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Demovictory9

(32,423 posts)
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 05:39 AM Sep 2021

Fire Chief's 'Shocking' COVID Death Devastates Florida Community

Fire Chief’s ‘Shocking’ COVID Death Devastates Florida Community


A beloved fire chief in Florida has died after a weeks-long battle against COVID-19, sending shockwaves through the community and devastating a fire department that has been ravaged by the virus.


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“At one point there was ten people out at the same time battling COVID,” department spokesman Austin Thomas told The Daily Beast.

The devastation within the department, where masking was not required in department living areas, as it was deemed simply unfeasible, serves as a stark reminder of the toll of COVID-19 on first responders.

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Burnham and McNeal’s vaccination status were not immediately clear, but the department spokesman said that Burnham was a “fan of personal choice,” and had also been behind a memo that said the department would help its employees get vaccinated in a state that has been resistant to requiring vaccines.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fire-chief-s-shocking-covid-death-devastates-florida-community/ar-AAOcdOh?ocid=msedgntp

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Fire Chief's 'Shocking' COVID Death Devastates Florida Community (Original Post) Demovictory9 Sep 2021 OP
.." Burnham was a "fan of personal choice" ... 634-5789 Sep 2021 #1
Yup Sherman A1 Sep 2021 #2
Guess his personal choice was the wrong choice...... secondwind Sep 2021 #4
I never thought leopards would eat MY face DenaliDemocrat Sep 2021 #11
Yeppers. Another dead anti-vaxxer. Big surprise. nt Nay Sep 2021 #13
I'm not sure how this can be considered shocking? GPV Sep 2021 #3
only 38 percent of the county's eligible population had been vaccinated Celerity Sep 2021 #5
Another "fan of personal choice." Don't care. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #6
I don't care either EYESORE 9001 Sep 2021 #8
"Shocking" in what way? hatrack Sep 2021 #7
Right, people "shocked" that someone died of Covid? Where have they been? Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #12
Add him to this list Beachnutt Sep 2021 #9
about as shocking as a years old smoke alarm battery Blues Heron Sep 2021 #10
Columbia County is the type of people HAB911 Sep 2021 #14
He wasn't anti vax. Seems most are not reading that part Roland99 Sep 2021 #15
Why is it "shocking"? He was probably unvaxxed and unmasked. lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #16
One less Repuke voter FakeNoose Sep 2021 #17

DenaliDemocrat

(1,474 posts)
11. I never thought leopards would eat MY face
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 08:32 AM
Sep 2021

Sobs a woman who voted for the Leopards Ate My Face Party, after her face was eaten by a leopard…

hatrack

(59,578 posts)
7. "Shocking" in what way?
Wed Sep 8, 2021, 07:29 AM
Sep 2021

Mauled by a manatee, or nerve-gassed by Scarlett Johansson - now that would be "shocking", as opposed to being just another anti-vax asshat plodding to a predictable end.

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