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babylonsister

(171,032 posts)
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 11:10 AM Sep 2021

'Alabama Pickers,' Staunch Anti-Vaxxers, Both Dead Of COVID

https://crooksandliars.com/2021/09/alabama-pickers-known-reselling-and-being

9/17/21 7:28am
'Alabama Pickers,' Staunch Anti-Vaxxers, Both Dead Of COVID
YouTube stars Tristan and Dusty Graham, known for reselling found treasures, have both died within a couple of weeks of each other.
By Ed Scarce


YouTube stars Tristan and Dusty Graham have both died within a couple of weeks of each other. As is typical, a GoFundMe page was set up, this time by husband Tristan while he was in the hospital to cover the funeral expenses for his wife Dusty. Unbeknownst to him, he was also asking for his own funeral expenses.

Source: AL.com

A married Alabama couple known for their reselling videos on YouTube under the name “Alabama Pickers” have both died of COVID.

Dusty and Tristan Graham lived in Huntsville, where they would often post videos about various tips and tricks to reselling vintage items like clothes and home decor. They sold on eBay under the username, bama4348.

Dusty died Thursday, almost three weeks after his wife did, according to the GoFundMe page set up by one of their children.


Their YouTube channel is now deleted, as is Tristan's last video where he talks about finding his wife dead at home and asking for help with funeral expenses. In the video above, captured by VAXX Man, connected to the website SORRYANTIVAXXER.COM, he says this:

“I’ve got my own passport. It’s called the ‘Bill of Rights,’” Dusty said in the video around the 41:30 mark. “I think this will be all behind us in a couple of years.”

Dusty later spelled out the word vaccine and said that it was actually a form of immunity therapy they were giving people.


Less than a month after this video was posted they were both dead.

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'Alabama Pickers,' Staunch Anti-Vaxxers, Both Dead Of COVID (Original Post) babylonsister Sep 2021 OP
FA & FO folks JustAnotherGen Sep 2021 #1
And the collective IQ of the United States creeps infinitesimally upward as a result. Aristus Sep 2021 #2
So long, farewell... Glorfindel Sep 2021 #3
I reserve the hate for people who are actively encouraging others to not get the jab Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2021 #4
I actually saw a license plate the other day on a car that was NO2JAB. nt in2herbs Sep 2021 #11
Their family probably has funeral expenses coming their way. KS Toronado Sep 2021 #12
As resellers on YouTube Retired Engineer Bob Sep 2021 #5
You think people who qualify for aid are "moochers?" leftstreet Sep 2021 #7
That's not what I intended to say at all Retired Engineer Bob Sep 2021 #14
If they needed aid, they shouldn't have been anti-vaxers in a time of PANDEMIC. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2021 #15
Does the government pay some funeral expenses for indigents or covid victims? Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2021 #13
I thought the Government would pay up to $10k n/t Retired Engineer Bob Sep 2021 #17
Nature is culling the herd. East-A-Squared Sep 2021 #6
Ain't that the truth! Deminpenn Sep 2021 #31
Look at the first thing that pops up on their eBay page! Croney Sep 2021 #8
I know I shouldn't have laughed. Demobrat Sep 2021 #16
"Seller is away until Sep. 26, 2021" DFW Sep 2021 #19
I guess the sideways eight 'infinity' could be used... Hugin Sep 2021 #27
Suits me. (nt) Paladin Sep 2021 #9
No happy dance. No tears. hay rick Sep 2021 #10
Thread from yesterday on this: Tom Yossarian Joad Sep 2021 #18
Seeya'. Summer in Alabama is hellish.... SergeStorms Sep 2021 #20
Separate Hospitals tiptonic Sep 2021 #21
No sympathy on my part. Firestorm49 Sep 2021 #22
They got me good, I've been owned again. BlueNProud Sep 2021 #23
It is happening several thousand times a day now. Hugin Sep 2021 #26
Another year of them dropping like flies, and we might pick up some extra swing seats Amishman Sep 2021 #34
Dickens Scrooge rant referred to the poor, but rings true for idiots at times. Ziggysmom Sep 2021 #24
Just get the damn vaccine people. Hugin Sep 2021 #25
They picked poorly. Celerity Sep 2021 #28
Yes, he did. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2021 #36
More wasted lives peggysue2 Sep 2021 #29
On a positive note, it looks like she died at home. I wonder if he took up an ICU bed or not. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #30
A YouTube version of Mike Wolf and Frank Fritz Elwood P Dowd Sep 2021 #32
compare and contrast. i went on that link and started listening to their youtube video at about 40 orleans Sep 2021 #33
They picked their last nostril Blue Owl Sep 2021 #35

Aristus

(66,284 posts)
2. And the collective IQ of the United States creeps infinitesimally upward as a result.
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 11:23 AM
Sep 2021

I'm familiar with the concept of eugenics. I just had no idea that it was voluntary...

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. I reserve the hate for people who are actively encouraging others to not get the jab
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 11:30 AM
Sep 2021

Or who call COVID a hoax and things of that nature.

As such, I'm sorry these folks weren't smart enough to take care of themselves in the patently obvious and readily-available way.

5. As resellers on YouTube
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 11:52 AM
Sep 2021

I’m sure they were responsible and had health insurance through Obamacare. Or do you suppose these deadbeats were mooching off the system, racking up tens of thousands in hospital bills for someone else to pay? Seeing how they set up a GoFuckMe page begging for money I suspect it’s the latter.

leftstreet

(36,097 posts)
7. You think people who qualify for aid are "moochers?"
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 12:18 PM
Sep 2021

Nice.

And even if they were "responsible" and had health insurance through Obamacare, you know those plans aren't exactly cheap, right?

As for this couple, no one knows what their financial circumstances were.

14. That's not what I intended to say at all
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 12:43 PM
Sep 2021

If I had my way Obamacare would not exist, healthcare for all would be covered as a basic human right.

But since that is not reality, decent folks are expected to have some skin in the game. Yes, even with subsidies Obamacare is expensive. What I was getting at is these anti vax RWNJs oppose even the flawed Obamacare. They refused the free vaccination, are likely uninsured of their own volition (paying for the SUV in the photo is more important), and have now racked up tens of thousands in unpaid hospital bills that they, the purveyors of “personal responsibility”, will be unable to pay. They are hypocrites.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,954 posts)
13. Does the government pay some funeral expenses for indigents or covid victims?
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 12:43 PM
Sep 2021

I wonder who paid for these two no-account no responsibility no liability pseudo-libertarians' hospital bills, which are hellishly high if you linger and die in hospital.

DFW

(54,276 posts)
19. "Seller is away until Sep. 26, 2021"
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 12:58 PM
Sep 2021

They got the year wrong. I don't know if there is numerical equivalent for "forever."

Hugin

(33,045 posts)
27. I guess the sideways eight 'infinity' could be used...
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 01:51 PM
Sep 2021

That is unless the auto maker has a trademark.

SergeStorms

(19,182 posts)
20. Seeya'. Summer in Alabama is hellish....
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 01:04 PM
Sep 2021

so you both should be prepared for what's coming your way. Have a nice stay.

tiptonic

(765 posts)
21. Separate Hospitals
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 01:07 PM
Sep 2021

Too bad about those two. I'm getting to the point now, where I see separate hospitals for vaccinated and the unvaccinated, in our future. A hospital, where parents of unvaccinated kids, have to stay in the hospital and help take care their child. Sadly, maybe watch their child die.

Firestorm49

(4,029 posts)
22. No sympathy on my part.
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 01:38 PM
Sep 2021

IMHO, unvaccinated people who need to go to a hospital because they were so damn stupid about not getting a Covid shot should be put in the back of the line behind all of those in need of any type if serious medical attention.

Hugin

(33,045 posts)
26. It is happening several thousand times a day now.
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 01:46 PM
Sep 2021

So owned. Boy, am I owned. I'll continue being owned one anti-vaxxer at a time until there aren't any left.

Gee, who will own me then?

Amishman

(5,554 posts)
34. Another year of them dropping like flies, and we might pick up some extra swing seats
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 02:27 PM
Sep 2021

We've seen time and time again that elections come down to a few thousand votes or less.

If we have another couple hundred thousand conservative anti-vaxxers drop dead, it could have a real impact.

Ziggysmom

(3,394 posts)
24. Dickens Scrooge rant referred to the poor, but rings true for idiots at times.
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 01:40 PM
Sep 2021

“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”

peggysue2

(10,823 posts)
29. More wasted lives
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 01:58 PM
Sep 2021

How many is it going to take? I thought surely with children being infected and hospitalized, things would turn around. But I don't see any marked change in behavior. Maybe whole families need to die off in big numbers before the defiance-addicted get it:

Covid kills. And it's not a nice death. The virus doesn't give a damn about your point-of-view. Unvaccinated? You have a large target on your back. Your back, not mine or the millions of Americans who have been vaccinated.

Incredible!

orleans

(34,040 posts)
33. compare and contrast. i went on that link and started listening to their youtube video at about 40
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 02:21 PM
Sep 2021

minutes in--talking about the vaccine

while driving in their car with their seatbelts on

crazy

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