A Texas GOP leader railed against vaccines and masks. Then he died of covid.
Source: Washington Post
A leader of the Texas Republican Party hopped on Facebook in May to post about a mask burning party 900 miles away in Cincinnati.
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The month before, Apley responded to what Baltimores former health commissioner was heralding as great news clinical trials showed the Pfizer vaccine was effective at fighting the coronavirus, including one of the recent variants, for at least six months.
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And on Friday, the 45-year-old Dickinson City Council member republished a Facebook post implying that vaccines dont work.
Two days later, Apley was admitted to a Galveston hospital with pneumonia-like symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus, according to an online fundraising campaign. He was sedated and put on a ventilator.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/s/nation/2021/08/05/texas-gop-leader-antimask-antivax-dies-covid/
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Response to yaesu (Reply #1)
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comradebillyboy
(10,143 posts)poor fool's fate? No. The world is a better place without him. He was struck down by his own hubris.
Xipe Totec
(43,889 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,723 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,723 posts)SledDriver
(2,058 posts)Looking up, coughing...
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Pathetic.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,950 posts)Agreed, this is pathetic and irresponsible. No sympathy for this liar and covidiot.
mbmsr
(28 posts)I guess this country can breathe a little easier which is good because republicans need those ventilators!
IronLionZion
(45,411 posts)thoughts and prayers
Journeyman
(15,031 posts)One is tempted to hope his death was horrid, in hopes those who survive him may see the error of their ways. But I'll settle with hoping whatever death he experienced provides the same impetus to the rest.
Beastly Boy
(9,292 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,578 posts)My favorite quote from Frank Herbert's book, Dune, is the Litany Against Fear:
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Beastly Boy
(9,292 posts)My moniker is also an homage to Glossu, AKA Beast Raban.
My favorite quote: The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. You can tell I am not a big fan of heroic pathos. This is what I like about Dune: Herbert;s villains are as compelling as his heroes, and his heroes are as flawed as the villains.
Captain Zero
(6,800 posts)Your kids will be living off of Social Security Survivor's Benefits.
Tikki
(14,556 posts)Tikki
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,800 posts)...Coughed up from the GQP riddled lungs of the nation.
KG
(28,751 posts)StClone
(11,683 posts)Or, deadset against a shot get covid and come out for vaccinations? Love to see that posted!
Comfortably_Numb
(3,797 posts)Hulk
(6,699 posts)One less tRumpf vote.
ZonkerHarris
(24,218 posts)Vinca
(50,255 posts)Jerry2144
(2,096 posts) I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
Clarence Darrow. Not Mark Twain said this. And it fits. I dont wish anyone ill, but enjoy a moment of schadenfreude when Karma runs over these dogmatic people using a strong case of irony
Jon King
(1,910 posts)Yup, confirmed by photos. #1 risk factor by far for anyone under 65. 99% of these people who they show who died who are relatively young are obese.
Being obese and unvaccinated is absolute lunacy.
Judi Lynn
(160,515 posts)dalton99a
(81,432 posts)hibbing
(10,095 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,723 posts)HubertHeaver
(2,522 posts)Check!
Another idiot banned forever.
BHDem53
(1,061 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,165 posts)One would think, for the safety if his young child and so he could watch that young child grow up and be there for them as they grow up, that he would have swallowed his pride and gotten the vaccine. He could have gotten it secretly if he was worried about damaging his REPUBLICAN bona fides.
Evolve Dammit
(16,723 posts)turbinetree
(24,688 posts)fund raising money give it back, pay off the hospital bill.....
SpankMe
(2,957 posts)This scares the crap out of me. I am vaccinated, but I'm overweight and have certain thyroid issues. That this infernal virus can take yo over and kill you in less than a week is just plain scary.
The guy had a small kid, and a wife, and none of us should take joy in his death. (Frankly, if he was single and childless I'd feel differently.)
But again - outside of the vaccination discussion - it is unknown exactly which way you'll go if you get this thing.
I'm vaxxed, and I mask my ass off at work and in public. Still...
Marthe48
(16,932 posts)when people died, I felt really bad for them and their survivors, because Covid-19 was new and not clearly understood.
Now, a year later, attitudes and comments like this are ridiculous. Many Covid-19 infections will be less horrific and many deaths are preventable because scientists worked around the clock to make a vaccine.
I said it a month ago, and even if it is ghoulish, I'll say it again: if people don't step up and get vaccinated, I think there will be fewer swing states in the next election cycle.
Duppers
(28,117 posts)And I hear tiny violins ...and banjos.
Ziggysmom
(3,406 posts)NOT!
C Moon
(12,212 posts)And denying people are dying of COVID isn't going to make it go away.
myohmy2
(3,155 posts)...H Scott Apley, zero
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
riversedge
(70,182 posts)From what I read--he died rather quickly. So many spend weeks on a vent.
https://images.dailykos.com/images/973792/story_image/HScottApley?1628271063
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