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 : Louisiana Anti-Vax ER Nurse Who Told Others Not to Get the Vaccine, Dies Of COVID
While you might think health workers across the country have a good understanding of how the vaccines for COVID-19 work that’s apparently not always the case, and this has led to the death of an emergency room nurse.
Olivia Guidry, a nurse at Ochsner Lafayette General Hospital in Lafayette Louisiana believed the vaccines somehow altered human DNA “at the tiniest molecular level” and that they were dangerous, The Acadiana Advocate reports.
“This vaccine has been released using recombinant DNA technology faster than any vaccine in the world,” she wrote on Twitter last July. “It manipulates your DNA at the tiniest molecular level. Do. Not. Get. It. It’s not safe.”
That tweet has since been deleted, and as Twitter user HeartDoc Andrew notes, Guidry couldn’t have been more wrong:
Actually the mRNA vaccines (i.e. Pfizer&Moderna but not J&J) do **not** "manipulate your DNA", which is in the nucleus, but stay in the cytosol w/ other mRNAs. Nonetheless, I am sad learning about your dying from COVID-19 b/c of your fear of mRNA vaccines. pic.twitter.com/XdblZ9C6xn
But as this comprehensive article in Forbes points out, mRNA vaccines do not in any way alter DNA. It’s just not possible. However, social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have turned into repositories for misinformation and therefore, the gullible, led by the ignorant help spread these wrong ideas along.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also has something to say on this and notes:
“They [mRNA vaccines] do not affect or interact with our DNA in any way.”
mRNA never enters the nucleus of the cell, which is where our DNA (genetic material) is kept.
The cell breaks down and gets rid of the mRNA soon after it is finished using the instructions.
Sadly, Guidry didn’t research this thoroughly and she paid with her life. At the same time, I have to wonder how many patients Guidry may have infected while she was asymptomatic?
She was diagnosed with the virus in early July, Joe.My.God. reports and she fought the battle for days, spiking a fever and ultimately suffering a seizure. Guidry was placed in a medically induced coma Thursday but unfortunately passed away Saturday.
There’s been an outpouring of grief from friends, colleagues, and family members. It’s very sad that this woman paid such a high price for her own ignorance.
Originally Posted by petegz28:
Celebrating the death of innocent white people.....
Lex **** Face reaches a new low
Important distinction.
He wouldn’t post these if the person was black. (And given they have lower Vax uptake rates AND higher mortality from it, he has many chances to do so)
