Posted on Apr 24, 2022
Their mom died of COVID. They say conspiracy theories are what really killed her
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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/04/24/ [login to see] /covid-conspiracy-theories
One thing everyone agrees on is that Stephanie didn't have to die. Even months after it happened, her family is struggling to figure out why.
"There is no perfect puzzle piece," says Stephanie's daughter Laurie. "I literally go through this all the time."
Stephanie was 75 when she succumbed to COVID-19 this past December. But Laurie says it wasn't just COVID that killed her mother. In the years leading up to her death, Stephanie had become embroiled in conspiracy theories. Her belief in those far-out ideas caused her to avoid vaccination and led her to delay and even refuse some of the most effective treatments after she got sick.
"I don't believe she was supposed to die," Laurie says. "I blame the misinformation."
As America approaches a million deaths from COVID-19, many thousands of families have been left wondering whether available treatments and vaccines could have saved their loved ones. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than 230,000 deaths could have been avoided if individuals had gotten vaccinated.
Not everyone who refuses a vaccine believes in elaborate conspiracy theories, but many likely do. Anti-vaccine advocates have leveraged the pandemic to sow mistrust and fear about the vaccines. Local papers across the country are dotted with stories of those who refused vaccination, only to find themselves fighting for their very lives against the disease.
One thing everyone agrees on is that Stephanie didn't have to die. Even months after it happened, her family is struggling to figure out why.
"There is no perfect puzzle piece," says Stephanie's daughter Laurie. "I literally go through this all the time."
Stephanie was 75 when she succumbed to COVID-19 this past December. But Laurie says it wasn't just COVID that killed her mother. In the years leading up to her death, Stephanie had become embroiled in conspiracy theories. Her belief in those far-out ideas caused her to avoid vaccination and led her to delay and even refuse some of the most effective treatments after she got sick.
"I don't believe she was supposed to die," Laurie says. "I blame the misinformation."
As America approaches a million deaths from COVID-19, many thousands of families have been left wondering whether available treatments and vaccines could have saved their loved ones. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than 230,000 deaths could have been avoided if individuals had gotten vaccinated.
Not everyone who refuses a vaccine believes in elaborate conspiracy theories, but many likely do. Anti-vaccine advocates have leveraged the pandemic to sow mistrust and fear about the vaccines. Local papers across the country are dotted with stories of those who refused vaccination, only to find themselves fighting for their very lives against the disease.
Their mom died of COVID. They say conspiracy theories are what really killed her
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Quote from the article “ she ( Stephane) began avoiding her daughters because she believed false information that vaccinated people could somehow spread COVID.” NPR so what do you expect? Yes vaccinated people can get covid and can spread covid! Is this the type of fake news Obama wants to censor?
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00768-4/fulltext
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00768-4/fulltext
Transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 among fully vaccinated individuals
Vaccine effectiveness studies have conclusively demonstrated the benefit of COVID-19 vaccines in reducing individual symptomatic and severe disease, resulting in reduced hospitalisations and intensive care unit admissions.1 However, the impact of vaccination on transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 needs to be elucidated. A prospective cohort study in the UK by Anika Singanayagam and colleagues2 regarding community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among...
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My wife and I were both vaccinated and still got COVID..
As far as this lady goes...if she believed the conspiracy theories well then she was grown and should have known better and done her own research. I wished she hadn't died and I don't wish that on anyone but it can't be blamed on anyone but her if she didn't get vaxxed.
As far as this lady goes...if she believed the conspiracy theories well then she was grown and should have known better and done her own research. I wished she hadn't died and I don't wish that on anyone but it can't be blamed on anyone but her if she didn't get vaxxed.
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On the other hand, I'm twice vaccinated, boostered, and still had covid original flavor and omicron. I masked, I distanced, I isolated. Had original before the three shots, omicron after. I personally don't think any of that stuff really helps, if you're going to get it, you're going to get it. I was 68 for the first go around, 69 for the second, and neither was any worse than a bad cold.
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