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Peacetrain

(22,878 posts)
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 01:16 PM Jul 2020

30 year old in Texas dies after going to Covid Party

"I think I made a mistake. I thought this was a hoax, but it's not."

Those were the final words of a 30-year-old patient who died at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, this week after attending a so-called "COVID party," according to the hospital's chief medical officer.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/30-year-man-dies-attending-covid-party-thinking/story?id=71731414

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Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
1. It sounds like...
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 01:18 PM
Jul 2020

It sounds like a befitting epitaph for the tombstones of people who believe that this pandemic is about their beliefs.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
5. They never learn-- "Covid is a hoax" jinxes you (as it should)
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 01:27 PM
Jul 2020

An Ohio man was also blasting out what a hoax it was, and also died of it.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
6. Reminds me of a line from the great memoir of the Vietnam War
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 01:27 PM
Jul 2020

"No fair was no good. Why me?, the saddest question in the world." - Michael Herr, Dispatches

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
8. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 01:33 PM
Jul 2020

For some people, the highest purpose they will ever have in life is to serve as a warning to others.

Kitchari

(2,168 posts)
11. What you said reminds me of
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 01:51 PM
Jul 2020

Another saying I heard: "If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning."

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
13. It's like the advice I gave to my son
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 02:01 PM
Jul 2020

"Son, people learn from mistakes. But it's always cheaper to learn from the other guy's mistakes."

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
16. He created a danger to healthcare workers and others he came in contact with who didn't want
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 02:54 PM
Jul 2020

to play his stupid death game . Sick if he was only questioning if maybe it is not a hoax at the end when almost dead

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