Patient, 30, Dies After Attending 'COVID Party' in Texas, Told Nurse 'I Think I Made a Mistake'

[orleans]

"A 30-year-old patient in San Antonio, Texas, has died from the coronavirus after attending a “COVID party” and initially thinking that the rapidly-spreading illness “a hoax.”

A “COVID party” is a gathering “held by somebody diagnosed by the COVID virus and the thought is to see if the virus is real and to see if anyone gets infected," Dr. Jane Appleby, the Chief Medical Officer of Methodist Healthcare, said in a recorded statement, according to NEWS4.

"Just before the patient died, they looked at their nurse and said, 'I think I made a mistake, I thought this was a hoax, but it's not,' " Appleby said.

Appleby said she was sharing the patient’s story in an attempt to make sure people know that the coronavirus can affect anyone."

https://people.com/health/30-year-old-dies-after-attending-covid-party-texas/?fbclid=IwAR1f4buHaUcUeHHOtbWF2jqEAo9ZFoF55_AaNoJNoqgK84ooVU-XXXxc3cw

[Thomas Hurt]

1. Problem is people will dismiss this warning as conspiracy, you can't fix stupid.

[matt819]

12. There's another post saying that the cultists

Are on FB calling it a hoax.

Because. Of course they are.

[if..fish..had..wings]

2. Face palm indeed (nt)

[LizBeth]

3. My young adult sons are surrounded by family that take it seriously, educate ourselves and follow

protocol. What really pisses me off about this is this young man was probably only around people that cried hoax. Democratic hoax. That listened to Trump tell all that it was not a big deal, the young can't even get it. By a Republican party that refused to wear masks or tell others to wear mask. By a Gov that actively promoted people not be concerned about the virus. These are the people that literally have blood on their hands, this death.

He did something stupid, he made a mistake but all the people that could have done their damn job is why he did something stupid and made a mistake.

I am so pissed off about this and just happy my sons are around reasonable, pragmatic, realistic adults.

[Frustratedlady]

4. It's been rumored for years that the Republican party's aim was to keep their base ignorant.

We're getting a broad array of examples of how well this worked.

[lagomorph777]

8. "Rumored?" They haven't been hiding that. Pretty obvious strategy.

[Nevilledog]

5. "I think I made a mistake"

This breaks my heart. To finally understand as you're dying, and those being some of your last thoughts.

[Aristus]

6. He didn't make a mistake.

He deliberately did something stupid. There's a difference.

[Nevilledog]

10. I spent March by my sister's side as she lay dying.

Some of her last words were, "You know, I really wanted to live."

That's how I choose to interpret his words and thoughts. A dying person wishing things were different and that he had made a different choice.

[Aristus]

11. If I had chosen to drive the wrong way in traffic,

in the split-second before impact, I would probably be thinking the same thing...

[renate]

15. those words are heartbreaking

Haunting. I'm so sorry.

[Nevilledog]

16. ...

[lagomorph777]

7. Congratulations to him; looks like he won the door prize.

[SoonerPride]

9. No empathy for covidiots. Not one shred of empathy.

Innocent lives lost is a travesty and insurmountable loss.

This dumbfuck? Sorry not sorry.

[orleans]

13. and then i wonder how many people he passed it along to before landing in the hosp. n/t

[bdamomma]

14. don't these

ignorant cult members listen to the drs and nurses??? this is no fucking hoax.