Man Who Called Ohio's Lockdown Order 'Bullshit' Has Succumbed To COVID-19

[riversedge]

i do not wish this on anyone.




4/20/20 7:44am

Man Who Called Ohio's Lockdown Order 'Bullshit' Has Succumbed To COVID-19

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/04/man-who-called-ohios-lockdown-order
John McDaniel railed against Ohio's Gov. Mike DeWine's lockdown order on social media. Weeks later he contracted the virus. A few days ago he died.


In March, John McDaniel called Ohio's shutdown order of non-essential businesses "madness." A few days ago he died.

Now, we don't know the circumstances of how Mr. McDaniel contracted the virus, nor do we know if he took unnecessary and foolish risks. But we do know what he thought of the measures put in place to keep him and the rest of the public as safe as possible. And we all know people who have similar opinions to those that McDaniel expressed on social media. If there's any good to come from his death, let it be that people take those measures more seriously. They're there for a reason.


Source: Marion Star

[tanyev]

1. Live free, then die.

[SoonerPride]

2. You are better than me. I DO wish this on the foolish and stupid.

Being anti-expert and anti-science has a price.

That price is death.

[StopTheNeoCons]

32. I do wish death upon them, the right wing tRump supporters

[OMGWTF]

50. Natural selection at work. Darwin was right and we are still evolving.

[Rorey]

3. He lived his life, and then died his death

thoughts and prayers

[liberalmuse]

4. They wish it on others, but ultimately on themselves.

At least he is free of "tyranny" now.

[TheBlackAdder]

5. What's the odds 🎲🎲 he was also a FOX News viewer 🤡?

[Raster]

48. Puh-leeeeze, that's a given!

[BootinUp]

6. Some madness stopped. Nt

[underpants]

12. Ooh

[LisaL]

7. My guess he wasn't paranoid about getting sick.

But you are not paranoid if the virus is really after you.

[Liberal In Texas]

8. I guess he was living his life.

Then he wasn't.

[klook]

94. Or "Living his Life," then Dying his Death. (nt)

[brush]

9. Darwinism.

[cilla4progress]

10. Thoughts

and prayers.

Death cult strikes again.

[rurallib]

11. Wht is really a shame is that this idiot exposed so many health care workers

to the deadly virus.

Fucking idiot.

These people who purposely violate guidelines should be open to charges and lawsuits.

[wnylib]

73. If they live long enough to prosecute and/or sue.

[NoMoreRepugs]

13. Buh-Bye Josh. You died free.

[Sentath]

24. My guess is that it was really expensive.

Not always, but statistically speaking..

[Windy City Charlie]

14. Unfortunately

Unfortunately, they have to find out the hard way. I just saw an exchange on Facebook where someone who wants the economy to re-opened was asked what would they do if they got infected, and they answered "I'd go to the hospital and they'll give me something to treat it." The follow-up question was "What if the hospital is full of patients?" The answer? "There's plenty of room in the hospitals. The media is just saying they're full to try and scare people. They're fear mongerers."

The deniers are still taking it for granted that this is no big deal.

[LisaL]

22. And they don't have any approved drugs to treat it yet.

[Grokenstein]

74. "Oh, but I heard something somewhere about how hydro-chlorine-something-or-other..."

(actual quote from a co-worker)

Some people will not be kept from barking idiocy. They'll tell you they know the Orange Anus lies about everything, but they "still trust him over all those so-called 'experts'." If COVID-19 only killed the absolutely-determined-to-be-stupid, I'd almost be okay with "letting it wash over" us.

[Marrah_Goodman]

15. I blame this directly on Donald Trump and Fox News n/t

[BComplex]

82. 99% of our public problems, divisions and ignorance today are caused by trump, fox, and limbaugh.

Those three entities are destroying our country. OUR WHOLE COUNTRY!!! There is no justice in a world where we couldn't just do away with all 3 of those things on the public stage. Take trump out of office, shut down fox news, and quit giving limbaugh air time. Then let the FBI go after all those neo-nazi creeps. We fought a huge war over nazis! My father was a prisoner of war, because of them! Why are we letting them parade down our streets?

[librechik]

99. Absolutely The "Madness" phrase is particularly Trumpian. n/t

[Marcuse]

16. "If there is any good to come from his death..."

[gratuitous]

17. Whether you wish it on someone or not

It's going to happen. Don't feel guilty because the natural and expected consequence of a person's irresponsible actions rebounds on him with a deadly result. "Gee, that guy shouldn't have jumped off the Empire State Building, but am I a bad person because I knew what was going to happen to him when he hit the ground?" asked nobody ever.

[frazzled]

34. Which is not to say that

many thousands who have succumbed to this illness have brought it about themselves because of lack of responsibility. Yes, this guy (and others) have been irresponsible, but COVID-19 has taken the lives of many innocent and well-meaning people as well.

I just don't want to give the impression that somehow people in general are responsible for their infections.

I recall the funeral of a friend who died many decades ago (the early 1970s), at a relatively young age, from cancer. There were mumblings all around the room about "why": it must have been the time he spent in Morocco; it was this or that. I wanted to scream at this attempt to place blame for a disease that nobody has full control over.

Neither should we give the impression that those who have survived are better fighters (implying that those who did not survive simply did not fight hard enough).

This Ohio guy died from potentially self-inflicted wounds, and it certainly is ironic. But we need to be careful to not give too much agency to people with respect to this virus. It is a killer: in general, most people are not killing themselves.

[gratuitous]

37. True fact

But I think most folks are able to distinguish between someone who was (to further belabor my analogy) blown off the observation deck of the Empire State Building by a freak wind gust and someone who jumped while exclaiming that the "theory" of gravity didn't apply to him.

[Caliman73]

78. Agreed.

The idea that we shouldn't "speak ill of the dead" because there are also innocent victims, is clearly something that right wingers use, and expect liberals to back away from because of social propriety. We are certainly not responsible for the things that are beyond our control. We should not blame people for being poor, having few options, and thus not making the "best choices". We see things systemically.

We can and should certainly distinguish between people who die from everyday activity and people like McDaniel who defy the warnings, try to publicly advocate for defiance against protective measures, then die from the "hoax" or "bullshit" or "madness" that they are dismissing.

Did he deserve to die? Can't say. Am I glad? NO. Not at all. Is it a tragedy? I don't know. Is it a tragedy that someone knowingly swims in shark infested waters after countless warnings that there are sharks that will eat you?

[UpInArms]

18. Free to die

Hopefully, he kept his cooties to himself ... but, probably not

[lunasun]

19. Can't hurt or influence others anymore . Didn't wish him dead but he was doing harm with freedumb

and advocating resistance of state orders during a serious pandemic

[spanone]

20. Well, for you john, the madness has stopped.

[rzemanfl]

21. Tots and prayerz for this dope. n/t

[ElementaryPenguin]

23. And he was RECEIVING TREATMENT!! People risked their lives to save that guy!!

I'm not going to say what I'm thinking about this.

Best left unsaid.

[AirmensMom]

36. You beat me to it.

We're probably thinking the same thing.

[redstatebluegirl]

25. Just wait 2 weeks after these protests, there will be even more of these.

[SWBTATTReg]

26. I am not sorry about his death. There are far more friends and family more ...

important to me to worry about, and mourn should, heaven forbid, something bad happen to any of them.

McDaniel is dead now, and more than likely, brought it on himself, since he did manage to catch the CV, despite all of the stay at home orders. The CV doesn't just walk in on you, you literally have to invite the CV into your life. Be sloppy and careless, or an unwilling victim, such as those victims in a lot of nursing homes.

Tens of Millions of us are being safe and stayed at home. Tens of Millions of us have painted our doorways with the knowledge of scientific fact so the CV wouldn't invade our homes, and its working.

Some people, such as these protesters, couldn't hit the side of a barn door if they had to, if their lives depended on it.

Unfortunately, times are different this time around. This time, the CV doesn't let its victims get away free and clear. It hangs onto them w/ a vengeance, and doesn't let go, until you either get sick, die, or you're lucky, you live.

[grumpyduck]

27. Thoughts and prayers.

[Newest Reality]

28. Well,

He was free to let the virus decide how he wasn't going to live his life anymore forever, so that's real, American freedom and you get what you pay for.

Put that in the: Famous Last Words file.

What a sad last testament.

[Downtown Hound]

29. You're a nicer person than me

If so many innocent people wouldn't be killed by it, I would be totally in favor of letting these idiots all go out and die from the virus. Then we can get some real work done in this country for a change.

[MagickMuffin]

30. One month between his post and when he died

How many people did he infect during that month long period?

This too shall pass. He passed. Then the next and next and next. All because they have NO self awareness of themselves or others.

[wnylib]

84. It's the selfishness of people like him

that bothers me. His selfish insistence on "living free" without regard for the effects on others makes it hard to feel any sadness for the consequences to him.

Wonder how his family and friends feel, if they are still alive and not fighting for their own lives because of his recklessness.

[GulfCoast66]

31. I also don't wish this on anyone

But that does not mean I feel the least bit sympathetic. Asshole got what was coming to him.

[RhodeIslandOne]

33. No need to wish

He asked for it.

[Talitha]

35. Buy the ticket, take the ride.

I wonder if he changed his sermon as he lay dying?

[AirmensMom]

38. If this was just about him,

and if it was just about all the other MAGAts who are protesting the shut-down orders, I'd say go for it. If the thing we weren't allowed to do was to jump off a cliff into solid rock where no one was below, no houses, etc., and the only one who would die was the jumper, I'd say do it. Take the chance. Make a line and let them all jump.

Unfortunately, his carelessness likely took care away from someone who didn't want to get infected and exposed everyone who tried to treat him and everyone else he was in contact with. So, sorry, but I do wish it on those asshats. They should get sick and die. They're going to catch it somehow, even if they're not symptomatic. They might as well die. They're making it a more dangerous world for everyone else while they're alive.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

39. I keep wondering if I'll see a former Ohio coworker or...

... other Trump supporters that I’ve personally encountered that proclaimed it was a hoax.

The morbid curiosity reminds me of an old Tex Avery cartoon about cars of the future, one of them with a window in the floor.

“... this same model has a glass bottom, so that when you hit a pedestrian, you can look down and see if he was a friend of yours.”
Pic from the cartoon:
https://imgur.com/a/yTZyAsC

[Botany]

40. John W McDaniel killed by Fox News

Nothing more and nothing less.

[bucolic_frolic]

41. John McDaniel should be the lead story on every network

This is big news. It will happen to many who ignore reality. Coronavirus will whack the human species big time. I doubt this society has the discipline to control the outbreak and squeeze out the virus.

[Mr. Ected]

42. He made a choice and suffered the consequences.

HE HAD NO RIGHT TO MAKE THAT CHOICE FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM.

[Traildogbob]

43. Well then

Now that is some God Blessin MurKKKa. Keep it up and I might get religious.

[musclecar6]

44. Another

Fucking MAGA moron bites the dust. One less to vote for the Orange Child in Nov. It’s all good.

[oswaldactedalone]

45. So he's dead then

LOL at the ignorance of these fruitcakes.

[aeromanKC]

46. His stupidity is his

His blood is on Trump and Fox.

[Initech]

47. You know what they say - he who denied it, supplied it.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

49. Here's his obit and other Marian news...

John W. McDaniel
1959 - 2020

Link: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/marionstar/obituary.aspx?n=john-w-mcdaniel&pid=196011696&fhid=8660

Excerpt:

Marion - John W. McDaniel, age 60, of Marion, died peacefully on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, at Riverside Methodist Hospital with his loving family by his side from complications from Covid-19.

On May 24, 1959, John was born at the Marion General Hospital, in Marion, Ohio, the younger of two children, to John W. McDaniel Sr. and the late Meredythe Ann (Matlack) McDaniel. He graduated from Marion Harding High School in the class of 1977, where he enjoyed participating on the swim team. In 1981 he graduated from The Ohio State University earning a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and the Buckeye Club.
++
A service celebrating John's life will be live-streamed at 3:30 pm, on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, via the Snyder Funeral Homes, Denzer Chapel, Facebook page, with Rev. David Hoffman officiating. Have your favorite beverage ready to do a toast in his honor (a glass of red wine would have been Johnny's preference). Afterwards, his family will greet friends during a drive through visitation in the parking lot of the Marion Country Club, 2415 Crissinger Rd, Marion from 5:00 - 8:00 pm. Everyone will be able to visit while remaining in their cars and keeping a safe social distance.

On behalf of his family, they would like to extend a heartfelt "Thank you" to the nurses at Marion General Hospital and to all the staff at Riverside Methodist Hospital for everything they did to try and save Johnny's life from Covid-19. They would also like to remind everyone to continue practicing social distancing to keep each other safe.

In other Marian news.....

Marion County tops Ohio in coronavirus cases after prison outbreak
Staff Reports Published 2:48 p.m. ET April 19, 2020

Link: https://www.marionstar.com/story/news/local/2020/04/19/coronavirus-ohio-marion-county-prison-outbreak/5161613002/

(snip)

A massive outbreak of coronavirus at Marion Correctional Institution has pushed Marion County to the most cases of the disease in the state. According to the Ohio Department of Health, Marion County had 1,834 cases of coronavirus as of 2 p.m. Sunday. Franklin County was next with 1,513 and Cuyahoga third at 1,466.

Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday called on the Ohio National Guard to assist the prison with 50 or so guard members to assist with “mission critical functions.”

The surge in cases in Marion County - which had 103 positive cases on Tuesday - is almost wholly driven by an outbreak at one of the two local state prisons.

As of late Saturday afternoon, there were 1,057 inmates at Marion Correctional with the disease and 103 staff members. Pickaway Correctional Institution had the second most number of cases in a prison with 202 inmates infected and 64 staff. Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday said 60 prisoners in one dorm who were not showing symptoms tested positive for COVID-19 at MCI.

Folks in Ohio seem to finally joining the Branch Covidian Church in droves nowadays.

KY...................

[MagickMuffin]

85. It appears his family is next in line, since they were at his bedside when he crossed

Which I didn't know the hospitals were doing. Still more will be joining him maybe sooner than they expected.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

88. No telling how many they'll infect on his behalf......

'till they get sick themselves........

[RT Atlanta]

51. social darwinism at work

hate it for his family, but this yet another example of what the dumbing-down of public discourse and disbelief in science has done.

[world wide wally]

52. And he won't have to worry about having to stay home ever again

[Bernardo de La Paz]

53. My eyes are dry. . . . nt

[jb5150]

54. It's nice to see that occasionally ...

karma works exactly as it's supposed to.

[Blue Owl]

55. Well there goes his precious "life"

[Ferrets are Cool]

56. One less idiot on Earth.

[eppur_se_muova]

57. Darwin's Little Helpers(TM) are going to have a field day soon. nt

[Vinca]

58. Thoughts and prayers . . . not.

[abakan]

59. This proves stupid is terminal. NT

[marble falls]

60. As tempting as it is sometimes, I do not wish this on anyone ...

Doesn't Trump get that letting it "wash" across the country will take out a lot of his voters?

[PaulRevere08]

61. "This madness has to stop." - I guess a higher force heard his plea.

[BamaRefugee]

62. He died "with his family by his side". Wonder which one of them is next???

[thesquanderer]

63. It's the classic libertarian philosophy that it is not the government's job...

...to protect people from their own stupidity. It's just that they rarely put it that way.

[cstanleytech]

64. Come on people lets not dance on the guys grave. Yes, he was stupid and he paid the price for it

but that doesn't mean we should sink to the same level as many of Trumps supporters even though I will admit its tempting.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

96. He put a lot of innocent lives at risk just to keep Murdoch's profit margin up.

[MontanaMama]

65. Lennon said it best.

[rainin]

66. Are you being politically correct or do you really not wish this on anyone?

I absolutely wish this on every last one of them. This is the death penalty for negligent homicide of your neighbors and innocent bystanders. Their names should be engraved on a plaque of people who died telling others to ignore scientific warnings

[Silent3]

67. Well, here's some of the madness stopping. n/t

[iluvtennis]

68. I really feel sorry for people like this who have drank the purple kool-aid and believe everything

that comes out of the mouth of the orange ass.

Did he not ever go try to educate himself. 30 seconds online or on TV news (other than Fox) would have told him people have died (over 167,000 as of today) of this virus.

SMDH

[jmg257]

69. Well - it didnt keep you from living your life - all 4 weeks of it. Hope you enjoyed your last days.

[Raven123]

70. COVID-19 called his "Bull$#it" and raised him one death.

[ffr]

71. No confession?

Another thumb up his ass, then sucking on it Covidiot who endangered others.

Huck Fim!

[calimary]

72. No words ...

[Caliman73]

75. I don't wish it on anyone...but when it happens to someone like McDaniel...

I cannot say that part of me doesn't want to say, "I told you so" or something like that. We may not agree with everything the government does to "protect us". We know well here on DU that police (government workers) are often criticized for the way the enforce the laws with some groups versus other groups. We complain about wealth and income inequality that is built into the tax code and lack of political will to fund infrastructure versus military. We have a lot of problems with government.

The problem is that we are facing a novel, fast spreading virus that we still do no know all of the risks for. It damages lungs, kidneys, the heart, and if it doesn't kill you, it can leave you permanently debilitated.

I want to go outside too. I want to be able to move about freely with no concerns, but we are not there yet and the more that idiots rail against health orders, the longer this situation will last or the more people will be killed.

This guy died because he did not take the virus seriously. 40,000+ people have DIED in less than 2 months!!

Idiot Trump tweeted that President Obama's and Vice President Biden's response to H1N1 was a disaster because 12,400 people died in the course of a YEAR. He gives himself a 10 in his handling of the current crisis. You can't make this shit up. The people out there protesting agree with Trump's bull shit and think that we should all go back to work and outside while the virus has not yet been contained.

[muntrv]

76. Culling the herd.

[Boomerproud]

77. Is the Sinclair station WSYX covering this story?

They are on "your side" dontcha know.

[BigDemVoter]

79. Oh well. . . . It couldn't have happened to a more deserving person.

And for the record, I'm not saying anybody 'deserves' to catch covid19 and die, but if one is so anti-science and refuses to follow precautions, it's better he catch it than somebody who is really trying. . . I hope he didn't spread it to others, but I'm certain he did.

[BunnyMcGee]

80. Nothing

I feel empty, nothing for the fate of this guy or his minions to follow.

[Thekaspervote]

81. I don't wish it on anyone, but don't feel guilty. He was a grown up right? Making his own stupid

Grown up decisions.

The % of deaths will be higher among those that behave recklessly. Will the others learn? If they don’t then their fate may be the same

[scrabblequeen40]

83. I'm all for celebrating

I'm all for celebrating personal responsiblity. What will America be, if you can't sacrifice your life to save your principles?

I'm being sarcastic, of course. But only a little.

[Cha]

86. And, the "madness stopped".. did trump do this..

to him? fox screws?

[raccoon]

87. Nature bats last. Nt

[Locrian]

89. covid 19 to John McDaniel - hold my beer - n/t

[Botany]

90. Watch Fox News and DIE. End of Story.

2.5 generations ago Reagan got rid of the Fairness Doctrine and now we are all hurting.

[patphil]

91. For him, I guess the madness has stopped.

The shutdown wasn't what kept him from living his life, Covid19 was.

[DBoon]

92. He deserves a medal. He died for freedum.

The "open america" group should send his surviving relatives a letter congratulating his sacrifice for american freedum. Thanks to people like him, we can congregate on the beach, have our hair and nails done, and attend professional sports.

We awarded medals to heroes who fought in wars to defend our freedom. Why not do the same for those who died for freedum?

[warmfeet]

93. Free dumb.

The dumb may be free, but actions have consequences and costs. Alas, for McDaniel, the madness has finally stopped.

[Permanut]

95. Gonna need a bigger irony meter. n/t

[captain queeg]

97. I don't rejoice the dumbshit's demise, it's just nature

For every dumbass like him there are plenty of innocents who will die. Hopefully his death will be a warning to some. If it were simple karma, delusional POS in the WH and all his spawn would have perished by now. It’s really affecting my belief in karma.

[Orrex]

98. I say fuck him.

He was actively campaigning to kill innocent people, and he died because he was a fucking asshole.

If it makes anyone here feel better to offer him sympathy, then I say more power to you, but I will shed no tears for assholes who deliberately threaten public health and safety the way this asshole did.

I wonder if, as he breathed his last, he stopped to consider that maybe, just maybe DeWine was right.