Pro-Trump group deletes image mocking masks after co-founder dies from COVID-19 https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/pr...-mocking-masks-after-co-founder-dies-from-19/ In the wake of the death of its 80-year-old co-founder of complications from coronavirus, the pro-Trump student group Turning Point USA deleted a tweet that mocked the wearing of face masks, Business Insider reports. Bill Montgomery’s death was announced on Twitter this Tuesday by the group’s chairman Charlie Kirk. On the same day, a tweet popped up the TPUSA’s timelines that featured an image of actor Nicolas Cage and the message “me not wearing a mask while a leftist screams at me from their car from across the parking lot at whole foods.” The tweet was deleted by Thursday morning without explanation. Kirk’s own messaging on safety during the coronavirus era has been mixed. While he has urged people to wear masks, Kirk has also said that mandating them is wrong. “Do not force me to wear a mask. It’s that simple,” he said on his podcast this Sunday. “I’m not going to do it. I’m not.” Another tweet critical of masks was posted by TPUSA last Wednesday and still remains up on the group’s timeline.
I suppose the perp will claim to be the victim ... https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/coronavirus/article244633712.html
Anti-lockdown right-wing Texas lawmaker nearly dies of coronavirus https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/anti-lockdown-right-wing-texas-lawmaker-nearly-dies-of/ Republican Texas state Representative Tony Tinderholt — a right-wing politician who has vocally opposed Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s statewide shutdown and mandatory mask orders — has nearly died from the COVID-19 coronavirus. He is the first-known case of the Texas state legislator contracting the potentially lethal respiratory virus. Tinderholt, who had previously compared the shutdown and mask mandate to “government overreach” and “socialism,” said that his first symptoms of COVID-19 consisted of mild joint pain that turned severe, bad headaches and a loss of taste and smell. Then, his symptoms took a turn for the worse. “I truly thought last Friday was gonna be my last,” Tinderholt wrote to the Texas Tribune. He told the publication that he and his family had been wearing masks in public even though he himself had proposed calling together a special session of the Texas legislature to overturn Abbott’s executive order making mask-wearing mandatory for all Texans. “I would like for people to try to mitigate risk by wearing masks,” he said. “But wear them because you think it’s right. I’m sure it works to some degree — it just didn’t for me.” (More at above url)
The president has the Coronavirus. Oh wait wrong idiot prez, wrong country: Belarus President dismissed Covid-19 as 'psychosis.' Now he says he caught it The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has said he contracted coronavirus but recovered without suffering any symptoms, state-run news agency Belta reported Tuesday. Lukashenko has repeatedly dismissed the threat posed by Covid-19, touted home remedies and refused to shut down his country, making Belarus an outlier in Europe. "I apologize for my voice, lately I have to talk a lot. But the most surprising thing is that today you are seeing a person who managed to power through coronavirus standing on his feet," he said during a visit to a military base, according to Belta. "Doctors made this conclusion yesterday — it was asymptomatic." .................. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/euro...onavirus-infection-intl/?hpt=ob_blogfooterold
Yes that and ... https://nypost.com/2020/08/04/four-shot-at-beverly-hills-party-thrown-for-nfl-player-report/
Tinderholt said he is recovering after receiving medical treatment from a North Texas doctor. He said he spent several hours in the hospital and received an IV and medication there. He and his family wore masks every time they went out in public because they felt it was the right thing to do, he said. From the article. Wow, sounds like a close call with death! "Nearly dies...." Several hours in the hospital and an IV!! Oh, and he got medication too! Holy crap.
And then there are people like a healthy guy in Calgary who got Covid, was in hospital for 25 days mostly in an induced coma close to death and survived. 6 months of physio now, starting to regain his walking skills still has nightmares periodically about the whole experience. On your stats, he would just show up as one infection no death. Yet his experience was very real and a cautionary tale for those who think middle aged people are safe.
Well, sad to say but the wife actually qualifies as a covidiot. Hard to believe. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/viral-coronavirus-obituary
David had suffered a fall in late March that forced him to be hospitalized and then go into a nursing home to recover, Stacey told BuzzFeed News. He wanted to go home but with his injury, health condition, and the risk of COVID-19, she and his son thought he would be safer if he stayed at the nursing home. It was a difficult decision but Stacey said she was worried that if he returned home that she could catch the coronavirus — perhaps on a visit to a supermarket — and infect him. A lockdown soon came into place at the nursing home. "He stayed there and I would go and visit, and just go to the window and we'd yell back and forth at each other to talk," she said. "We'd kiss the glass to give kisses to each other." Then in early July, David got sick and was taken to a local hospital, where he tested positive for COVID-19. Stacey said doctors tried Remdesivir, plasma therapy, placed him on a ventilator, but her husband's condition only worsened. †********** I guess all the covididiots on this board are going to go for Remsdesivir ++ This is all you need, AT THE ONSET OF INFECTION. (Bottom part)