COVID-19/schadenfreude

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There have been repeated occurrences in which individuals who either engaged in COVID denialism or made fun of the illnesses of others have themselves fallen prey to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reference

• sorry antivaxxer .com "a repository of stories of anti-vaxxers who died or came close to dying of COVID needlessly from their own scientifically un-sound and stubborn beliefs."

to file

• 2022-01-04 A rising star in the GOP who railed against vaccine mandates dies of COVID-19 «Orange County Deputy District Attorney Kelly Ernby died of COVID-19. She was 46 years old. [...] She fell ill just after speaking out against vaccine mandates at a rally in Irvine, California, organized by Turning Point USA on Dec. 4.»
• 2021-11-08 Meet AntiVaxxer Charles Edward Robinson II: Unvaxxed, Unmasked, Unmuzzled, Unafraid, And Unalive
• 2021-10-15 Anti-Vax Flat Earth Preacher Rob Skiba Dies From COVID-19 (via)
• 2021-09-22 She made her choice (via) "Kristen Lowery, 40 year old mother of four, anti-vaccine fanatic, chose poorly."
• 2021-09-17 Anti-vaxx couple dies of virus days after claiming they survived pandemic despite being unvaccinated: RIP Dusty Graham and Tristan Graham, the "Alabama Pickers"
• 2021-09-13 Bob Enyart, conservative firebrand and pastor, dies of COVID-19 Bob Enyart ([W] successfully sued the state of Colorado over mask mandates and capacity limits in churches, served as the spokesman for American Right to Life, and used to "gleefully read obituaries of AIDS sufferers while cranking 'Another One Bites the Dust' by Queen" on his old radio show.
• 2021-09-08 He smeared Dr. Fauci and called the pandemic a 'lie.' Now this Florida lawmaker is hospitalized
• 2021-08-31 Another conservative media personality has died of COVID-19 after hating on vaccines WNDB (Florida) radio host Marc Bernier, who called himself "Mr. Anti-Vax" and compared the US government to Nazis because of its vaccination program.
• 2021-02-17 RIP Rush Limbaugh: «Limbaugh asserted that the virus was the common cold. Limbaugh said on his radio show on February 24, 2020, "I'm dead right on this. The coronavirus is the common cold, folks," alleging it was being "weaponized" to bring down Trump.»[W]
  • 2021-02-17 Did Rush Limbaugh’s ‘AIDS Update’ Mock the Deaths of Gay People? "TRUE" «Limbaugh would later say he regretted the segment as it made fun of people who were dying excruciating deaths.» (via)
• 2020-09-21 Anti-mask, pro-Trump lawmaker dies of COVID-19 after mocking the pandemic on social media: RIP Tony Tenpenny (R), former Nashville TN Council Member
• 2020-07-30 RIP Herman Cain:
  • Herman Cain, Conservative Culture Warrior Who Opposed Mask Mandates, Dies of COVID-19
  • Herman Cain, ex-presidential candidate who refused to wear mask, dies after COVID-19 diagnosis

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• 2021-12-10 No word on condition of Whatcom state Sen. Doug Ericksen after COVID treatment
  • 2021-12-11 Anti-mandate GOP state senator is missing, weeks after hospitalization for COVID-19