Well, I just joined the club nobody wants to be in.

[WinstonSmith4740]

My cousin's wife just passed away from Covid. She had been admitted to the hospital a couple of weeks ago. Her systems began to shut down this morning due to of lack of oxygen. She was a nurse, but they lived in rural Georgia. Need I say more?

Right now, at a time when all I should be feeling is sadness and concern for my cousin, I'm caught between it and blind rage. SHE WAS A NURSE. Everything she knew, everything she practiced, everything she saw, told her vaccines were safe and effective. Everything told her to get one. But no. Thanks to Fox Noise and TFG, one wasn't necessary because it was all a hoax, right?

I didn't think I could hate Trump more than I did before this morning. I was wrong.
Thanks for listening.

[GPV]

1. I'm so very sorry!

[FalloutShelter]

2. So sorry for your loss.

Another unnecessary death. I feel your anger and frustration.

[Nevilledog]

3. ...

[lisa58]

4. I'm so sorry- I'm crushed by the lies people believe

[hlthe2b]

10. ditto. It might be easier to just blame the victims (and yes, they were willfully ignorant), but...

If not for the extremes of misinformation propagandizing--much for selfish political aims--I think so many might have done the right thing and gotten vaccinated.

It is beyond tragic. Somedays I just become nauseated at the "what ifs."

BTW, of all the nurses and other health care workers, dental and medical technicians, and even a few veterinary technicians (the latter is even harder for me to explain) that I've spoken to on the vaccine, I'd say (before mandates) I was batting about 45% agreeing to get the vaccine. This, though was after major group presentations and finally a lot of one-on-one time, reinforced by some colleagues. I'd guess about 30% more have come on since the mandates were announced, but damn if there aren't some hardcore resisters, who just can't leave aside all the nonsense they've held on to for almost two years now.

[MustLoveBeagles]

5. I'm sorry

[mucifer]

7. My condolences to you. So many wonderful people are brainwashed. Many are nurses

[piddyprints]

8. I'm so sorry.

This is hitting close to home for many more of us. I understand your anger.

[maxsolomon]

9. I'm sorry, what club is this?

"People who know people who've died of Covid?"

It's a really big club at this point.

[WinstonSmith4740]

12. I know.

And the damn thing just keeps getting bigger. And it doesn't have to.

[TigressDem]

22. The club of People who lost loved ones to the IDOCRACY of TFG and CO.

YEAH, it IS a big club.

But I feel for the OP.

HOW does a nurse who faces the facts daily still believe the lies?

HOW can a nurse not see the truth that TFG deemed masks and vaccines as being against freedom when we know how hardworking and self sacrificing and educated most nurses are?

HOW does someone at that level fall for these lies?

[justhanginon]

11. These stories are so very sad. Someone should have to pay a price

for the disinformation they knowingly spread even while they were fully vaccinated.

[Evolve Dammit]

13. Same for me. Lost my cousin's wife and he almost died too. Not a nurse but they went out to eat.

Very sorry for your loss. The real "fake news" is everywhere. I have friends that are oblivious to reality.

[Phoenix61]

14. I'm so sorry. nt

[Hav]

15. Well, Trump got vaccinated

and suggested to his supporters to take the vaccine as well. He got booed for that. That should tell you how deranged those anti-vaxxers are.

It's tragic that many lifes could have been saved but I also have to say, a nurse should have known better.

[WinstonSmith4740]

21. True.

But he did it after a year of denial, obsfucation, and flat out lies. And as you observed, by that time, his supporters were so far down the rabbit hole even he can't get them out.

And her being a nurse is one of the things that pisses me off even more. She knew better. I don't know if she worked in the emergency room, but her education and experience told her he was wrong. And she still chose to believe him.

[moose65]

56. Too little, too late

Yes, Trump got vaccinated after contracting the virus, getting treatment not available to most of us, and recovering. He covered his own lard ass while barely lifting a finger to help anyone else. And he refused to work with other former presidents to persuade people to get the vaccine.

By the time he got the vaccine, it was too late. After a year of downplaying the virus and disparaging medical professionals, his hardcore disciples were not going to listen to him about vaccines.

He is a deplorable pile of shit.

[Demsrule86]

16. I am so sorry.

[marble falls]

17. Even cats know better ...

[MustLoveBeagles]

27. They're smarter than a lot of people

[WinstonSmith4740]

30. Their instincts are amazing.

That reaction ALONE should tell people all they need to know about him. That and he couldn't get a gambling license here because he was too sketchy. For Las Vegas. Think about that.

And thanks for the laugh. I needed that.

[secondwind]

18. What a sad story, and all because TFG said it's a hoax

Of course, TFG made sure to get vaxxed, and his family too.

[Boomerproud]

19. How many more?

[MissB]

20. I'm so sorry

I know it’s tough to lose someone that likely would’ve survived except for not taking advantage of a free vaccine. Even more tragic is your cousin’s wife’s career choice.

[ananda]

23. I hear you!

It's both rage at the system and the sorrow
of your loss.

I feel it too. My best friend in college is a
crazy conspiracy theorist who won't get
vaxxed. My other best friend died of cancer
last March because she was afraid to go to
the doctor before it was too late.

I really hate this world sometimes.

[TigressDem]

24. Where is the emoji for a broken heart? My heart is broken for you right now.

So sorry for your loss.




My DIL is in health care with similar attitude. I don't think her work place gave her a choice though.

But her Mom, my son and her daughter all caught COVID.

Luckily it was a strain that did not kill or even hospitilize them.

So, of course, that "proves to them" they are right and the vaccines aren't valid.

[Solly Mack]

25. I'm so sorry. It's mind boggling.

[Danmel]

26. I'm so sorry

It must be hard to have to deal with your sadness and your anger and frustration.

I hope you can find peace. I'm just sorry you have to go through this when it didn't have to be this way.

[Grasswire2]

28. I thought my family of a dozen remaining cousins was protected.

Nope. My very healthy, hearty lumberjack (truly, that's his occupation) has been ill with Covid, and his wife was even more sick with it. And I took a look at his FB feed. A crazy evangelical fundamentalist church with a real grip on the small town is the likely source of bad information.

[Xolodno]

29. I've chose to distance myself from family members who refuse the vaccination.

Emotionally of course, but, it is hard. My wife's uncle got COVID in late February of 2020, said it was the worst thing he ever experienced. Yet, there are some relatives on her side who refuse the vaccination, despite him being well respected. On my side, just about everyone got it. Save one aunt and uncle...but did get it eventually, after they found out at a funeral, which we all know was COVID related but given a bullshit reason, all her siblings got the vaccine as well. It was just a couple of her children that were saying no to it.

An old friend wife got COVID and is still in recovery. While her brother in law still says its fake. No reaching to theses people. So you have to walk away after a certain point. And that's what they don't realize, we still care, but their stubbornness, leaves us few choices.

[SergeStorms]

31. There's no sweet to this bitter moment...

for you, Winston. I'm terribly sorry for your loss, but she should have known better. Sometimes you just can't save people from themselves.

[BigmanPigman]

32. Your thoughts are shared by many, too many.

[DippyDem]

33. I'm so very sorry!

I feel the same way as you! I have a brother, he had covid last year at the very beginning and recovered. but he has some long covid effects and had to have holes in his heart closed up. Still to this day he won't vax up even with the more dangerous Delta going around. I no longer communicate with him due to his extreme belief in conspiracy stuff. You take care.

[marieo1]

34. So sad!!

I hate to think about how many families in our world have been suffering the same tragic loss that you have. Wouldn't our lives have been different if DJT had schooled everyone on getting the vaccine and even made it mandatory, instead of just blowing it off. A lot of deranged DJT idiots would have listened to him. So sorry for your loss.

[3catwoman3]

54. The SOB could have sold red MAGA masks, worn one himself, and his drooling...

…worshippers would have happily bought them by the gross, and he could have made money off this.

But NOOOOOOOO! He had to minimize it, act like he knew better than the scientists, and here we are.

[highplainsdem]

35. I'm so sorry for your loss -- such an unnecessary loss -- and for the mixed emotions you've

inevitably had. I have way too many RW relatives who won't get vaccinated, and I worry, a lot, about all of them, even while feeling very upset at them for not being more rational, for putting themselves and others at risk.

[MFM008]

36. there is always a basement

when it comes to hating that maggot.
sorry .

[ismnotwasm]

37. I am so sorry

Most nurses are pro science, in fact my first basic degree was in Science. I don’t know at what point so many forgot what being a nurse actually means.

[Snackshack]

38. Im sorry.

🕯

[japple]

39. I am so sorry. Awful way to go for anyone, let alone a nurse. I heard statistics

about the percentage of hospital employees in Georgia who are vaccinated and in some (large city & metro) hospital systems, it was very high. In my very rural (MTG district) county, I think the report said that 45% of hospital employees were unvaccinated. I couldn't find any verification of the statistics and am only reporting from memory.

[helpisontheway]

40. I'm so sorry. Nt

[niyad]

41. Your DU family is here for you.

[Ford_Prefect]

42. FOX, TLG and Koch enterprises need to be charged with Genocide.

Along with Mitch, Kevin, the GOP partisans in both houses, and the gang of enablers that pretended to be his cabinet and advisers who couldn't find a way to do the right thing even though they KNEW!

They KNEW and did everything to pretend or to advocate to diminish the apparent risk, to doubt the real science, to encourage the GOP governors and state legislators to resist and deny CDC and WHO recommendations.

What is even worse is that while many did it for political gain of some kind, some among them also did it to make a lot of money off the pandemic.

And to add further injury and insult many of us now live at risk from the reactionary mob who deny to their last breath or who violently threaten Nurses, Doctors, PA's, along with public officials and ordinary citizens.

I know I won't be tolerant of the next one I meet.

[blueinredohio]

43. I'm sorry for your loss. I'm also sorry for how gullible people are now.

Went to lunch with my daughter and grandkids the other day. She says she's not going to get vaccinated. She also said she hopes she gets vivid so she can have a"few" days off work. I was shocked. You don't want to hear what I told her. She used to be pretty liberal. I don't know what happened to her.

[3catwoman3]

45. I don't know what I would do if our sons had refused to be vaccinated.

Our younger son, soon to be 29, did it as soon as it was available.

Our older son, 31, actually participated in an all night mass vaccination event in Phoenix, where he lives. It was held at the AZ Cardinals stadium, and volunteers were needed for everything from directing traffic, to registering people, to administering the shots. He is not a health care worker, so could not give the injections. His job for the overnight event was to help those who just got their first shots to register for the second one. Because of his volunteering, he was able to get his shots sooner than if he had waited for his age group to be eligible.

He said it was a very rewarding experience, and not just because could get his own shots. He related that people were very grateful, very polite, and some were crying with relief. I was very proud of him for doing this.

[blueinredohio]

47. You should be proud. She was not raised that way.

I'm very disappointed in her.

[3catwoman3]

48. The combination of disappointment and...

...fear/anxiety must be so draining.

I will hope that she sees the light.

[blueinredohio]

51. Thanks, I hope so too and hope it doesn't take her or her family getting sick.

[3catwoman3]

44. How very sad.

The resistance of health care professionals is so mystifying and so frustrating.

[Bmoboy]

46. Nurses are just people

As a retired RN with over forty years experience let me assure you I have met some nurses who were not all that.

And what about the doctors who are writing Ivermectin prescriptions or recommending ozone injections/

Yes - injections of 50cc of ozone gas into each butt cheek.

Stupid is contagious.

[calimary]

49. True, but nurses are also in the category of medical people who should know better.

My mom was an RN. She would have gotten a COVID shot.

[3catwoman3]

50. The ozone is a new one on me.

Sounds not only stupid but dangerous.

Recently retired nurse here - 45 years as a peds NP. I vividly recall, during my first bedside job, having a sore middle finger nailbed from all the flicking of syringes to get out even the most miniscule of air bubbles from injections I drew up. We were taught no air bubble was safe, no matter how small.

A 50 cc bolus of a gas sounds like asking for trouble.

[Karma13612]

53. Agree!

I was a chemo-pharmacist. Always made sure all the bubbles were flicked out of the syringes!

Air emboli are not cool.

Sounds like that is ripe for malpractice.

[orleans]

52. sorry to hear it hit your family

i wonder why she didn't get a vaccine--i mean, specifically why

i think all those medical "professionals" shouldn't be allowed to practice medicine if they are so crazy against the covid vaccine. it makes me wonder how that effects their patients -- and i don't mean by giving covid to them, but by not encouraging them to get vaccinated or wear masks, by not helping them understand how dire this pandemic is, etc

and if they don't get vaxed just to "own the libs" or fuck over biden... then their insane and absolutely shouldn't be allowed to "practice" medicine around anyone

[electric_blue68]

55. I'm so sorry for you/your family's loss....

I get the conflicting emotions especially her as a medical professional.

[SouthernDem4ever]

57. I just lost a co-worker to COVID

Early 40's. The only thing I feel is anger. Anger at the idiots spreading vaccine disinformation and for my co-worker who listened to it. It is too late in the game to be asking stupid questions like 'does the vaccine work' after 150 million people have proven it does.

[Bucky]

58. I'm lucky; my friends & fam have avoided or survived Covid. But I'm angry too

We shouldn't be burying good people because the were snowjobbed by these fucking charlatans and Russian troll farms and lying jackal Republican politicians and nihilistic psychopaths who oppose any science they don't understand.

Our society has gone insane by choice and each victim they con and kill with the covid virus is somebody's loved one and was irreplaceable.