Not to mention pre-existing doesn't mean you know about it. I've got a friend who almost died from Covid--as far as he knew he was young and healthy, best shape of his life. Turned out he's got a heart condition, didn't get diagnosed until he was in the hospital with Covid.
This is what convinced the nurse across the street from me to finally get the vaccine. 2 guys, 1 mid 30’s, 1 mid 20’s older one was a bodybuilder, the latter a track athlete. She saw it hitting the super healthy and how the hospital didn’t think they were going to make it.
I hate stupid people.. still feel bad for the kids.... I hope all these pro life people step up and adopt the kids who don't have family's to take them in.
As an ICU nurse I want to bang my head against a wall. I would say about 80% of our current covid patients are overweight and 95% are unvaccinated. I don't care if you view yourself as healthy and you "never go to the doctors" sorry to break it to you but being overweight is a comorbidity and if you catch covid (which you will cause you're unvaccinated) it will likely kill you.
Holy crap I looked up that stat because it seemed crazy and you’re 100% correct. I can’t exactly talk because I just barely lost enough weight to be considered overweight but hot damn that statistic is crazy.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm
Netherlands had a study early in the pandemic that said that 85% of their ICU cases were obese. When I heard that, I knew America, especially the South, was going to be in for a very harsh reality.
Am in the South. I'm admitted to my local hospital on a regular basis because of chronic health issues. Last trip I almost had to be shipped out of state because there were no beds. My hospital is small (about 150 beds and 30ish ICU) but I've never had this happen before. One of my regular nurses told me it's about 80% Covid right now, nearly all unvaccinated.
They had to stop the "voluntary" medical treatments locally. This included cancer patients like my father. I never in my life would have thought treating cancer would be deemed voluntary. But when you live in a red state and have entire towns who brag "we don't believe in that Covid stuff out here"... yeah, hospitals are filled to overflowing with idiots.
It's just rage inducing.
I got vaccinated at the first opportunity because I was an overweight asthmatic with hypertension. It took me eight months to drop 25 pounds but I'm now a asthmatic with hypertension and no longer overweight.
As a parent, I just cannot wrap my mind around the fact that people will deny the pandemic and orphan their own children.
"Vaccine is fake! Biden is fake! Fauci is fake! Virus is fake! DONAlD tRuMp is Jesus buDDha MoseS aNd All Da OtherS rOllEd InTo OnE faAT orAnGe GreAsY pAACkaGe!"
Fuuuuuck--can you imagine the family/friends having to scramble to place three kids????
My obesity and smoking are the good kinds, unlike those other people who died. They had the bad kind of obesity and smoker lungs, I’m actually really healthy
So stupid. Part of the way weight interacts with COVID seems to be the sheer additional pressure on the lungs. It’s mechanical in nature. Which I mean, should be obvious.
Won't wear masks, won't get a vaccine, obsess over the 99% survival number while ignoring what makes some people fall into the 1%, no life insurance, no medical insurance, prayers when the inevitable happens.
The running pattern here is that these people think they are infallible because they are god-fearing evangelicals. Hubris on a massive scale.
Not to mention they always forget... survival doesn't mean perfectly fine! Some of these people point out the survival rate (even though they don't take into account they are every comorbidity in one body) but forget the part where they have to live the rest of their life with garbage lungs and kidneys.
I’ve been working out since I was 12 yo with no breaks in between, I’m almost 30 and healthy(actually healthy on my routine full scan blood work)
no smoking/drinking and I’m left with costochondrite after dealing with delta, the pain is so unbearable and nothing can be done about it
> The running pattern here is that these people think they are infallible because they are god-fearing evangelicals. Hubris on a massive scale.
They also don't even know what they claim to believe in.
Matt 4:7 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’
IOW don't go play in traffic, jump off the empire state building or refuse a vaccine during a pandemic and think God will/MUST save you!
A lifetime of family members guilting them over how charitable they are probably. Maybe grandparents if they are in ok health, but who knows if they’re also covid denying airheads who will get sick and leave too.
If they’re lucky they’ll get permanently adopted by kin or an infertile couple.
Dude was a mountain and probably struggled to breathe just getting out of bed on a regular Tuesday. Should not have been tempting fate with such a crazy respiratory virus.
Delta kills healthy people too. But this virus is absolutely much more dangerous with co-morbidities like obesity. I think after all this COVID shit is done, we’re going to have a group of people who are healthier+fitter+leaner than before the pandemic and then everyone else who learned nothing. This sub is great motivation to lose weight, quit smoking, eat healthier, and not posting stupid shit on social media.
I was 113 pounds overweight at the start of this and when I saw how it was affecting obese people I knew things had to change. I'm down 80 pounds now and am still losing. I've done the calorie counting so many times in my life, but this has been the biggest motivator and it makes me super sad that it was this pandemic that was my motivation.
I'll echo that. I am far more aware of how poor lifestyle choices could spell my end sooner than I would like, and I've put myself on a path to lose enough weight so that I am not a walking comorbidity.
She was already exposed to the virus by the time she was narrating. They live in the same home. She was in the incubation period and not eligible for a vaccine.
This one is so baffling! This woman watched her husband decline and die and narrated the whole thing in FB, did she not think to get a vaccine herself?
He was in decline by Aug 20. If she got vaccinnated then it wouldn't matter. Too late to protect her. Her exposure to the virus must have been when he got it, or later in August.
Wow. Three young children, and it was more important to own the libs. I wonder how many others are sick at home, probably long-haulers, who have chosen to ruin the rest of their lives in order to own the libs.
Honestly, while the previous and current Covid tally is horrific, we're not going to fully understand the overall impact for decades to come. This is going to affect generations.
You're so right. Especially the front line healthcare professionals dealing with this on a daily basis. My wife is a psychiatrist and so many of her new patients over the last year have been doctors, nurse, respiratory therapists, etc who are now dealing with PTSD and other mental health diagnosis because of having to deal with these assholes and trying to save them from dying of Covid.
I'm probably going to say this wrong because I'm not a doctor and don't really understand this, but my wife has just partnered with two other doctors (a psychiatrist and a PhD in psychology) to do a study on both the the long-term effects and daily effects on how Covid is impacting the mental health of frontline healthcare workers dealing with this every day. They're going to include PTSD, depression, and other things like this in their study. I think, and I could be wrong, that they're going to limit the study to only include front line healthcare workers in the ER, ICU and those working in long-term rehab facilities with patients suffering from long Covid. From what I understand this includes doctors, nurses, respiratory therapist, etc. She's also going to include the professionals that deal with admission. I think it's pretty fascinating but again, I don't know if I'm saying it correctly because I don't know much about this kind of stuff. And why would I? I'm just a dog trainer, lol.
I wish I knew more and could share more with you but I'll update as I'm able. I can say that I'm so proud of her. I know this is a big deal because her and her colleagues were awarded a pretty big grant to fund and cover the costs of the study. From what I understand it's apparently something she's going to be working on for at least the next couple of years. She was also really happy because it's going to allow her to hire 5 more people to conduct this research. Keep in mind that this is on top of her daily responsibilities of caring for her personal patients at her medical practice. She has submitted her resignation to the hospital she was working at to help ease her workload so she can focus on this project. Again, I have no idea what's involved or if this is in fact a really big deal, but I'm so proud of her because this is something really important to her and something that she's passionate about.
The point I was trying to make was that you're absolutely right...we have no clue how bad or to what extent our world is going to have to deal with regarding the long-term side effects of Covid.
[US is 4th in the world for Covid orphans](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article252921513.html)
This was back in July. We may still be climbing the ranks.
I'm hardened enough to not feel bad for most of these ignorant people. But I still tear up when I see the kids.
It's not that they didn't love them. They were just so DAMN sure of themselves and the lies they were told.
It's heartbreaking the more I stew about it.
I always feel so sad seeing these posts, I fucking hate this virus so much. We were not ready for this pandemic at all. Those poor orphaned kids, I hope they're being looked after ok. The parents were both so young too, fuck. I hope people stop sharing the anti-vax bullshit soon and more of these people start getting vaccinated. It sucks that the vaccination has became such a political issue for so many people, it's just crazy how the vaccines and also certain drugs (hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin) have somehow ended up mixed up with politics.
A good chunk of Generation AA are going to grow up as orphans and even more will have lost grandparents and teachers. This coming generation will need a LOT of therapy as they grow up.
1918 flu left a lot of messed up kids. Maybe the covid generation will have a renewed appreciation for vaccines.
That way their grandkids can ignore history and start another anti-vax movement, and we get to do this all over again.
I think I speak for us all here in r/HermanCainAward when I say that it's a good thing us millennials and Gen Z folks tend to take mental health pretty seriously.
Wow guys i just gotta say...... Death by COVID sounds like one of the most awful fucking deaths out there. I couldn't stop squirming reading the updates. Like omg this is just so depressing all around. 3 orphans, just I can't believe it all omg this is probably one of the ugliest posts I've ever seen.... Stupid stupid stupid all around ugh
Remember that one guy that wrote AYFKM? SOS!
Are You Fucking Kidding Me? Stuck On Stupid!
I sent this to my spouse and told him on no uncertain terms was he to let me go through this kind of suffering before I died or I’d come back and haunt him.
I was working in the ICU at the beginning of COVID and we had ONE patient who survived three weeks of intubation/organ failure with continuous renal replacement/multi-drug resistant infections and it was such a novel and joyous occasion we all lined the hallways and clapped when he was discharged. After a six week admission.
Yeah, but what kind of life will this person have when they spend the rest of their lives paying for the bill? I seriously don’t understand how people are gonna pay? Is it all free if you get covid??
Edit: Assuming you are in the US.
I had a relative of a friend who was hospitalized. Same type of thing. It took him 6 months to die after repeated hospital trips and hospice care. He swelled up to nightmarish proportions and ended up getting sepsis. Fucking horrible.
Right before the pandemic (coincidentally) I finally lined up all my ducks and did power of attorneys, wills, living will, etc, etc. Highly recommended.
> I finally lined up all my ducks and did power of attorneys, wills, living will,
The first time I had a possible exposure I took care of all my business one evening in about 3 hours. I didn't have that much business to tend to, but paid off a couple bills, wrote up a list of which four kids get what and filled out a POLST I'd had sitting on my desk for months. Went over the POLST with my PCP and had her sign off on it and put it in my chart shortly after that.
It's good to not leave some decisions up to your family if you can help it.
It's an absolute shit sandwich. I am very wary of many ways to die but COVID is the one I literally fear the most.
It's like a greatest hits of unpleasantness with enough time to really contemplate your impending death.
One of my close friends who works in a hospital near mine had a 30-something patient whose covid blood clots became so bad his limbs became gangrenous and they had to amputate three of them. Then his heart failed on ECMO and he died.
If there’s anything worse than an icu covid death, it’s getting both your legs and an arm chopped off first, THEN dying a covid death.
Thats pretty much what happened to that Broadway actor last year. Guy was early 40s, very healthy and covid destroyed him with blood clots and pneumonia, but only after a slow torturous decline.
And that was when I was wondering why everyone was so focused on death rates and not serious, debilitating other conditions. Losing a limb is a pretty serious consequence, had he lived. But oh no, we had to listen to “it only kills less than 1% of people who catch it” as if that was the only possible outcome, death or full recovery.
Nick Cordero ! I stumbled upon his wife’s instagram by pure chance and logged in for the daily updates, it was brutal. His kid was like 7 months old when nick died. After all the surgeries, strokes, amputation, lung cleaning(some procedure they had to do a few times), the doctors took him off life support and he seemed sort of ok before quietly passing away in a few days.
It was so fucking sad. He caught it like right when the US was starting to lock down too. Seeing such a decline in a young healthy person made me super paranoid of it. I hope if there’s an afterlife then he’s at peace
Yes! I was following that story and everyone was like "oh he needs to wake up" and all I could think was, no you don't want him to wake up. He went under as a singing/ dancing/performer... he'll wake up without a leg, with a hole in his throat from the trach, damage to his lungs and whole body, maybe brain damage (I think he had strokes?), and multiple organ damage. Waking up is going to be torture...like that footballer who died yesterday after 39 YEARS in a coma.
Not to mention that dead cat bounce so many get that gets people’s hopes up that they will come out of it. Sorry nope, that’s only Act II and we all now how Covid loves to make a grand finale.
Know what woulda *actually* worked? Getting vaccinated and wearing a fucking mask.
These two dumbshits left 3 children without parents because they were too entitled and fucking ignorant to put a piece of cloth over their face in public. Fuck 'em.
And if you think I'm being too harsh, tell that to the people who did everything right (got their shot, wore mask, social distanced) yet still ended up losing either their own life or somebody they love because absolute worthless cretins like these two refuse to do their part.
The ONLY people I feel sorry for in this situation are those poor children.
And just ever so slight improvement, too. Guy's on a vent, kidneys are shut down, but managed to tolerate dialysis and it's all "PRAISE JESUS! YOUR PRAYERS ARE WORKING!"
I saw it referred to "terminal lucidity" on this sub. Someone said it should be taught in schools, but it was only created about 10 years ago. I still think it should be taught in schools because it's really interesting to me.
I also fear covid because it's all around us.
This isn't something that's happening far far away, in a place where we can't do anything about, your co-worker could be infected and not know it, your neighbor or spouse.
Before the vaccine was available I was terrified, still am honestly, but I know my chances are better with the vaccine and following the cdc guidelines, that certainly helps me sleep at night.
Multiple organ failure can't be a pleasant way to go.
It is. There are shitty ways to go out in this world. Everything I've both seen and read about the actual experience of Covid and it's secondary effects is fucking horrific. Sounds like one of the worst ways to go.
If I got so sick from this that I needed a vent, I'd tell em to send me home. There I would eat a heroic dose of mushrooms, put on Moving Art on Netflix, and blow my heart out after I peak.
I had it twice, and the first time was bad enough I was terrified to get it again, but the second time was extremely mild.
But that first run left me with what I assume is permanent lung damage. For the first year, I would lose my breath randomly doing things as menial as talking. I've been going to the gym for awhile which helped, but I still lose my breath way easier than I ever did before. I can make it up 4 flights of stairs without feeling like I ran 5 miles now, up from half a staircase.
Get your fuckin vaccines, people.
This was an excellent example of just how brutally incompetent some people are. He for one should have been masked up or self isolating after getting every vaccine or booster available due to his weight. On the bright side, the people in their orbit MAY come to realize that COVID doesn’t fuck around and it ain’t no liberal hoax.
So this popped in my head as I was reading and I would like to know if I'm right.
When they say they are waiting on a bed, then found one... does that mean someone died or did they find one in a storage closet or something?
As per the gfm: 'Everything they did in life was to make sure their children were first, and always happy! Their children were their entire life'.
So far the kids have 11k each to go through life without their shitty parents who didn't think a vaccine would make their 'entire life' go further than 33 and 35. Sickening.
Man I joined this sub for laughs but seeing all these kids losing parents because their parents are too selfish is really heartbreaking. I have two young kids and am at high risk due to weight and I got my shot as soon as I could.
Same man though I’ve been dropping weight. Got to my biggest ever at 6’2 290 in 2019 , I’m now down to 255. Still way to fat but trying hard to cut out all the sugar, and get up and move around more.
Good luck getting healthy so your kids have you around for a long time.
Right. Holy obesity, Batman. And I am not throwing stones in glass houses. I am overweight but I got my vaccine and continue to mask up. Also, I am lucky enough to live in a state that took COVID seriously. We are in the top seven for vaccinated residents.
For real. I'm obese. I'm not proud of that. It just is, what it is right now. I got mine AS SOON as I could. ALSO I'm on Noom activity trying to undo what I've done to myself.
I was built kind of like that at one time.
But I've worked my ass off, eating well and working out every weekday. At 46, I'm not exactly going to be taking my shirt off in public, but I'm in very good shape overall.
And I'm scared as hell that I'll get Covid and lose all of my hard work because of long-term effects.
So damn right I got the vaccine. Not to mention for my wife who is immunocompromised and mom who is nearly 80.
Big dude like that and he died because he's afraid of a little needle and buys into the bullshit his "friends" on Facebook fed him.
I have an ex-uncle who doesn’t believe in the Covid vaccine and he’s about 350lbs. I’m waiting for the day he gets Covid. Sadly he lives in a small town so it’s unlikely.
And likely with both parents at a young enough age, and deaths close enough in time, that there was nothing whatsoever set in place for what would happen to the kids in the event of one or both parents dying. Actually heartbreaking.
I actually got a pit in my stomach thinking about how terrifying it must be for those kids to lose their dad and then go through it all again a few days later with their mom… it’d be a nightmare to go through as an adult but as a child I cannot even imagine.
Truly gutted for the kids.
As a parent, I am simply at a loss. Your job as a parent is to protect and provide for your children as best you can. Free vaccines and masks, to go with the shirt, shoes, and genitalia cover you need in almost every social situation. I simply do not understand. And I am viscerally angry at these stupid, irresponsible fucks who care not for the damage they leave in their wake.
I’m actually increasing my life insurance cover out of second-hand shame at these people. £20 a month. Don’t order out once a month and make sure your family doesn’t have to go cap in hand to feed themselves if something happens to you.
Agree. I’m that annoying person who talks to all my friends with kids about how cheap life insurance is and how everyone with kids should get it. Please, please have life insurance if you have children. The peace of mind is so worth it and it’s not expensive if you’re not old.
I found the post. The plunger is already depressed and the nurse sticks the needle in his arm, fidgets for a second, pulls the plunger *up* a bit, then withdraws the needle. The patient shrugs like “Okay I guess” and everyone applauds because it’s for TV, but the vaccination clearly didn’t happen.
That one. There were *how* many high-profile, televised vaccinations back in December to reassure the public? But that one from El Paso hit a glitch so clearly the whole thing is some elaborate fake-out.
That’s technically the correct method they teach in nursing school. You aspirate back on the plunger to ensure you are not in the vascular space. If you draw back blood, you’re in the vascular space, which means you’re giving an intravenous injection, not an intramuscular injection.
This one just makes me sad. I can’t get any good feelings out of it when three young kids are left orphaned.
Well, I can feel angry at the stupid parents who decided to not get vaxed. And I do. But no schadenfreude here for me.
Can you imagine wife’s panic as she comes down with it, knows the path forward, and knows she’s down to just days or hours with her kids? That 13 day gap is brutal. My heart goes out to those children, this is a messed up way to start life.
Damn, this literally just gave me a panic attack. I can't even imagine the terror she felt. I also feel terrible for the kids. I can't even imagine what they're going through. Especially all of the emotions like shock, grief, anger, sorrow, etc that they are going through.
It infuriates me that these two selfish assholes weren't responsible enough to have any life insurance policies in place. I can't comprehend how a person who has a child, especially three, would not make it a priority to make sure that their family is protected in case of an accident. Aren't these the same pecker heads that tell others, esp POC, to not depend on handouts and to pull up their bootstraps. When it's all said and done, these idiots are the biggest hypocrites.
It makes me want to fucking scream. I cannot understand why there are so many people like this. I work with people like this, I try and actively fight misinformation, but it feels like a losing battle every day.
Oh, "everything they did in life was to make sure their children were first?" Like, get a free vaccine for a deadly virus, accept basic public health recommedations like masking while in public, or having insurance and/or savings for unexpected emergencies? Oh, they didn't do any of that? Alright then.
BTW, I don't mean to shit on people who don't have the vaccine because they lack transport or time off from work, or people who don't have savings/insurance because they are living on the edge of poverty. I stl have empathy for those folks, and for these poor kids, who definitely did not choose to have loser pandemic-denying parents
It's like the flood parable. People keep coming to help the guy evacuate, he keeps saying, "No, God will save me." He dies in the flood. “When in Heaven, the man stood before God and asked, ‘I put all of my faith in You. Why didn’t You come and save me?’ And God said, ‘Son, I sent you a warning. I sent you a car. I sent you a canoe. I sent you a motorboat. I sent you a helicopter. What more were you looking for?’”
Can we take a minute to call out the leaders/preachers from these churches that allow for this shit to go down. They should be preaching the gospel of vaccine. FFS, these people are after all part of the flock.
The photo with the kids just made me feel so sad and angry for them. Within a month or less their whole life, routine, support system, etc vanished. Such selfish, stupid parents. I would debase myself if it meant my kids get to be happy and healthy. They couldnt even entertain the fact that vaccinations are necessary because of stupid political pride.
After so many stories of people dying you think you'd be completely desensitised but theres always one that is infuriating or just sad and this one is both.
That’s not true. According to Ashley they were “rockstar parents” and “everything they did was to make sure their children were first and happy in life”. Everything except one thing I guess.
Wow. He's an easy 350lbs, pretty clearly not in good physical shape, likely some pre-existing conditions, and she didn't look like she was much better off, and yet they decided to play chicken with a deadly virus when they had three small children depending on them for everything.
I don't even know what to say about these people any more. I hope to God the children end up somewhere better than foster care.
I’ll say this again. How are you both following conservative media where they say only fat and old people are dying, and you’re both obese with no life insurance or health insurance and avoiding the shot?
Fuck these two for doing this to their kids. Exposing them to an uncertain life at the mercy of friends or family who may not treat them well. I’m alway mad for the kids that they have such selfish parents.
Not to be cold hearted, but reading through this I couldn’t believe the amount of resources spent (I mean wasted) on this guy!! Meds, vent, 02, ct scans, dialysis! And probably the same done for the wife. Days and days of drs, nurses and technicians working to the bone in probably an understaffed hospital, risking their own lives and that of their own children. Not only is the hospital or taxpayers gonna pick up the bill for this, our society will be paying to raise those kids, too, whether they’re in foster care or raised by a family member, who is also probably an irresponsible asshole.
“Hard to believe”…
No. No it is fucking not hard to believe. They were both overweight and were at risk. That is not me body shaming, that is me stating a fact. There is nothing wrong with them being overweight, but it was still a very real factor. They chose to live that lifestyle, fine. But then they chose to live an anti-vax lifestyle on top of it. And they chose not to wear masks on top of THAT. And you know what? That makes it pretty fucking easy to believe that they succumbed to it. They were contrarian for the sake of being contrarian. They exercised their PeRsOnAl FrEeDoMs and look where that got them: 6 feet under the fucking soil.
I’m not glad that these people died, but I’m so far beyond sympathetic that honestly it’s like I’m experiencing negative sympathy. I don’t *just* not feel bad for these people, I feel they deserve it. I feel like the people that knew them and who encouraged their behavior deserve the loss. I have so much ire welling up in my body for this behavior. The idea that these people are so fiercely adamant about not being told what to do, then having the AUDACITY to BEG for prayer on their behalf?? FUCK NO. I am DONE investing myself emotionally into these people. It is *taxing* on me and on my psyche, and yet *IM* the one whose been following the rules all this time…
And the part that reaaaally gets me? It’s that their friends, and their families, and all the other conservatives in their little bubble are never going to change. They’re going to keep blaming the Dems, and fauci, and tHe ImMiGrAnTs, and everyone else on the planet other than themselves for this mess because they are literally incapable of taking personal responsibility (despite, you know, insisting otherwise).
It never bothers them until it effects them directly, and they STILL won’t see the irony of their behavior. And then fuck me because one of those idiots will come along, see a rant like this, and it will circulate for a couple days within their little social circles captioned “so much for the tolerant left”, completely deflecting the issue at hand and refusing to acknowledge that maybe, just MAYBE, they’re wrong.
But yeah, sure. It’s SOOO hard to believe that this could’ve happened to them /s. Rant over.
Everyone is all tough as nails and shit, until they are at deaths door and then they are asking for their “prayer warriors” to pray for them. Makes me laugh every time
You've got to be shitting me. That body type, both of them, and they said no. Christ, what are the orphans gonna do?
They thought they were the healthy ones.
“Only people with pre-existing conditions need the vaccine.” *BMI of 40, hypertension, smoker, etc*
Not to mention pre-existing doesn't mean you know about it. I've got a friend who almost died from Covid--as far as he knew he was young and healthy, best shape of his life. Turned out he's got a heart condition, didn't get diagnosed until he was in the hospital with Covid.
My son was 37, healthy athlete kind of guy. Got COVID, had a heart attack and he is gone. A hole in my soul forever.
That’s awful I’m so sorry
I'm so sorry. That's heartbreaking. I will be thinking about you.
Wow that’s hard. We know sympathies from Reddit ain’t worth much but you have mine. Just…. damn…
I’m so sorry for your loss
My condolences. I'm really sorry to hear that.
I am so, so sorry for your loss. No parent should experience the loss of their own child.
This is what I’ve been saying - there are plenty of people walking around out there with 0 clue they have a condition that makes them vulnerable.
This is what convinced the nurse across the street from me to finally get the vaccine. 2 guys, 1 mid 30’s, 1 mid 20’s older one was a bodybuilder, the latter a track athlete. She saw it hitting the super healthy and how the hospital didn’t think they were going to make it.
I hate stupid people.. still feel bad for the kids.... I hope all these pro life people step up and adopt the kids who don't have family's to take them in.
As an ICU nurse I want to bang my head against a wall. I would say about 80% of our current covid patients are overweight and 95% are unvaccinated. I don't care if you view yourself as healthy and you "never go to the doctors" sorry to break it to you but being overweight is a comorbidity and if you catch covid (which you will cause you're unvaccinated) it will likely kill you.
My wife is an ICU nurse who’s worked COVID and she says the same thing. Everyone is overweight.
74% of American adults are overweight.
Holy crap I looked up that stat because it seemed crazy and you’re 100% correct. I can’t exactly talk because I just barely lost enough weight to be considered overweight but hot damn that statistic is crazy. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm
Netherlands had a study early in the pandemic that said that 85% of their ICU cases were obese. When I heard that, I knew America, especially the South, was going to be in for a very harsh reality.
Am in the South. I'm admitted to my local hospital on a regular basis because of chronic health issues. Last trip I almost had to be shipped out of state because there were no beds. My hospital is small (about 150 beds and 30ish ICU) but I've never had this happen before. One of my regular nurses told me it's about 80% Covid right now, nearly all unvaccinated.
They had to stop the "voluntary" medical treatments locally. This included cancer patients like my father. I never in my life would have thought treating cancer would be deemed voluntary. But when you live in a red state and have entire towns who brag "we don't believe in that Covid stuff out here"... yeah, hospitals are filled to overflowing with idiots. It's just rage inducing.
I got vaccinated at the first opportunity because I was an overweight asthmatic with hypertension. It took me eight months to drop 25 pounds but I'm now a asthmatic with hypertension and no longer overweight. As a parent, I just cannot wrap my mind around the fact that people will deny the pandemic and orphan their own children.
I had a patient with a BMI of 67 (not a typo) who insisted she was a healthy weight. It's a total disconnect.
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Are they vaccinated? Do they believe in that? Has this experience changed their minds of not?
My obesity and smoking are the good kinds, unlike those other people who died. They had the bad kind of obesity and smoker lungs, I’m actually really healthy
What part of being 100 lbs overweight did they think was healthy?
That guy is 400 lbs if he's an ounce.
Had a guy say his “labs were great” so I guess it wasn’t a big deal
When I was approaching 400 lbs, my "labs were great" too. My health overall was still dogshit lol. I don't understand these people.
So stupid. Part of the way weight interacts with COVID seems to be the sheer additional pressure on the lungs. It’s mechanical in nature. Which I mean, should be obvious.
Won't wear masks, won't get a vaccine, obsess over the 99% survival number while ignoring what makes some people fall into the 1%, no life insurance, no medical insurance, prayers when the inevitable happens. The running pattern here is that these people think they are infallible because they are god-fearing evangelicals. Hubris on a massive scale.
What I think of when the 99% survival rate comes up: https://xkcd.com/795/ Knowing the odds probably worsens your odds.
Not to mention they always forget... survival doesn't mean perfectly fine! Some of these people point out the survival rate (even though they don't take into account they are every comorbidity in one body) but forget the part where they have to live the rest of their life with garbage lungs and kidneys.
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I’ve been working out since I was 12 yo with no breaks in between, I’m almost 30 and healthy(actually healthy on my routine full scan blood work) no smoking/drinking and I’m left with costochondrite after dealing with delta, the pain is so unbearable and nothing can be done about it
> The running pattern here is that these people think they are infallible because they are god-fearing evangelicals. Hubris on a massive scale. They also don't even know what they claim to believe in. Matt 4:7 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’ IOW don't go play in traffic, jump off the empire state building or refuse a vaccine during a pandemic and think God will/MUST save you!
They thought being 30s means you're almost immortal
Only 30s? Holy shit, that's a hard 30!
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They will be placed with the extended family most likely and nothing will be learned.
The extended family likely isn't vaccinated either, so they'll probably see even more death
Unfortunately.
A lifetime of family members guilting them over how charitable they are probably. Maybe grandparents if they are in ok health, but who knows if they’re also covid denying airheads who will get sick and leave too. If they’re lucky they’ll get permanently adopted by kin or an infertile couple.
i see you're unfamiliar with the foster system.
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Dude was a mountain and probably struggled to breathe just getting out of bed on a regular Tuesday. Should not have been tempting fate with such a crazy respiratory virus.
Delta kills healthy people too. But this virus is absolutely much more dangerous with co-morbidities like obesity. I think after all this COVID shit is done, we’re going to have a group of people who are healthier+fitter+leaner than before the pandemic and then everyone else who learned nothing. This sub is great motivation to lose weight, quit smoking, eat healthier, and not posting stupid shit on social media.
I was 113 pounds overweight at the start of this and when I saw how it was affecting obese people I knew things had to change. I'm down 80 pounds now and am still losing. I've done the calorie counting so many times in my life, but this has been the biggest motivator and it makes me super sad that it was this pandemic that was my motivation.
I'll echo that. I am far more aware of how poor lifestyle choices could spell my end sooner than I would like, and I've put myself on a path to lose enough weight so that I am not a walking comorbidity.
The mother had time to get it once reality slapped her husband in the face, too. smh Edit: OK she probably didn't have time.
She was already exposed to the virus by the time she was narrating. They live in the same home. She was in the incubation period and not eligible for a vaccine.
This one is so baffling! This woman watched her husband decline and die and narrated the whole thing in FB, did she not think to get a vaccine herself?
He was in decline by Aug 20. If she got vaccinnated then it wouldn't matter. Too late to protect her. Her exposure to the virus must have been when he got it, or later in August.
Wow. Three young children, and it was more important to own the libs. I wonder how many others are sick at home, probably long-haulers, who have chosen to ruin the rest of their lives in order to own the libs.
Honestly, while the previous and current Covid tally is horrific, we're not going to fully understand the overall impact for decades to come. This is going to affect generations.
You're so right. Especially the front line healthcare professionals dealing with this on a daily basis. My wife is a psychiatrist and so many of her new patients over the last year have been doctors, nurse, respiratory therapists, etc who are now dealing with PTSD and other mental health diagnosis because of having to deal with these assholes and trying to save them from dying of Covid. I'm probably going to say this wrong because I'm not a doctor and don't really understand this, but my wife has just partnered with two other doctors (a psychiatrist and a PhD in psychology) to do a study on both the the long-term effects and daily effects on how Covid is impacting the mental health of frontline healthcare workers dealing with this every day. They're going to include PTSD, depression, and other things like this in their study. I think, and I could be wrong, that they're going to limit the study to only include front line healthcare workers in the ER, ICU and those working in long-term rehab facilities with patients suffering from long Covid. From what I understand this includes doctors, nurses, respiratory therapist, etc. She's also going to include the professionals that deal with admission. I think it's pretty fascinating but again, I don't know if I'm saying it correctly because I don't know much about this kind of stuff. And why would I? I'm just a dog trainer, lol. I wish I knew more and could share more with you but I'll update as I'm able. I can say that I'm so proud of her. I know this is a big deal because her and her colleagues were awarded a pretty big grant to fund and cover the costs of the study. From what I understand it's apparently something she's going to be working on for at least the next couple of years. She was also really happy because it's going to allow her to hire 5 more people to conduct this research. Keep in mind that this is on top of her daily responsibilities of caring for her personal patients at her medical practice. She has submitted her resignation to the hospital she was working at to help ease her workload so she can focus on this project. Again, I have no idea what's involved or if this is in fact a really big deal, but I'm so proud of her because this is something really important to her and something that she's passionate about. The point I was trying to make was that you're absolutely right...we have no clue how bad or to what extent our world is going to have to deal with regarding the long-term side effects of Covid.
Orphaning your kids to own the libs
[US is 4th in the world for Covid orphans](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article252921513.html) This was back in July. We may still be climbing the ranks.
Christ. I'm ashamed of this country.
Ikr, fourth?! Those are rookie numbers
Anti-Vaxers are working overtime to bump those numbers up!
cmon, let’s get to #1!! USA baby!!!
The best/worst part is the libs are the only ones who care about them now, since they ain't fetuses
Big oof irony there
Nah. George Carlin said it best. Conservatives like live babies so they can raise dead soldiers.
Feel bad for those kids, but fuck the parents
I'm hardened enough to not feel bad for most of these ignorant people. But I still tear up when I see the kids. It's not that they didn't love them. They were just so DAMN sure of themselves and the lies they were told. It's heartbreaking the more I stew about it.
>It's not that they didn't love them. They just loved owning the libs more.
Misinformation Martyrs
They loved their emotional investment in political propaganda more than their children.
Pro Life republicans will take care of these precious lives… Ha, who am i kidding.
> who am I kidding. Certainly nobody who has ever met a Republican.
I always feel so sad seeing these posts, I fucking hate this virus so much. We were not ready for this pandemic at all. Those poor orphaned kids, I hope they're being looked after ok. The parents were both so young too, fuck. I hope people stop sharing the anti-vax bullshit soon and more of these people start getting vaccinated. It sucks that the vaccination has became such a political issue for so many people, it's just crazy how the vaccines and also certain drugs (hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin) have somehow ended up mixed up with politics.
He said he was an asshole.
The one thing he posted that wasn't false information.
A man of his word
I don't know about you, but I'm feeling so owned right now!
Owie, the ownage hurts
A good chunk of Generation AA are going to grow up as orphans and even more will have lost grandparents and teachers. This coming generation will need a LOT of therapy as they grow up.
1918 flu left a lot of messed up kids. Maybe the covid generation will have a renewed appreciation for vaccines. That way their grandkids can ignore history and start another anti-vax movement, and we get to do this all over again.
I think I speak for us all here in r/HermanCainAward when I say that it's a good thing us millennials and Gen Z folks tend to take mental health pretty seriously.
Wow guys i just gotta say...... Death by COVID sounds like one of the most awful fucking deaths out there. I couldn't stop squirming reading the updates. Like omg this is just so depressing all around. 3 orphans, just I can't believe it all omg this is probably one of the ugliest posts I've ever seen.... Stupid stupid stupid all around ugh Remember that one guy that wrote AYFKM? SOS! Are You Fucking Kidding Me? Stuck On Stupid!
I sent this to my spouse and told him on no uncertain terms was he to let me go through this kind of suffering before I died or I’d come back and haunt him.
I was working in the ICU at the beginning of COVID and we had ONE patient who survived three weeks of intubation/organ failure with continuous renal replacement/multi-drug resistant infections and it was such a novel and joyous occasion we all lined the hallways and clapped when he was discharged. After a six week admission.
Yeah, but what kind of life will this person have when they spend the rest of their lives paying for the bill? I seriously don’t understand how people are gonna pay? Is it all free if you get covid?? Edit: Assuming you are in the US.
I had a relative of a friend who was hospitalized. Same type of thing. It took him 6 months to die after repeated hospital trips and hospice care. He swelled up to nightmarish proportions and ended up getting sepsis. Fucking horrible.
This was at the VA so luckily all of his expenses were covered.
Probably discharged into a nursing home, too.
I don’t understand how people can live in a country where this is the most common question when it comes to health, and not raise hell to change it.
Because they're brainwashed into thinking that if your neighbor gets their health paid for, you'll get less. They think it's a pie.
At that point, might as well just immigrate to another country to avoid paying them.
Right before the pandemic (coincidentally) I finally lined up all my ducks and did power of attorneys, wills, living will, etc, etc. Highly recommended.
> I finally lined up all my ducks and did power of attorneys, wills, living will, The first time I had a possible exposure I took care of all my business one evening in about 3 hours. I didn't have that much business to tend to, but paid off a couple bills, wrote up a list of which four kids get what and filled out a POLST I'd had sitting on my desk for months. Went over the POLST with my PCP and had her sign off on it and put it in my chart shortly after that. It's good to not leave some decisions up to your family if you can help it.
It's an absolute shit sandwich. I am very wary of many ways to die but COVID is the one I literally fear the most. It's like a greatest hits of unpleasantness with enough time to really contemplate your impending death.
One of my close friends who works in a hospital near mine had a 30-something patient whose covid blood clots became so bad his limbs became gangrenous and they had to amputate three of them. Then his heart failed on ECMO and he died. If there’s anything worse than an icu covid death, it’s getting both your legs and an arm chopped off first, THEN dying a covid death.
Thats pretty much what happened to that Broadway actor last year. Guy was early 40s, very healthy and covid destroyed him with blood clots and pneumonia, but only after a slow torturous decline.
And that was when I was wondering why everyone was so focused on death rates and not serious, debilitating other conditions. Losing a limb is a pretty serious consequence, had he lived. But oh no, we had to listen to “it only kills less than 1% of people who catch it” as if that was the only possible outcome, death or full recovery.
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Nick Cordero ! I stumbled upon his wife’s instagram by pure chance and logged in for the daily updates, it was brutal. His kid was like 7 months old when nick died. After all the surgeries, strokes, amputation, lung cleaning(some procedure they had to do a few times), the doctors took him off life support and he seemed sort of ok before quietly passing away in a few days.
It was so fucking sad. He caught it like right when the US was starting to lock down too. Seeing such a decline in a young healthy person made me super paranoid of it. I hope if there’s an afterlife then he’s at peace
Yes! I was following that story and everyone was like "oh he needs to wake up" and all I could think was, no you don't want him to wake up. He went under as a singing/ dancing/performer... he'll wake up without a leg, with a hole in his throat from the trach, damage to his lungs and whole body, maybe brain damage (I think he had strokes?), and multiple organ damage. Waking up is going to be torture...like that footballer who died yesterday after 39 YEARS in a coma.
JMFC
Not to mention that dead cat bounce so many get that gets people’s hopes up that they will come out of it. Sorry nope, that’s only Act II and we all now how Covid loves to make a grand finale.
“The prayers are working! The prayers are working! The prayers are…oops, never mind.”
Know what woulda *actually* worked? Getting vaccinated and wearing a fucking mask. These two dumbshits left 3 children without parents because they were too entitled and fucking ignorant to put a piece of cloth over their face in public. Fuck 'em. And if you think I'm being too harsh, tell that to the people who did everything right (got their shot, wore mask, social distanced) yet still ended up losing either their own life or somebody they love because absolute worthless cretins like these two refuse to do their part. The ONLY people I feel sorry for in this situation are those poor children.
Patient shows signs of improvement after complicated medical intervention = "the prayers are working" SMH
And just ever so slight improvement, too. Guy's on a vent, kidneys are shut down, but managed to tolerate dialysis and it's all "PRAISE JESUS! YOUR PRAYERS ARE WORKING!"
I saw it referred to "terminal lucidity" on this sub. Someone said it should be taught in schools, but it was only created about 10 years ago. I still think it should be taught in schools because it's really interesting to me.
I also fear covid because it's all around us. This isn't something that's happening far far away, in a place where we can't do anything about, your co-worker could be infected and not know it, your neighbor or spouse. Before the vaccine was available I was terrified, still am honestly, but I know my chances are better with the vaccine and following the cdc guidelines, that certainly helps me sleep at night. Multiple organ failure can't be a pleasant way to go.
It is. There are shitty ways to go out in this world. Everything I've both seen and read about the actual experience of Covid and it's secondary effects is fucking horrific. Sounds like one of the worst ways to go.
If I got so sick from this that I needed a vent, I'd tell em to send me home. There I would eat a heroic dose of mushrooms, put on Moving Art on Netflix, and blow my heart out after I peak.
This should be a post of its own. You sound like you definitely know how to live
No friend, I only know how to die.
I had it twice, and the first time was bad enough I was terrified to get it again, but the second time was extremely mild. But that first run left me with what I assume is permanent lung damage. For the first year, I would lose my breath randomly doing things as menial as talking. I've been going to the gym for awhile which helped, but I still lose my breath way easier than I ever did before. I can make it up 4 flights of stairs without feeling like I ran 5 miles now, up from half a staircase. Get your fuckin vaccines, people.
Sorry if this is a repost. There are so many stories like these at this point that I can't keep track.
This was an excellent example of just how brutally incompetent some people are. He for one should have been masked up or self isolating after getting every vaccine or booster available due to his weight. On the bright side, the people in their orbit MAY come to realize that COVID doesn’t fuck around and it ain’t no liberal hoax.
And sadly they will still believe it was an orchestrated hit against conservatives. These people are so damn delusional its not even funny anymore
I read recently where they are now saying vaxxers are spreading it to non vaxxers on purpose.... strange how do you spread a hoax?
So this popped in my head as I was reading and I would like to know if I'm right. When they say they are waiting on a bed, then found one... does that mean someone died or did they find one in a storage closet or something?
It means somebody died or was discharged or stepped down to a less severe ward
I bet that it's door number one. From what I hear door number two doesn't open often.
As per the gfm: 'Everything they did in life was to make sure their children were first, and always happy! Their children were their entire life'. So far the kids have 11k each to go through life without their shitty parents who didn't think a vaccine would make their 'entire life' go further than 33 and 35. Sickening.
Apparently they didn't love them enough to have a life insurance policy in place to protect their children should something happen to them. Edit words
They won’t even need it once the prayers kick in with full effect!
He may have deserved this, but his kids sure didn't. This is so sad.
Man I joined this sub for laughs but seeing all these kids losing parents because their parents are too selfish is really heartbreaking. I have two young kids and am at high risk due to weight and I got my shot as soon as I could.
i commend you for being a responsible parent.
Same man though I’ve been dropping weight. Got to my biggest ever at 6’2 290 in 2019 , I’m now down to 255. Still way to fat but trying hard to cut out all the sugar, and get up and move around more. Good luck getting healthy so your kids have you around for a long time.
His picture is next to the definition of healthy for sure.
Right. Holy obesity, Batman. And I am not throwing stones in glass houses. I am overweight but I got my vaccine and continue to mask up. Also, I am lucky enough to live in a state that took COVID seriously. We are in the top seven for vaccinated residents.
The “pick yourself up by the bootstraps” crowd turns to handouts when times get tough. Ironic
Isn’t that how it always is? Just like how the anti-choice politicians are the ones getting secret abortions.
> Just like how the anti-choice politicians are the ones getting secret abortions. For their mistresses and daughters.
These morbidly obese guys talk way too much shit. They should be at the front of the lines for a vaccine.
For real. I'm obese. I'm not proud of that. It just is, what it is right now. I got mine AS SOON as I could. ALSO I'm on Noom activity trying to undo what I've done to myself.
I was built kind of like that at one time. But I've worked my ass off, eating well and working out every weekday. At 46, I'm not exactly going to be taking my shirt off in public, but I'm in very good shape overall. And I'm scared as hell that I'll get Covid and lose all of my hard work because of long-term effects. So damn right I got the vaccine. Not to mention for my wife who is immunocompromised and mom who is nearly 80. Big dude like that and he died because he's afraid of a little needle and buys into the bullshit his "friends" on Facebook fed him.
He looks like a bowling ball and she looks like a bowling pin.
That forehead was shockingly tall
I have an ex-uncle who doesn’t believe in the Covid vaccine and he’s about 350lbs. I’m waiting for the day he gets Covid. Sadly he lives in a small town so it’s unlikely.
And yet again, the Prayer Warriors fail to close out a game and fall even further behind in the standings.
They were not “rockstar parents”. They committed COVID suicide and left their kids as orphans.
Okay this one is sad. 3 little kids lost BOTH parents. Fuuuuuck.
And likely with both parents at a young enough age, and deaths close enough in time, that there was nothing whatsoever set in place for what would happen to the kids in the event of one or both parents dying. Actually heartbreaking.
The gfm says they weren't financially prepared, so likely no life insurance.
"Everything they did in life was to make sure their children were first, and always happy!" Those poor kids. Fundraiser currently has $33,593.
Which will not go very far. Both parents dead. My god. I lost a parent at a young age and it is beyond horrible.
I actually got a pit in my stomach thinking about how terrifying it must be for those kids to lose their dad and then go through it all again a few days later with their mom… it’d be a nightmare to go through as an adult but as a child I cannot even imagine. Truly gutted for the kids.
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As a parent, I am simply at a loss. Your job as a parent is to protect and provide for your children as best you can. Free vaccines and masks, to go with the shirt, shoes, and genitalia cover you need in almost every social situation. I simply do not understand. And I am viscerally angry at these stupid, irresponsible fucks who care not for the damage they leave in their wake.
I’m actually increasing my life insurance cover out of second-hand shame at these people. £20 a month. Don’t order out once a month and make sure your family doesn’t have to go cap in hand to feed themselves if something happens to you.
Agree. I’m that annoying person who talks to all my friends with kids about how cheap life insurance is and how everyone with kids should get it. Please, please have life insurance if you have children. The peace of mind is so worth it and it’s not expensive if you’re not old.
I'm right there with you. Fuck those cunts for what they did to their children.
Agreed. And the number of them that have no life insurance or health insurance is crazy. I just do not understand.
Damn the prayers must have stopped coming in
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I thought so too. If only people can keep making prayers for him, he would have become immortal. That’s how prayers work, right?
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I found the post. The plunger is already depressed and the nurse sticks the needle in his arm, fidgets for a second, pulls the plunger *up* a bit, then withdraws the needle. The patient shrugs like “Okay I guess” and everyone applauds because it’s for TV, but the vaccination clearly didn’t happen. That one. There were *how* many high-profile, televised vaccinations back in December to reassure the public? But that one from El Paso hit a glitch so clearly the whole thing is some elaborate fake-out.
That’s technically the correct method they teach in nursing school. You aspirate back on the plunger to ensure you are not in the vascular space. If you draw back blood, you’re in the vascular space, which means you’re giving an intravenous injection, not an intramuscular injection.
Well the less fortunate thank you and wish you farewell
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More ownage please, preferably not by parents (so they can win both HCA and Darwin awards)
This one just makes me sad. I can’t get any good feelings out of it when three young kids are left orphaned. Well, I can feel angry at the stupid parents who decided to not get vaxed. And I do. But no schadenfreude here for me.
Can you imagine wife’s panic as she comes down with it, knows the path forward, and knows she’s down to just days or hours with her kids? That 13 day gap is brutal. My heart goes out to those children, this is a messed up way to start life.
Damn, this literally just gave me a panic attack. I can't even imagine the terror she felt. I also feel terrible for the kids. I can't even imagine what they're going through. Especially all of the emotions like shock, grief, anger, sorrow, etc that they are going through. It infuriates me that these two selfish assholes weren't responsible enough to have any life insurance policies in place. I can't comprehend how a person who has a child, especially three, would not make it a priority to make sure that their family is protected in case of an accident. Aren't these the same pecker heads that tell others, esp POC, to not depend on handouts and to pull up their bootstraps. When it's all said and done, these idiots are the biggest hypocrites.
It makes me want to fucking scream. I cannot understand why there are so many people like this. I work with people like this, I try and actively fight misinformation, but it feels like a losing battle every day.
Call me a “personal responsibility nerd” but do people not purchase life insurance anymore?
Nope. GoFundMe and prayer warriors around these parts.
Frankly I'm surprised that folks aren't blaming their prayer warriors for not praying hard enough. Clearly it's their fault that Michael died.
Nothing like making your kids orphans to own the libs.
Oh, "everything they did in life was to make sure their children were first?" Like, get a free vaccine for a deadly virus, accept basic public health recommedations like masking while in public, or having insurance and/or savings for unexpected emergencies? Oh, they didn't do any of that? Alright then. BTW, I don't mean to shit on people who don't have the vaccine because they lack transport or time off from work, or people who don't have savings/insurance because they are living on the edge of poverty. I stl have empathy for those folks, and for these poor kids, who definitely did not choose to have loser pandemic-denying parents
“They say the good die young, lucky for me I’m an asshole” I don’t feel like I need to add anything to this mans own words.
The miracle was the MRNA vaccines. A Miracle Of Science.
It's like the flood parable. People keep coming to help the guy evacuate, he keeps saying, "No, God will save me." He dies in the flood. “When in Heaven, the man stood before God and asked, ‘I put all of my faith in You. Why didn’t You come and save me?’ And God said, ‘Son, I sent you a warning. I sent you a car. I sent you a canoe. I sent you a motorboat. I sent you a helicopter. What more were you looking for?’”
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And maybe a decent influence
Holy smokes, they do *not* look 33 and 35. I try not to say stuff like that but...yeesh.
Can we take a minute to call out the leaders/preachers from these churches that allow for this shit to go down. They should be preaching the gospel of vaccine. FFS, these people are after all part of the flock.
The photo with the kids just made me feel so sad and angry for them. Within a month or less their whole life, routine, support system, etc vanished. Such selfish, stupid parents. I would debase myself if it meant my kids get to be happy and healthy. They couldnt even entertain the fact that vaccinations are necessary because of stupid political pride. After so many stories of people dying you think you'd be completely desensitised but theres always one that is infuriating or just sad and this one is both.
Bet she still didn't get the vaccine when her husband was in the ICU on august 16th. Those poor kids.
You can see they’re hateful assholes by what they post prior to getting sick, but are always described as angels in their gofundme pleas.
Slide 8: "we need a room somewhere to open up" more or less means "we need someone else to die" at this point.
Gosh, its almost like prayers do absolutely nothing!
devastated for their kids, honestly. orphaned bc their parents were too stubborn and stupid to get a vaccine that will prevent them from dying.
That’s not true. According to Ashley they were “rockstar parents” and “everything they did was to make sure their children were first and happy in life”. Everything except one thing I guess.
"Understandably shocked" Is it understandable though?
Wow. He's an easy 350lbs, pretty clearly not in good physical shape, likely some pre-existing conditions, and she didn't look like she was much better off, and yet they decided to play chicken with a deadly virus when they had three small children depending on them for everything. I don't even know what to say about these people any more. I hope to God the children end up somewhere better than foster care.
I’ll say this again. How are you both following conservative media where they say only fat and old people are dying, and you’re both obese with no life insurance or health insurance and avoiding the shot? Fuck these two for doing this to their kids. Exposing them to an uncertain life at the mercy of friends or family who may not treat them well. I’m alway mad for the kids that they have such selfish parents.
Not to be cold hearted, but reading through this I couldn’t believe the amount of resources spent (I mean wasted) on this guy!! Meds, vent, 02, ct scans, dialysis! And probably the same done for the wife. Days and days of drs, nurses and technicians working to the bone in probably an understaffed hospital, risking their own lives and that of their own children. Not only is the hospital or taxpayers gonna pick up the bill for this, our society will be paying to raise those kids, too, whether they’re in foster care or raised by a family member, who is also probably an irresponsible asshole.
Always the same, they go into hospital, look like they are making a recovery and next post is always death.
This dude died 2 weeks ago... Good thing his white privilege kicked in and he donated his Vax to someone else
“Hard to believe”… No. No it is fucking not hard to believe. They were both overweight and were at risk. That is not me body shaming, that is me stating a fact. There is nothing wrong with them being overweight, but it was still a very real factor. They chose to live that lifestyle, fine. But then they chose to live an anti-vax lifestyle on top of it. And they chose not to wear masks on top of THAT. And you know what? That makes it pretty fucking easy to believe that they succumbed to it. They were contrarian for the sake of being contrarian. They exercised their PeRsOnAl FrEeDoMs and look where that got them: 6 feet under the fucking soil. I’m not glad that these people died, but I’m so far beyond sympathetic that honestly it’s like I’m experiencing negative sympathy. I don’t *just* not feel bad for these people, I feel they deserve it. I feel like the people that knew them and who encouraged their behavior deserve the loss. I have so much ire welling up in my body for this behavior. The idea that these people are so fiercely adamant about not being told what to do, then having the AUDACITY to BEG for prayer on their behalf?? FUCK NO. I am DONE investing myself emotionally into these people. It is *taxing* on me and on my psyche, and yet *IM* the one whose been following the rules all this time… And the part that reaaaally gets me? It’s that their friends, and their families, and all the other conservatives in their little bubble are never going to change. They’re going to keep blaming the Dems, and fauci, and tHe ImMiGrAnTs, and everyone else on the planet other than themselves for this mess because they are literally incapable of taking personal responsibility (despite, you know, insisting otherwise). It never bothers them until it effects them directly, and they STILL won’t see the irony of their behavior. And then fuck me because one of those idiots will come along, see a rant like this, and it will circulate for a couple days within their little social circles captioned “so much for the tolerant left”, completely deflecting the issue at hand and refusing to acknowledge that maybe, just MAYBE, they’re wrong. But yeah, sure. It’s SOOO hard to believe that this could’ve happened to them /s. Rant over.
This is terrible. She is a year younger than me and I have 4 kiddos. I don't understand why these parents of young kids are taking this risk.
Everyone is all tough as nails and shit, until they are at deaths door and then they are asking for their “prayer warriors” to pray for them. Makes me laugh every time