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Eugene

(61,899 posts)
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 04:53 PM Jan 2022

Mother, 29, who refused to get vaccine as she 'wasn't afraid of Covid' dies of virus

Also: Anti-vax Mom Who Said 'COVID Is Not Your Enemy, Fear Is' Dies From COVID (Crooks & Liars)

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Source: The Independent

Mother, 29, who refused to get vaccine as she 'wasn't afraid of Covid' dies of virus

The mother of three from Port Huron was highly critical of vaccines and mask mandates

Tom Fenton
4 hours ago

A mother who refused to get vaccinated, after posting her opposition to the jab online, has reportedly died from Covid at the age of just 29.

As The Sun reports, Bridget Jackson routinely espoused anti-vax views on Facebook, while also critiquing the wearing of face masks in public spaces.

The Port Huron, Michigan native was then struck down with the virus in late November, turning to her Facebook friends for advice on “lung exercises” that might help.

On 1 December, she then wrote, “Covid sucks”, after previously asking people to pray for her. Three weeks later, Ms Jackson’s sister Danielle Race provided an update on her condition via Facebook.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/antivax-mother-vaccine-covid-jackson-b1984935.html

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Source: Crooks & Liars

Anti-vax Mom Who Said 'COVID Is Not Your Enemy, Fear Is' Dies From COVID

Bridget Jackson, 29, of Port Huron, MI leaves behind three small children.

By Ed Scarce — December 31, 2021

Like many of these people, Jackson filled her Facebook with inane memes about COVID and the vaccine, often with the bizarre notion that one should prioritize life instead of fear by remaining unvaccinated. For her, anyway, this made sense. Someone should have asked her what her three small children, all under age 10, would do without a mother, and that maybe just maybe they should be her priority instead of posting stupid Facebook memes. But it's too late for all that. She's dead and they're orphans.

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Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2021/12/anti-vax-mom-who-said-covid-not-your-enemy

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Mother, 29, who refused to get vaccine as she 'wasn't afraid of Covid' dies of virus (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2022 OP
Lung exercises??? It burns... JanMichael Jan 2022 #1
Actually, lung excercise is time well spent sanatanadharma Jan 2022 #7
I am talking about the lunacy of the dead person JanMichael Jan 2022 #10
I really do feel bad for the kids. Walleye Jan 2022 #2
What a devasting lesson to learn Cha Jan 2022 #3
Well, I guess her friend killed her. Dan Jan 2022 #4
Vaxman's take, December 23rd Grokenstein Jan 2022 #5
As they were getting ready to sedate and paralyze her so that she Wingus Dingus Jan 2022 #6
Where's The Go Fund Me Page? SoCalDavidS Jan 2022 #8
Yea that's usually the sop . Someone tried to make money off the death Fullduplexxx Jan 2022 #16
I wonder who those others will be. Demobrat Jan 2022 #17
This "fear is the enemy" thing is super weird EarlG Jan 2022 #9
What are the chances that woman practiced drug free childbirth? vanlassie Jan 2022 #13
Better to live in reasonable fear than die in delusional overconfidence. tanyev Jan 2022 #11
My first thought: "Surely Mike Pence's wife is older than 29." meadowlander Jan 2022 #12
I'm not religious but doesn't God look down on suicide? So Emile Jan 2022 #14
These are heartbreaking stories- viva la Jan 2022 #15
Submitting Deep State Witch Jan 2022 #18
She's with Herman now Blue Owl Jan 2022 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author JI7 Jan 2022 #20
It's another suicide by Covid FakeNoose Jan 2022 #21
Actually I've been calling it "suicide by misinformation". Initech Jan 2022 #24
There's plenty of blame left over FakeNoose Jan 2022 #28
Oh yeah. Hannity, Pirro, Ingraham, Carlson, and the usual group of losers need to pay too. Initech Jan 2022 #29
Another Herman Cain Award winner. Initech Jan 2022 #22
As Long RobinA Jan 2022 #23
another Bible-thumping moron Skittles Jan 2022 #25
"Covid sucks". Abolishinist Jan 2022 #26
Unvaccinated people are dying of covid, a lot BGBD Jan 2022 #27
Rubio says she is just a hysteric with a sore throat. KentuckyWoman Jan 2022 #30

sanatanadharma

(3,706 posts)
7. Actually, lung excercise is time well spent
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 05:35 PM
Jan 2022

Knowing ones breath and having manual control of the automatic is beneficial.
The yogis well know this.

However one needs to spend time learning one's breath and deep breathing.
One needs to get to know one's lungs long before the time of 'now things are off'.
When the time comes that the breath is shallow, well by then one is too well spent for deep-breathing exercises.

JanMichael

(24,887 posts)
10. I am talking about the lunacy of the dead person
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 05:38 PM
Jan 2022

That's when her brain went regarding a bad Covid case.

As a former brass player, runner, and as asthmatic, I certainly understand strong lungs.

Cha

(297,240 posts)
3. What a devasting lesson to learn
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 04:58 PM
Jan 2022

that COVID is Real and a healthy dose of common sense is Not "FEAR".

Grokenstein

(5,723 posts)
5. Vaxman's take, December 23rd
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 05:07 PM
Jan 2022
https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/post/bridget-jackson-29-port-huron-mi-account-manager-anti-vaxxer-dead-from-covid

SAV articles display all the social media posts that antivaxxers pass around to keep each other convinced that they're doing the right thing and that, no, it's the rest of us who are dying.

Wingus Dingus

(8,052 posts)
6. As they were getting ready to sedate and paralyze her so that she
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 05:10 PM
Jan 2022

could be intubated and ventilated, because her lungs were useless stiff blocks of Swiss cheese, I wonder if she still thought that fear was her main problem. I will never understand the weird over-the-top bravado of these people, even younger people.

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
8. Where's The Go Fund Me Page?
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 05:37 PM
Jan 2022

That’s usually priority #1 in these situations. After all, others need to look out for the well being of her kids in the future, even though she couldn’t care less.

Demobrat

(8,978 posts)
17. I wonder who those others will be.
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 06:04 PM
Jan 2022

The children’s father(s)? The article mentions a fiancé but not whether or not that person is the kid’s father. If not, do they all have the same father? Is that person in the picture? I guess what I’m wondering is if the kids will be able to stay together.

What a terrible thing.

EarlG

(21,947 posts)
9. This "fear is the enemy" thing is super weird
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 05:38 PM
Jan 2022

Considering that FEAR is the reason these people won't get vaccinated in the first place.

I don't trust the scientists!
It hasn't been properly tested!
It might make me drop dead in five years!
It might contain a tracking chip!
I might get magnetized!

And also, I refuse to live in fear dontcha know!

meadowlander

(4,395 posts)
12. My first thought: "Surely Mike Pence's wife is older than 29."
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 05:52 PM
Jan 2022

Time to step away from the political news.

Emile

(22,745 posts)
14. I'm not religious but doesn't God look down on suicide? So
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 05:54 PM
Jan 2022

what good would it do praying for someone who was hell bent to burn in hell for eternity?

viva la

(3,298 posts)
15. These are heartbreaking stories-
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 05:54 PM
Jan 2022

They break OUR hearts, but the antivaxxers just ignore them, or say, "God's will!" like three years ago, God was always snatching young parents from their babies.

It's the new moms who die without ever holding their newborns that hurt the most.

Response to Eugene (Original post)

Initech

(100,076 posts)
24. Actually I've been calling it "suicide by misinformation".
Sun Jan 2, 2022, 07:45 PM
Jan 2022

People should in theory know better, but the shit posting on social media has convinced them otherwise, and the peer pressure to get those precious likes just adds to it. When the dust finally settles from this nightmare, we need to drag those responsible for allowing this misinformation to continue. Mark Zuckerberg, I'm looking in your direction.

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
27. Unvaccinated people are dying of covid, a lot
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 12:37 AM
Jan 2022

I dont know why it's news.


I also don't understand why so many of you feel the need to make a post piling on them. They're dead and their kids are going to live the rest of their loves without their mom. It's not really a time for grave dancing.

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