Proudly anti-vax mother of four dies of COVID

[struggle4progress]

A California mother of four who was “proudly” anti-vax, particularly anti-COVID-19 vaccine, died of complications due to the coronavirus.

Kristen Lowery, 40, was a figurehead on social media, proclaiming her anti-mask and vaccine views that garnered high praise. She died on Sept. 15, her aunt said ...

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-coronavirus-vaccine-antivax-mother-death-20210923-joivkjffgfbq5gqxi7d7cyaxne-story.html

[Ocelot II]

1. Is it possible to be proudly dead?

[LeftInTX]

29. I'm beginning to wonder...

[live love laugh]

36. I think she is.

[maxsolomon]

43. you can be not just merely, but really most sincerely dead.

takes a coroner's declaration however.

[Ocelot II]

44. And not merely pinin' for the fjords.

[Sinistrous]

2. My condolences to her family on the loss of their mother.

[roamer65]

3. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[Skittles]

4. I wonder how many people she proudly passed the virus on to

selfish asshole, who did NOT "put her children first" when she decided to practice and spread her fucking BULLSHIT

[Corgigal]

5. Wished she love her kids,

as much as she loved her status on Facebook. Lived and died for the likes.

[SoCalDavidS]

6. She Didn't "Own" Me, But She Did Own Her Kids

I wonder if they'll ever realize the truth of how utterly irresponsible their mother was.

[Hugin]

7. The ages of the people in the Delta batch...

40. Forty. *tsk*

Well, FAFO.

[elias7]

8. "...ALWAYS put her children first" - sorry, no.

In a GoFundMe that’s hoping to raise money for her final expenses, Lowery is described as a “beautiful and amazing woman but more than that she was phenomenal mother who always, ALWAYS put her children first.”

The mother who vaxxed against her personal desire would have put her children first. This lady was selfish.

[Delphinus]

23. Thank you

That was exactly what I said when reading the story. I hope they recognize that at some point.

[smirkymonkey]

9. "Proclaiming her anti-mask and vaccine views that garnered high praise..."

What a foolish person. What a shame.

[secondwind]

10. I'm out of tots and pears. Sayonara!

[Demsrule86]

11. What a fool. She gave up her life for nothing.

[Dorian Gray]

12. Unfortunately I know a handful of women like this

People who I grew up with and cared about. I've moved away from my hometown, but still am connected via social media, and they share pictures with the same exact thing. "Unmasked, Unmuzzled, Unvaccinated, Unafraid." It's perplexing to me bc when they post something slightly anti-vaxx they get a lot of engagement (most of it supported and some of it from other people I knew and cared about. People who surprise me).

I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how I felt about all of this because these people aren't evil awful people. They're brainwashed by SOMETHING. And not all of them are Fox watching Republicans. Some of them are hippie adjacent. Like Deadhead types that have grown up and are yoga practicing hippies.

Which brings me back to facebook targeted algorithms. Groups of people encouraging others. One of them wrote an anti-sunscreen screed this past summer, and I was so confused. Like she literally has two kids, spends every day of the summer at the beach, and doesn't put sunscreen on them bc it's toxic. And she shared some nonsense articles.

So the wellness community has been taken over by complete nutbaggery. (Maybe it was always like that, but it has larger stakes now. It's actively trying to kill people.) Makes me so angry,

Sorry, this is longer than I intended, but the toxicity of the intersection of MAGA, Q and the Wellness communities seems like one big giant PSY-OPS experiment.

[Irish_Dem]

14. I think it is deliberate psy-ops.

The GOP and Russia both want chaos, division, hatred spread far and wide across the US.

[yardwork]

15. It's both psy-ops and profit motive.

FaceBook, YouTube, and other platforms deliberately entice people to click on ever-increasing extremist content. This is done to sell advertising.

You can watch it happen. Go to your YouTube feed and click on something political. Watch your feed offer you even more content - a little more extreme. Click on those offerings and your YouTube feed will blow up with ever more extreme offerings. It's a marketing ploy meant to draw you in. It's literally addictive.

And yes, whose offering the extreme, conspiracy-laden content? People with an agenda. They're selling clicks too, or they're working for a campaign without disclosing it, or their goal is to create chaos.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Yes the psy-ops goes hand in hand with political and corporate corruption.

Yes you are describing an addictive process, exactly.

People with training in propaganda techniques are heading up this operation.

[yardwork]

18. I agree, and they're being employed by large corporations and political operatives.

The fundamental root cause is greed. It's destroying democracy.

[Irish_Dem]

19. I think the end goals are money and power.

Sociopaths who have an insatiable need for wealth and control are behind this.

[Dorian Gray]

42. I think you both are exactly right

and it's really really depressing.

My you tube feed is all slime videos. (Having a ten year old child who isn't radicalized is ACES!)

[Irish_Dem]

45. Yes it is depressing to think that ruthless sociopaths are destroying our country for political gain

And for huge financial profit.

I know, I watch a lot of Amazon Prime escape TV and movies.

[Dorian Gray]

41. It's working

[Ohio Joe]

13. If you or a loved one is thinking about suicide...

Please call the suicide prevention hotline - 800-273-8255

If you are thinking about suicide by covid... Go get the fucking vaccine... Sheesh.

[Deminpenn]

16. Sadly, natural selection at work

nt

[tanyev]

20. Pithy.

[ck4829]

21. Was she proud to be dying anti-vax?

[Johnny2X2X]

22. Zero sympathy

Not because she was anti vaccine, but because she was militant anti vaccine who spread misinformation that likely got others sick or killed.

Hey, if you're anti vaccine for yourself, it's stupid and misinformed, but it only effects you. That's one thing. It's a totally different thing if you're out there spreading lies and misinformation publicly that is getting others sick and dead.

Just once, when one of these high profile people die, I'd like to hear their family apologize to the public for all the harm their dead family member caused. Kristen Lowery left behind 4 of her own children, but she also made sure to do as much as she could to make sure other families lost loved ones too, that's her legacy.

[lagomorph777]

25. NOT true. If you are anti-vaccine for yourself, you are harming others too.

If you catch COVID (even asymptomatic), you will spread it to others. Most of these shitheads are also anti-maskers.

[Johnny2X2X]

26. Agree

But there's a big difference between being quietly anti vax and militant like this woman was. Assuming that a normal antivaxxer would quarantine and act responsibly if they were exposed to or contracted Covid. That person is misinformed and hurting the country's effort to get out of this. But they are a far cry from someone like Lowery who did everything she could to make sure as many people died as possible.

Just differentiating, there are levels to this, Lowery caused more harm to others because of how outspoken she was in spreading dangerous lies.

[lagomorph777]

28. I agree about militant antivaxxers being worse, but the assumption you mention...

"a normal antivaxxer would quarantine and act responsibly"


Ummm, NO. These people don't compartmentalize their idiocy. They don't vax, they don't social distance, they don't mask, they don't quarantine.

[lagomorph777]

24. There should be a rule that the accounts of these people get replaced with a big message,

which describes how and why they died, so their idiot followers can see it. I suspect in most of these cases, the "influencer" just disappears and is forgotten in a day or two.

[Ilsa]

27. I wonder how old her kids are? I doubt they would all be grown.

I can't imagine how the next few years will be for them.

[winstars]

31. Probably young and now motherless. She was NOT A GOOD MOM.

[Wingus Dingus]

30. Oh wells.

[dalton99a]

32. Proudly rotting and smelling:

[Texaswitchy]

33. One less

[Aristus]

34. Way to go, lady. You just orphaned your kids.

That means your chances of being awarded "Mother of the Year" are very iffy...

[kairos12]

35. Probably took up needed medical equipment and personnel.

Good riddance.

[Mosby]

37. I hope someday her family understands

That she didn't put her family first, she put herself and her politics first, and that's why they don't have their mom anymore.

[ffr]

38. Rosanna Arquette: I'd rather be vaccinated than ventilated

Link to tweet

[eissa]

39. She lived in my area

Very vocal in the comments section on our local paper's FB page. We live in a purple district, so you'd think conservative politicians would make more of an effort to keep their base alive.

[bif]

40. Sweet!

I hate to say it, but I have absolutely no sympathy for people like her. Strengthen the gene pool baby!

[NurseJackie]

46. What a loving legacy she leaves for her children.

Good riddance. And another one's gone.

[NurseJackie]

47. ""So many people need her here, but God must have special plans for her in heaven."

“So many people need her here, but God must have special plans for her in heaven...

Why do they always assume that people like this are going to end up in Heaven?

Ignore my atheism for a moment... but isn't it more likely (considering the damage she's done and other deaths she's likely contributed to) that someone like this will end up sitting at Lucifer's side?

[Swede]

48. I just tested negative for sympathy.

nt

[FakeNoose]

49. Bye bye