A friend's brother-in-law died

[Takket]

Trigger warning: medical details

A friend of mine went to California for Christmas season. I was worried. He's vaxxed and boosted and so is his wife and kids, but still it seemed too dangerous to me to travel.

He told me today his brother-in-law died today. He got sick right after Christmas and was in the hospital the whole time. He was 55 with two sons, 10 and 12. He said to me "sorry to say he was a major trumper" and that "he was not vaxxed. said he would never take it." His wife got vaxxed "for her job" and also caught covid, and she barely felt sick at all.

He said they "tried everything" on him. Ventilators, tracheotomy, infusions. At the end his organs failed and he "turned yellow" when his liver failed. His children couldn't be there when he died because they "didn't want to see him like that."

He also told me he "drank and smoked" a lot.

I mean... sure okay, not going to put that vaccine shit in my body, but I'll take that well tested and safe cigarette?

Just goes to show what bullshit all the anti-vax reasons are. All of it is just fucking tribalism and not doing it just because you think the liberals want you do.

Didn't say it to my friend but........... no sympathy for him from me. I feel for his wife and kids, but him? One less drumpf voter in 2024, again. I'm glad his wife was sensible enough to get vaxxed, so at least his stupidity didn't turn his kids into orphans.

What a fucking idiot.

[dchill]

1. It's the wife's employer that was sensible.

[SoCalDavidS]

2. Yeah, Exactly. nt

[Midnight Writer]

14. Yep. Maybe saved her life.

[Demovictory9]

3. overheard today at ourside event

two age 60ish women. #1 did you ever get vaxxed. #2... noooo... (some mumbled excuses) #1 "and you hugged me!?"

I can't believe how much damage Trump has caused. prior to his sick presidency, vaccinations never would have been politicized and questioned.

[dalton99a]

4. Idiot sought death and found it.

[oasis]

5. Oh well.

[left-of-center2012]

6. So your friend went to visit family members

One of them was not vaccinated?
That in itself was risky.

[Demobrat]

7. In the hospital the whole time.

Of course. Of course he was. He couldn’t take the vaccine, but he sure could take up valuable space in an overflowing hospital.

No sympathy, except for the people who had to take care of him.

[No Vested Interest]

8. The sons are half-orphans, without (at least at this time) the needed father figure.

They will get Social Security benefits until 18, paid for by you and me.

[orleans]

9. this is one of those covid death stories that makes me think:

what a fucking ASSHOLE!!

i guess i think that about all the morons who could have and should have gotten vaccinated but refused to and ended up dropping dead from it. (what a fucking asshole...)

but when that person is a parent & when their kids are young (kids up to 20 years old) it really pisses me off and that's when i think: what a fucking ASSHOLE!!

i see you called him "a fucking idiot" but i think those people are assholes b/c they think it's worth making their trumpshit political antivax statement/protest rather than protecting themselves for the sake of their kids and even protecting their kids. (the fucking ASSHOLE!!)

[Crunchy Frog]

10. Amazing how little these people care about their children. Even the wife got vaxxed for her job,

not her kids, apparently.

[Initech]

11. The MAGAs are dropping like flies.

Because they believe the anti-vax propaganda. Maybe we don't need to worry about 2024 at this rate.

[DFW]

12. Not enough of them to hand us the midterms on a silver platter

We don’t get House and Senate majorities for free just because a few Trumpanzees make headline-worthy exits.

[Emile]

13. I shed no tears or even go to their funerals.

I blame them for this pandemic lasting so long!

[Emile]

15. Republican death cult!

[Emile]

16. Freedumb is more important than life! Like others

I shed no tear for people who can help themselves. If the bible is true, they will burn in hell for committing suicide.