't paraphrase a fucking thing. Some of you seem to have an issue with not understanding what paraphrasing is.
Paraphrasing what I said would be "you said enough anti-vax people get the vax after they saw enough people get sick and die".
What you actually said was some bullshit about me not caring if their loved ones die.
Originally Posted by BucEyedPea:
I did. Just paraphrased it. How 'bout you practice what you preach.
Since AOC is a communist, an ideology that takes from one to give to another, which is what you're supporting.
Only it was taken from me to subsidize the corporate profits of vaccine makers, a product I don't care to buy in a free-market never mind being forced to be a venture capitalist for them.
That's redistributing wealth upwards but still is redistributing it to someone. AOC would simply redistribute it downwards.
Your overblown triggered reaction seems to show you're being defensive. Perhaps we got too close to the truth.
The distance between you and AOC is a lot less than you think. And that's your fault, not mine.
Originally Posted by petegz28:
No, you put words in my mouth. You didn't paraphrase a ****ing thing. Some of you seem to have an issue with not understanding what paraphrasing is.
Paraphrasing what I said would be "you said enough anti-vax people get the vax after they saw enough people get sick and die".
What you actually said was some bullshit about me not caring if their loved ones die.
Wow! You really a defensive sort with all this apoplexy. Take a sedative. I fear you'll have a stroke or burst a blood vessel. Then you'll have more to worry about than who gets vaccinated.
Originally Posted by BucEyedPea:
Wow! You really a defensive sort with all this apoplexy. Take a sedative. I fear you'll have a stroke or burst a blood vessel. Then you'll have more to worry about than who gets vaccinated.
Remember you started this, not me.
If by defensive you mean I am :-) at you then okay...you got me
Originally Posted by petegz28:
If by defensive you mean I am :-) at you then okay...you got me
No, it's because of your emotional overaction of anger and hostility. That's often a sign of guilt. Especially when you direct it toward people who are more an ally, than an enemy, but don't agree with you on some things. I'll bet you burn a lot of bridges in real life.
Originally Posted by scho63:
Unlike things like the polio vaccine or measles or tetanus.
wrong.
vaccines are not 100% effective against these things, its just that closer to 100% of our population
has these vaccines...but they are not 100% effective. You could still get polio, measles or tetanus / diptheria even if vaccinated.
Originally Posted by scho63:
Maybe if the government and media told the TRUE story rather than the bullshit they pedaled, half the country wouldnt be so skeptical.
It provides some protection but far from 100% effective.
I think they do a pretty good job explaining the story; no amount of factual evidence is going to convince the entrenched idiots (anti-vax and otherwise) anyway.
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Arkansas set a record for hospitalizations, while officials in one Florida county are urging residents to "consider other options" before calling 911. Health officials in Mississippi say the state's hospital system could collapse in five to 10 days if the current trajectory continues.
