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Anti-Vaxxer Dies Of Covid Days After Saying ‘There’s Nothing To Be Afraid Of’
Anti-Vaxxer Dies Of Covid Days After Saying ‘There’s Nothing To Be Afraid Of’
BY : DANIEL RICHARDSON ON : 06 AUG 2021 08:08
Leslie Lawrenson/Facebook
A 58-year-old anti-vaxxer has died from COVID-19 after claiming he had ‘no more than a normal cold’.
Leslie Lawrenson died at home in Bournemouth on July 2, just nine days after he told his followers that he trusted his immune system and would not go to a hospital for Covid-related illness.
The Cambridge-educated solicitor leaves behind his long-term partner Amanda Mitchell, 56, and his stepchildren. His family are now urging people to get vaccinated and consider hospitalisation if they transmit the virus.
Leslie Lawrenson/Facebook
In a video posted to Facebook, Lawrenson said he understood elderly people getting a vaccine, but said he wouldn’t ‘impose’ himself on the NHS. He also detailed why he thought he had COVID-19 and explained why he wanted the virus.
Lawrenson stated:
I’ll gladly take [coronavirus]. Get the antibodies in my blood and also experience that it’s nothing to be afraid of. No more than a normal cold. So I hope I’ve got it. I hope it is Covid. Because I’d rather have the antibodies in my blood than take the jabs.
If my test proves positive with Covid, I’m going to let my immune system ride it out. I’m not going to go to hospital if it gets no worse than this.
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Lawrenson’s condition worsened in the following days, and he uploaded a video that talked about his struggles to breathe. Paramedics then checked on him on July 2. Shortly after, Mr Lawrenson sadly died.
His partner Amanda Mitchell said she accepted his reasoning for not getting a vaccine because he was highly educated. Nonetheless, she said that he was wrong and is now encouraging people to get their vaccinations.
Mitchell told BBC News, ‘Les made a terrible mistake and he’s paid the ultimate price for that. I’m trying to stop any other family suffering a loss and the total devastation that we are going through.’
Anti-Vaxxer Dies Of Covid Days After Saying ‘There’s Nothing To Be Afraid Of’
BY : DANIEL RICHARDSON ON : 06 AUG 2021 08:08
A 58-year-old anti-vaxxer has died from COVID-19 after claiming he had ‘no more than a normal cold’.
Leslie Lawrenson died at home in Bournemouth on July 2, just nine days after he told his followers that he trusted his immune system and would not go to a hospital for Covid-related illness.
The Cambridge-educated solicitor leaves behind his long-term partner Amanda Mitchell, 56, and his stepchildren. His family are now urging people to get vaccinated and consider hospitalisation if they transmit the virus.
In a video posted to Facebook, Lawrenson said he understood elderly people getting a vaccine, but said he wouldn’t ‘impose’ himself on the NHS. He also detailed why he thought he had COVID-19 and explained why he wanted the virus.
Lawrenson stated:
I’ll gladly take [coronavirus]. Get the antibodies in my blood and also experience that it’s nothing to be afraid of. No more than a normal cold. So I hope I’ve got it. I hope it is Covid. Because I’d rather have the antibodies in my blood than take the jabs.
If my test proves positive with Covid, I’m going to let my immune system ride it out. I’m not going to go to hospital if it gets no worse than this.
Lawrenson’s condition worsened in the following days, and he uploaded a video that talked about his struggles to breathe. Paramedics then checked on him on July 2. Shortly after, Mr Lawrenson sadly died.
His partner Amanda Mitchell said she accepted his reasoning for not getting a vaccine because he was highly educated. Nonetheless, she said that he was wrong and is now encouraging people to get their vaccinations.
Mitchell told BBC News, ‘Les made a terrible mistake and he’s paid the ultimate price for that. I’m trying to stop any other family suffering a loss and the total devastation that we are going through.’
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https://thehill.com/homenews/coronavirus-report/566750-i-messed-up-unvaccinated-man-in-icu-with-covid-19-calls-forA Virginia dad is chronicling his story of battling Covid-19 in a series of Facebook videos and says he made a mistake by not getting vaccinated. CNN's Brianna Keilar reports.
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Kyle C. Barker
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The crazy thing is the most anti mask/vax people are old, fat and white. It’s like they wanna die.
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‘I tried to barter with God’: Family ravaged by COVID after gathering
by: Ali Meyer, Nexstar Media Wire
Posted: Aug 8, 2021 / 02:38 PM EDT / Updated: Aug 8, 2021 / 02:38 PM EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The fourth wave of COVID-19 crept into the the Davis family in June.
The family had four generations get together to celebrate Father’s Day, but didn’t know the uninvited virus would ravage the family tree.
Fourteen family members went to lunch. Only two were vaccinated.
In the following days, 11 members of the extended family tested positive for COVID-19 as it spread, including nine who attended that lunch.
Five family members were spared, including both of the vaccinated adults.
COVID breakthrough cases: Is one vaccine better than others?
Steve Davis, 39, was the first to test positive, five days after his symptoms began. He was feeling fatigued and dehydrated during Father’s Day weekend.
“I really didn’t think it was going to get us, each one by one,” he said. “I’m thinking I don’t have COVID. I’m sure I don’t have COVID. I’m thinking I’m young. I’ve got a good immune system. I’m good to go.”
Steve and Deanna (center) with their family. (Courtesy of the Davis Family)
After he tested positive, his wife, Deanna, her 15-year-old twins, Andrew and Taylor, and Steve Davis’ 17-year-old son, Kameron, all tested positive.
Steve Davis’ parents, Stephen and Terese Davis, were diagnosed next.
“They say this Delta strain is 275% faster to attack your system,” said Stephen Davis, 62, who always intended to get the vaccine, eventually.
“My parents had been telling us, every time we (saw) them. (They were) telling us get the shot, get the shot,” said Terese Davis, 54.
Terese Davis (Courtesy of the Davis Family)
Stephen and Terese Davis were hesitant, but they planned to get the shot this summer. COVID-19 got them first.
“I was just making sure no one was going to turn into a zombie or anything,” Terese Davis joked. “We wanted to give it six months.”
The couple were both hospitalized with COVID-19 complications.
“I couldn’t help anybody else,” Stephen Davis said through tears. “I couldn’t do anything for anyone else. I had to focus on myself to get through it, and that’s not me.”
Stephen Davis was in the hospital for nine days, three in intensive care.
“The ones who are surviving it have had the shot, whereas the ones who are passing away, haven’t had the shot,” Stephen Davis said. “They’re saying it’s almost 100%.”
Stephen Davis (Courtesy of the Davis Family)
Stephen and Terese Davis’ daughter, Meghan Davis, was also at that Father’s Day lunch with her boyfriend, Josh Afsharpour, and their baby boys, Leighton, 2, and Bentley, 7 months. All four tested positive.
The delta variant is infecting young children at a much higher rate than previous strains.
“I was really scared because there’s not much we could do to help (the boys) or help anybody,” Meghan Davis said.
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine expected to receive full FDA approval by Labor Day, report says
Meanwhile, Steve and Deanna Davis decided not to go to the hospital. They were struggling to beat COVID-19 at home.
Steve Davis didn’t have the strength to take care of his wife. “It got pretty bad to where I couldn’t do anything,” he remembered.
Davis didn’t realize, in his own suffering, that his wife was dying of COVID-19.
Steve Davis reflects on his beloved wife Deanna succumbing to COVID-19. (Courtesy of the Davis Family)
Ten days after diagnosis, Steve Davis finally began to see some improvement in his symptoms. Deanna Davis was still struggling to breathe.
“I told her, I said, ‘If you’re not doing any better by tomorrow, you’re going to the hospital. You didn’t want to go to the hospital, but you’re going to the hospital,'” he remembers.
That night, he found his wife unconscious in their bed. The 911 dispatcher told him he would have to do CPR on her.
He needed to move her from the bed to the floor, but he didn’t have the strength. He asked his 17-year-old son to help.
The 911 dispatcher instructed the father and son how to do chest compressions.
“I couldn’t do it by myself because I had COVID and I was pretty weak,” Davis said. “I told my son, Kameron, ‘You’re going to have to come over here and do CPR.'”
Steve and Deanna (Courtesy of the Davis Family)
In those final moments, Steve Davis tried to barter with God.
“I told him, ‘Take my life to let her live.'”
Deanna Davis died on the 4th of July, two weeks after Father’s Day. She was 45 years old.
Carl Jones, 82, and Mary Jameson, 82, were the only two in the family who had received the COVID-19 vaccine.
They believe the shot protected them from the coronavirus as it moved through the entire family.
“We were there at the party,” Jameson remembered. “I hugged little Stephen and Deanna. We sat right across from them. I really believe in the shot.”
Most of the family is now convinced. They say they will get the shot as soon as they are eligible.
“A lot of people are saying it’s political or it’s not real. It’s definitely real,” said Stephen Davis.
The toll of this pandemic weighs heavy for the whole family, but especially for Davis, yet he is unconvinced about the protection of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“I’m skeptical about it, myself. At this point, I feel like I’m backed into a corner to where I don’t know if I should or shouldn’t.”
In the end, the choice will be his.
‘I tried to barter with God’: Family ravaged by COVID after gathering
by: Ali Meyer, Nexstar Media Wire
Posted: Aug 8, 2021 / 02:38 PM EDT / Updated: Aug 8, 2021 / 02:38 PM EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The fourth wave of COVID-19 crept into the the Davis family in June.
The family had four generations get together to celebrate Father’s Day, but didn’t know the uninvited virus would ravage the family tree.
Fourteen family members went to lunch. Only two were vaccinated.
In the following days, 11 members of the extended family tested positive for COVID-19 as it spread, including nine who attended that lunch.
Five family members were spared, including both of the vaccinated adults.
COVID breakthrough cases: Is one vaccine better than others?
Steve Davis, 39, was the first to test positive, five days after his symptoms began. He was feeling fatigued and dehydrated during Father’s Day weekend.
“I really didn’t think it was going to get us, each one by one,” he said. “I’m thinking I don’t have COVID. I’m sure I don’t have COVID. I’m thinking I’m young. I’ve got a good immune system. I’m good to go.”
Steve and Deanna (center) with their family. (Courtesy of the Davis Family)
After he tested positive, his wife, Deanna, her 15-year-old twins, Andrew and Taylor, and Steve Davis’ 17-year-old son, Kameron, all tested positive.
Steve Davis’ parents, Stephen and Terese Davis, were diagnosed next.
“They say this Delta strain is 275% faster to attack your system,” said Stephen Davis, 62, who always intended to get the vaccine, eventually.
“My parents had been telling us, every time we (saw) them. (They were) telling us get the shot, get the shot,” said Terese Davis, 54.
Terese Davis (Courtesy of the Davis Family)
Stephen and Terese Davis were hesitant, but they planned to get the shot this summer. COVID-19 got them first.
“I was just making sure no one was going to turn into a zombie or anything,” Terese Davis joked. “We wanted to give it six months.”
The couple were both hospitalized with COVID-19 complications.
“I couldn’t help anybody else,” Stephen Davis said through tears. “I couldn’t do anything for anyone else. I had to focus on myself to get through it, and that’s not me.”
Stephen Davis was in the hospital for nine days, three in intensive care.
“The ones who are surviving it have had the shot, whereas the ones who are passing away, haven’t had the shot,” Stephen Davis said. “They’re saying it’s almost 100%.”
Stephen Davis (Courtesy of the Davis Family)
Stephen and Terese Davis’ daughter, Meghan Davis, was also at that Father’s Day lunch with her boyfriend, Josh Afsharpour, and their baby boys, Leighton, 2, and Bentley, 7 months. All four tested positive.
The delta variant is infecting young children at a much higher rate than previous strains.
“I was really scared because there’s not much we could do to help (the boys) or help anybody,” Meghan Davis said.
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine expected to receive full FDA approval by Labor Day, report says
Meanwhile, Steve and Deanna Davis decided not to go to the hospital. They were struggling to beat COVID-19 at home.
Steve Davis didn’t have the strength to take care of his wife. “It got pretty bad to where I couldn’t do anything,” he remembered.
Davis didn’t realize, in his own suffering, that his wife was dying of COVID-19.
Steve Davis reflects on his beloved wife Deanna succumbing to COVID-19. (Courtesy of the Davis Family)
Ten days after diagnosis, Steve Davis finally began to see some improvement in his symptoms. Deanna Davis was still struggling to breathe.
“I told her, I said, ‘If you’re not doing any better by tomorrow, you’re going to the hospital. You didn’t want to go to the hospital, but you’re going to the hospital,'” he remembers.
That night, he found his wife unconscious in their bed. The 911 dispatcher told him he would have to do CPR on her.
He needed to move her from the bed to the floor, but he didn’t have the strength. He asked his 17-year-old son to help.
The 911 dispatcher instructed the father and son how to do chest compressions.
“I couldn’t do it by myself because I had COVID and I was pretty weak,” Davis said. “I told my son, Kameron, ‘You’re going to have to come over here and do CPR.'”
Steve and Deanna (Courtesy of the Davis Family)
In those final moments, Steve Davis tried to barter with God.
“I told him, ‘Take my life to let her live.'”
Deanna Davis died on the 4th of July, two weeks after Father’s Day. She was 45 years old.
Carl Jones, 82, and Mary Jameson, 82, were the only two in the family who had received the COVID-19 vaccine.
They believe the shot protected them from the coronavirus as it moved through the entire family.
“We were there at the party,” Jameson remembered. “I hugged little Stephen and Deanna. We sat right across from them. I really believe in the shot.”
Most of the family is now convinced. They say they will get the shot as soon as they are eligible.
“A lot of people are saying it’s political or it’s not real. It’s definitely real,” said Stephen Davis.
The toll of this pandemic weighs heavy for the whole family, but especially for Davis, yet he is unconvinced about the protection of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“I’m skeptical about it, myself. At this point, I feel like I’m backed into a corner to where I don’t know if I should or shouldn’t.”
In the end, the choice will be his.
28-year-old Atlanta man who died of COVID-19 has heartbreaking last message
28-year-old Atlanta man who died of COVID-19 has heartbreaking last message
August 08, 2021 at 5:40 pm EDT
By WSBTV.com News Staff
ATLANTA — A metro Atlanta woman is mourning the death of her 28-year-old husband to COVID-19.
Braderick Wright died Saturday night. His widow, 25-year-old Brittany Wright, said his dying wish was for more people to get the vaccine.
“That is his message: ‘Get the vaccine. Because I would hate for people to be like me,’” Brittany Wright said.
Wright said her husband was hesitant to get the vaccine because of conspiracy theories he read online.
“He was deep into Tik Tok conspiracy theories and, for him, he just didn’t want to get (the shot),” Wright said. “He didn’t trust the government.”
She did get vaccinated last month and is still waiting to get her second shot.
They both got sick, but only Braderick Wright ended up in the hospital on July 30. Brittany Wright said her husband changed his mind about the vaccine after that, but it was too late.
On Saturday, doctors called to tell Brittany that they needed to intubate her husband. She was able to go in to to talk to him one last time.
“He told him he didn’t want to lose me. I told him I didn’t want to lose him,” Brittany Wright said. “I told him I loved him.”
Just a few hours later, she got the call that his heart had stopped.
Wright said her husband did have preexisting conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure, but she didn’t think she’d lose him so young.
“I’m 25. And I mean, I never expected to be a widow at the age of 25,” Wright said. “I expected us to grow old together have kids, have grandchildren and just live the life, you know. But sadly, here I am today, planning his funeral.”
The Wrights just got married in December, but have been a couple for five years. The both drive big rig trucks.
“My husband was really, really goofy. He had an understanding life is always an adventure,” Brittany Wright said. “We had trips planned, and now I don’t know what to do. He was literally the light of my world and that light is gone.”
Doctors told Wright she likely survived because she already had one vaccine dose.
The family has set up a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses. Braderick Wright’s funeral is on Saturday.
28-year-old Atlanta man who died of COVID-19 has heartbreaking last message
August 08, 2021 at 5:40 pm EDT
By WSBTV.com News Staff
ATLANTA — A metro Atlanta woman is mourning the death of her 28-year-old husband to COVID-19.
Braderick Wright died Saturday night. His widow, 25-year-old Brittany Wright, said his dying wish was for more people to get the vaccine.
“That is his message: ‘Get the vaccine. Because I would hate for people to be like me,’” Brittany Wright said.
Wright said her husband was hesitant to get the vaccine because of conspiracy theories he read online.
“He was deep into Tik Tok conspiracy theories and, for him, he just didn’t want to get (the shot),” Wright said. “He didn’t trust the government.”
She did get vaccinated last month and is still waiting to get her second shot.
They both got sick, but only Braderick Wright ended up in the hospital on July 30. Brittany Wright said her husband changed his mind about the vaccine after that, but it was too late.
On Saturday, doctors called to tell Brittany that they needed to intubate her husband. She was able to go in to to talk to him one last time.
“He told him he didn’t want to lose me. I told him I didn’t want to lose him,” Brittany Wright said. “I told him I loved him.”
Just a few hours later, she got the call that his heart had stopped.
Wright said her husband did have preexisting conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure, but she didn’t think she’d lose him so young.
“I’m 25. And I mean, I never expected to be a widow at the age of 25,” Wright said. “I expected us to grow old together have kids, have grandchildren and just live the life, you know. But sadly, here I am today, planning his funeral.”
The Wrights just got married in December, but have been a couple for five years. The both drive big rig trucks.
“My husband was really, really goofy. He had an understanding life is always an adventure,” Brittany Wright said. “We had trips planned, and now I don’t know what to do. He was literally the light of my world and that light is gone.”
Doctors told Wright she likely survived because she already had one vaccine dose.
The family has set up a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses. Braderick Wright’s funeral is on Saturday.
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The one thing about this thread is that %99 of the deniers look EXACTLY what you think they look like.
North Texas Gym Owner Urges Vaccines, After He Nearly Died From COVID-19
North Texas Gym Owner Urges Vaccines After He Nearly Died From COVID-19
Antonio Rodriguez is encouraging people to get vaccinated, after he delayed getting his vaccine, and got COVID-19
By Yona Gavino • Published August 13, 2021 • Updated on August 13, 2021 at 6:46 pm
A North Texas fitness trainer, who nearly died from COVID-19, says he regrets putting off getting vaccinated.
Antonio Rodriguez never thought he’d get COVID-19.
The 44-year-old owns Toro Sports Performance gym in Weatherford.
“I train athletes. I stay pretty active. I hardly ever get sick. I don’t get the flu or colds. I don’t even have allergies,” said Antonio Rodriguez.
He finally decided to get vaccinated.
But he tested positive for COVID-19 a few days before his appointment.
“So instead of getting the shot, I called the ambulance,” said Rodriguez.
He was rushed to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital.
It’s still hard to breathe on his own, without the help of tubes.
“Right now, me standing up taking two or three steps feels like I just ran a 400-meter sprint,” said Rodriguez.
He hopes his story can save even one life.
“If you’re still thinking about it, go ahead and get it done. It’s not worth it. I’m a great example of that. I was thinking I’m invincible. This thing almost killed me. Just go ahead and get the vaccination,” said Rodriguez.
He said he plans to get fully vaccinated as soon as possible.
Doctors expect him to be released from the hospital in a week or two.
North Texas Gym Owner Urges Vaccines After He Nearly Died From COVID-19
Antonio Rodriguez is encouraging people to get vaccinated, after he delayed getting his vaccine, and got COVID-19
By Yona Gavino • Published August 13, 2021 • Updated on August 13, 2021 at 6:46 pm
A North Texas fitness trainer, who nearly died from COVID-19, says he regrets putting off getting vaccinated.
Antonio Rodriguez never thought he’d get COVID-19.
The 44-year-old owns Toro Sports Performance gym in Weatherford.
“I train athletes. I stay pretty active. I hardly ever get sick. I don’t get the flu or colds. I don’t even have allergies,” said Antonio Rodriguez.
He finally decided to get vaccinated.
But he tested positive for COVID-19 a few days before his appointment.
“So instead of getting the shot, I called the ambulance,” said Rodriguez.
He was rushed to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital.
It’s still hard to breathe on his own, without the help of tubes.
“Right now, me standing up taking two or three steps feels like I just ran a 400-meter sprint,” said Rodriguez.
He hopes his story can save even one life.
“If you’re still thinking about it, go ahead and get it done. It’s not worth it. I’m a great example of that. I was thinking I’m invincible. This thing almost killed me. Just go ahead and get the vaccination,” said Rodriguez.
He said he plans to get fully vaccinated as soon as possible.
Doctors expect him to be released from the hospital in a week or two.
My homie's (black) in laws (white) are in ICU with the virus. Their best friends cut them off not because they got sick, but because instead of fighting the fake virus but for not staying home and fighting it like a patriot. Them old fools are on oxygen, fighting for their life.
Kyle C. Barker
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Remember David Byrd? previous darwin nominee who spent 55 days on an ICU ventilator, fought COVID for 8 months, and got a liver transplant, and finally admitted that COVID is 'real and dangerous'?
Now he's trying to prohibit local mask mandates and private business vaccine requirements in Tennessee.
This Tennessee Republican Nearly Died From COVID. Now He’s Fighting Masks.
Them surgeons should take that liver back
Now he's trying to prohibit local mask mandates and private business vaccine requirements in Tennessee.
This Tennessee Republican Nearly Died From COVID. Now He’s Fighting Masks.
Them surgeons should take that liver back
