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Maraya1969

(22,478 posts)
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 10:03 PM Aug 2021

Attorney Leslie Lawrenson was found dead of covid at his home in Dorset, UK

in June. At the time, not big news. However, the ‘Evening Standard’ just found a video he posted to Facebook 9 days before he died, saying he was glad he got it so he can prove it isn’t that bad. Watch!"



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Attorney Leslie Lawrenson was found dead of covid at his home in Dorset, UK (Original Post) Maraya1969 Aug 2021 OP
.."It's not that bad" Budi Aug 2021 #1
I know XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #8
Yup. What an awful death. Budi Aug 2021 #9
Yes and life expectancy in the 1750s, before vaccines, was 35. OnDoutside Aug 2021 #18
another (dead) feebleminded f#$ktard Kittycatkat Aug 2021 #2
"It isn't that bad"... The Unmitigated Gall Aug 2021 #3
Polio and smallpox aren't bad either. LeftInTX Aug 2021 #4
We'll never know what he thinks of it now. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2021 #5
There's a skull over his shoulder. Odd nt XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #6
"That which kills me makes me dead" dalton99a Aug 2021 #7
Another bites the dust.. HipChick Aug 2021 #10
I understand that many people have lost patience with these selfish fools Piasladic Aug 2021 #11
It's sad MustLoveBeagles Aug 2021 #13
He lost that case. Nt Baked Potato Aug 2021 #12
More details from the BBC: dalton99a Aug 2021 #14
So she probably didn't get jabbed either. OnDoutside Aug 2021 #17
Nope. dalton99a Aug 2021 #20
What a fucking idiot! smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #22
James O'Brien covered that and sad case of a pregnant unvaccinated OnDoutside Aug 2021 #23
'just be careful.' So he knew covid existed, wasn't denying that and that results bad cause be LizBeth Aug 2021 #25
The dead man said he'd rather take the risks dreamland Aug 2021 #15
Compassion for the conned, contempt for the conman, as James O'Brien OnDoutside Aug 2021 #16
That's eerie .. he gambled and lost Cha Aug 2021 #19
i don't understand this attitude towards covid... why is it a "bogeyman" or any diff from cancer Demovictory9 Aug 2021 #21
I don't either XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #24
 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
1. .."It's not that bad"
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 10:10 PM
Aug 2021

..he posted to Facebook 9 days before he died, saying he was glad he got it so he can prove it isn’t that bad.

Not much left to say here..

XanaDUer2

(10,659 posts)
8. I know
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 10:19 PM
Aug 2021

we don't have to put up with bad diseases because we have vaccines. That's the point.

Also, being curled up in a fetal position for hours is not like any cold I've had.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
9. Yup. What an awful death.
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 10:24 PM
Aug 2021

And it didn't have to be that way.

He didn't call for help when it was so bad because he had a point to prove??
Ugh.

Piasladic

(1,160 posts)
11. I understand that many people have lost patience with these selfish fools
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 10:36 PM
Aug 2021

but at least he stayed home and away from others to die.

Still, I feel guilty and a bit morbid watching the video of a now dead man. I wonder if as he died all alone he knew he was about to die, if he was struggling to breathe and in pain, and if he had regrets. I just hope I don't have nightmares tonight.

dalton99a

(81,455 posts)
14. More details from the BBC:
Sat Aug 7, 2021, 01:06 AM
Aug 2021
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-58080116
Covid vaccine refuser died after terrible mistake, says partner

A man who died with Covid after refusing to be vaccinated made a "terrible mistake" which put his family at risk, his partner has said.

Leslie Lawrenson, 58, died at his home in Bournemouth, Dorset, on 2 July.

His partner Amanda Mitchell, 56, who was seriously ill with Covid at the same time, said he thought the vaccines were too "experimental".

Ms Mitchell said her partner, a Cambridge University graduate, decided against having a coronavirus jab after reading material on social media.

She said: "It was a daily thing that he said to us: 'You don't need to have it, you'll be fine, just be careful.'

dalton99a

(81,455 posts)
20. Nope.
Sat Aug 7, 2021, 02:26 AM
Aug 2021
"Les was highly educated... so if he told me something, I tended to believe it."


And Les got his Covid education on Facebook


OnDoutside

(19,956 posts)
23. James O'Brien covered that and sad case of a pregnant unvaccinated
Sat Aug 7, 2021, 11:09 AM
Aug 2021

woman, where they had to do a C-section to save the baby, 11weeks premature.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
25. 'just be careful.' So he knew covid existed, wasn't denying that and that results bad cause be
Sat Aug 7, 2021, 12:50 PM
Aug 2021

careful implies you do not want to get it. And still refused a shot. Sounds like they were actively working at not getting if truly being careful and still refused the shot.

dreamland

(964 posts)
15. The dead man said he'd rather take the risks
Sat Aug 7, 2021, 01:20 AM
Aug 2021

Than getting a vaccine. He made a bet with the covid, covid won.

Demovictory9

(32,449 posts)
21. i don't understand this attitude towards covid... why is it a "bogeyman" or any diff from cancer
Sat Aug 7, 2021, 02:57 AM
Aug 2021

or other diseases that MAGAs would run to the doctor to get treatment for?

XanaDUer2

(10,659 posts)
24. I don't either
Sat Aug 7, 2021, 11:21 AM
Aug 2021

It's almost like some obstacle course some think they have to conquer to prove something. CNN just asked a Sturgis go-er if she's vaccinated and she said No (with a smile and giggle) and said she'd had it and ,"kicked its butt!".

Is this some American ideation?

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