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Siwsan

(26,257 posts)
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 10:06 AM Aug 2021

Cambridge-educated anti-vaxx solicitor, 58, recorded video saying Covid 'is nothing to be afraid of'

and explaining why he is still against the vaccine - nine days before dying from the disease

(Sorry - typical Daily Mail long headline) His embedded videos are hard to watch, but definitely show the path that Covid-19 takes.
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A Cambridge University graduate recorded himself downplaying his Covid symptoms and telling viewers the disease was not to be feared days before the virus claimed his life.

Solicitor Leslie Lawrenson, 58, died at his home in Bournemouth, Dorset, just nine days after releasing footage to Facebook explaining why Covid-19 was 'nothing to be afraid of'.

Leslie had no underlying health conditions and had previously refused his vaccine because he believed he 'did not need it' and instead placed his faith in his immune system.

With intermittent coughing breaking up his monologue, he explains his symptoms and describes them as 'no worse than a cold'.

Article link:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9864347/Covid-sufferer-says-virus-afraid-vlog-days-died-disease.html

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Cambridge-educated anti-vaxx solicitor, 58, recorded video saying Covid 'is nothing to be afraid of' (Original Post) Siwsan Aug 2021 OP
He owned the libs but good UpInArms Aug 2021 #1
My My grandmother said this about education... nycbos Aug 2021 #2
Nothing to be afraid of. tanyev Aug 2021 #3
Here's a top British anti-vaxxer seemingly taking a bribe to back off on criticizing AstraZeneca. TheBlackAdder Aug 2021 #4
Being careful is a good attitude and a bad sole stategy. My wife and I, both vaxxed and ... marble falls Aug 2021 #5
Good luck! lark Aug 2021 #6
Moderna says it retains it's strength after six months and Pfizer says it'll have FDA approval ... marble falls Aug 2021 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author lark Aug 2021 #7
"I really enjoyed it" dalton99a Aug 2021 #8
so much for his 'education'. he learned nothing. spanone Aug 2021 #9
I used to credential physicians Siwsan Aug 2021 #10
His education, as my father used to say, PCIntern Aug 2021 #11
Brilliant. spanone Aug 2021 #12
Bet he was studying Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, not Medicine or Science. ratchiweenie Aug 2021 #13
These Stories Are Coming Fast & Furious SoCalDavidS Aug 2021 #14
+1 Baitball Blogger Aug 2021 #17
"With intermittent coughing breaking up his monologue . . ." gratuitous Aug 2021 #16
I love when they video their stupidity for alll the world to see. Raftergirl Aug 2021 #18
Another dead doing what he loved: owning the libs scrabblequeen40 Aug 2021 #19

marble falls

(57,063 posts)
5. Being careful is a good attitude and a bad sole stategy. My wife and I, both vaxxed and ...
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 10:28 AM
Aug 2021

... masked both managed to get ourselves exposed to different people who were unvaxxed.

In my wife's case, it was going to church one day after over a year and a half of staying away: to say goodbye to a retiring music director. The director's husband is on a ventilator as of yesterday and three others have come down with it, including the lady sitting next to her in the choir loft.

I wrote about my experience: a neighbor, who while I was taking him to the hospital told me he hadn't gotten his vaxx yet, he was "waiting to see if the shot was effective or not."

We are in quarantine considering what inconsiderate neighbors and friends we have.

marble falls

(57,063 posts)
15. Moderna says it retains it's strength after six months and Pfizer says it'll have FDA approval ...
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 11:11 AM
Aug 2021

... in the next several weeks.

I'm Moderna and my wife is Pfizer. I'm confident that I am as safe as I can be in Texas with all those mendacious RWers around me.

We're showing no symptoms in the two weeks since Mrs MFalls was exposed. Unfortunately, 'Hercules' exposed me on Monday.

Response to marble falls (Reply #5)

Siwsan

(26,257 posts)
10. I used to credential physicians
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 10:44 AM
Aug 2021

Part of my job was to review malpractice claims (pending, settled, dismissed) and quality of service complaints. I can't tell you how many multi-board certified doctors I wouldn't trust to even clip my fingernails.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
16. "With intermittent coughing breaking up his monologue . . ."
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 11:17 AM
Aug 2021

Look out, Brent Terhune! Someone's working your side of the street. Oh wait; never mind, he's dead now. I wonder if Lawrenson's estate will be looking to Cambridge for a refund on his tuition payments?

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