The Return of Karma

[KaraBulut]

 

[KaraBulut]

How it began:

How it ended:

Daryl Nicholas Bledsoe
Obituary
May 25, 1980 - September 5, 2021

Daryl Nicholas "Nick" Bledsoe of Opelika, born May 25, 1980, passed away September 5, 2021 at EAMC.

 

[cityboy-stl]

For God's Sake, what is wrong with these people? What else can they come up with? Well, Trump did say to use disinfectant. I bet this generates some bad Karma.

Anti-Vaxxers Are Now Gargling Iodine to Prevent Covid-19 [Rolling Stone]

One ER doc’s response to the new trend: “Fuck me! Of course they are”

 

[spunkfunker]

It appears that they have also stumbled upon Betadine as well. This fuckery has to stop somewhere. First animal dewormer, and now post surgical wound medication!

This fuckery has to stop somewhere. I know I'm not the only one who remembers these.

My mom used to have them all over the house when I was little to alert me not to touch whatever was in that cabinet or drawer. I pity the folks at poison control! Good lord help us all!

 

[Essex Boy]

One would think that in these modern times when we understand so much about viruses and bacteria, that we wouldn't be attributing illness and death to crazy things like witches, humors, Jews or astral influences.

One might also think that we wouldn't be attributing fatal accidents to karma.

 

[LeicsDom]

One might also think that we wouldn't be attributing fatal accidents to karma.

They are not accidents. They are fuckwittery!

 

[rareboy]

The hate filled and hateful Bob Enyart, conservative radio host and anti-vaxxer previously mentioned in this thread as being in hospital died September 13, 2021 at age 62

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Enyart

 

[rareboy]

Doug Pothul, 58, Ocala, FL, Jiu Jitsu industry, extreme anti-vaxxer

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Dougals Alexander Pothul (Ocala, Florida), who passed away on August 29, 2021, at the age of 58, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends can light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Dougals Alexander Pothul to show support.

He was loved and cherished by many people including : his parents, Donald Alexander Pothul and Sandra Fay Keating Pothul; his sister Kathryn; his significant other Annette Christine Cabrido; and his sons, Alec Christopher Pothul, Brandon Nicholas Pothul and Kyle Douglas Pothul.

Doug contacted COVID and died August 29, 2021 in Marion County, Ocala, Florida.

 

[cityboy-stl]

One might also think that we wouldn't be attributing fatal accidents to karma.

One might also think we wouldn't be using a false equivalency to compare accidents to deliberate lack of action. Reaping the consequences of your own lack of action is not an accident. Don't pretend like they're incidental victims. They got what they asked for. That's karma.

 

[cityboy-stl]

It appears that they have also stumbled upon Betadine as well. This fuckery has to stop somewhere. First animal dewormer, and now post surgical wound medication!

That's what the article said:

Povidone iodine, often sold under the brand-name Betadine

Somebody should tell them it works 10 times better if they mix Betadine with Ivermectin. It's Darwin Approved!

 

[Peloso]

The more one learns about mental illness, the more it appears that most people are mentally ill at some point in their life. It's just a matter of degrees.

The fundamental question one has to ask is, "Are we all in the same perception of reality and can we agree on a common set of facts?".

If you read the last couple of paragraphs of Alistair's post, he's giving his understanding of reality to his co-worker and trying to get her to agree on a common set of facts. It didn't work. She's living in a different reality and not only operating with a different set of "facts", she's aggressively rejecting any attempts to be in the same reality as the rest of us.

That's mental illness.

No, it's not. It's a character flaw.

By your logic, a man who puts on his wife's shirt one evening while they watch TV because it's chilly and his shirts are in the wash is cross-dressing. If mental illness is a matter of degrees, then physical illness is too. We have an American Cancer Society, why no American Rhinovirus Society?

There is a tremendous gulf between being deluded about something or being depressed for a day or two and some of the more serious, debilitating mental illnesses. People who struggle with daily activities like getting dressed or talking outloud, or whose entire lives have been compromised due to some psychological dysfunction do not want to be compared to some fear-mongered hillbilly. That's all I'm saying.

Out of respect for this hilarious feel-good thread, let's just drop it.

One day, when there's room for one more hysterical marginalized group of people to protest and have their voices heard, the mentally ill will join BLM and the #metoo crowd. Until then, I guess we'll just have to keep using guns and knives to make our point.

 

[Essex Boy]

They are not accidents. They are fuckwittery!

One might also think we wouldn't be using a false equivalency to compare accidents to deliberate lack of action. Reaping the consequences of your own lack of action is not an accident. Don't pretend like they're incidental victims. They got what they asked for. That's karma.

A misunderstanding has arisen. I was alluding to a specific fatal accident referred to earlier in the thread. For the full story start here and read posts 46-51, then 99, 101 and 115.

 

[Araucaria]

People have been warning that beds wouldn't be available for those with non-Covid medical emergencies, because they'd all have been taken up by non-vaccinated people ill with Covid. This happened for real to one Alabama man:

https://www.npr.org/sections/corona...virus-alabama-43-icus-at-capacity-ray-demonia

Raymond DeMonia, 73, of Cullman, Alabama, was turned away by 43 hospitals in three states, when he had an emergency heart condition. He finally was accepted by a hospital in Meridian, Mississippi, 200 miles away, where he died.

 

[rareboy]

Truffles the Clown

Denise "Truffles" Lyonnais, 68, The Villiages, FL....anti-vaxxer...Trump supporter who believed the election was stolen.

 

[cityboy-stl]

As much as I dislike Eric Erickson and his politics, he is at least one conservative radio host who is calling-out anti-vaxxers and encouraging listeners to get vaccinated. So I think he deserves a shout-out for sowing some good karma. Hopefully, it will do some good.

Radio Host Erick Erickson Calls Anti-Vaxxers 'Idiots' After Relative Dies of COVID [Newsweek]

And a good interview with Anderson Cooper:
Conservative talk radio host Erick Erickson bashes those on the right who are spreading false vaccine conspiracies. [Twitter AC360 podcast]

 

[KaraBulut]

...Raymond DeMonia, 73, of Cullman, Alabama, was turned away by 43 hospitals in three states, when he had an emergency heart condition. He finally was accepted by a hospital in Meridian, Mississippi, 200 miles away, where he died.

Fun fact: Cullman is where Trump held a maskless rally about 3-4 weeks ago. He claimed that there were 50,000 people there which means that there were probably about 3,000 (plus Miss Karma) in attendance.

Alabama was already running out of hospital beds when the rally occurred.

It's not just Alabama. Hospitals in rural areas across the south are having to spend hours on the phone calling Bed Control departments at big city hospitals to find available critical care beds for patient transfers. Most big hospitals are either out of beds or out of nurses and respiratory therapists to staff their beds.

As much as I dislike Eric Erickson and his politics, he is at least one conservative radio host who is calling-out anti-vaxxers and encouraging listeners to get vaccinated. So I think he deserves a shout-out for sowing some good karma. Hopefully, it will do some good.

Eric Erickson is still one of the coherent conservatives. You may not agree with his conclusion but you can follow how he got there, at least.

Ditto for George Will. He's been arguing that COVID-19 public health campaigns should be left to the States. The same States where public health officials have been quitting either because they're disgusted or because Trumpers are harassing them. The same States that got shipments of vaccine in January and looked around and said, "Now what?". The same States where governors are pretending like a thousand people are dying each week and "freedom from masks" is the bigger priority.

I can follow George Will's logic in Federalism but I still think he doesn't have a fucking clue what's happening in backwards States like Florida.

 

[KaraBulut]

Karra Harwood met up with karma.

Karra Harwood was an antivaxxer, so she didn't get the vaccine. Karra got Kovid. Karra gave Kovid to her 4 year old daughter, Kali. Kali died at home. Kali's diagnosis was konfirmed at autopsy.

4-year-old Texas girl dies from COVID-related symptoms [KKTV]

A 4-year-old girl from Texas died in her sleep shortly after developing a fever. Health officials believe her death was COVID-related.

Karra Harwood, the mother of 4-year-old Kali Cook, told the Houston Chronicle that her daughter died Sept. 7 in her sleep at home. The medical examiner’s officer confirmed that Kali tested positive for COVID-19 at the time of her death.

Texas girl, 4, dies of COVID-19 after being infected by anti-vax mom [NY Post]

Harwood said she had tested positive the previous day, with her and her fiancé, William Tucker, already out of work because they were sick and quarantining at home.

“I tried to stay away from her and didn’t want her and my other kids to get it,” she told the Galveston County Daily News of Kali and her brother and 5-month-old sister, both of whom also got infected.

The mom admitted that she now regrets opposing COVID-19 vaccines. In Texas, the vaccination rate is just a fraction over 50 percent, Johns Hopkins University data shows.

“I was one of the people that was anti, I was against it,” she told her local paper of the shots.

“Now, I wish I never was,” she admitted.

Yesterday Texas reported 12,973 patients with COVID-19 in their hospitals, 274 of which are children. 17,373 people tested positive in Texas yesterday.

 

[spunkfunker]

Truffles the Clown

Denise "Truffles" Lyonnais, 68, The Villiages, FL....anti-vaxxer...Trump supporter who believed the election was stolen.

I hope they weren't dressed up as Peter Peanut!!

 

[spunkfunker]

As much as I dislike Eric Erickson and his politics, he is at least one conservative radio host who is calling-out anti-vaxxers and encouraging listeners to get vaccinated. So I think he deserves a shout-out for sowing some good karma. Hopefully, it will do some good.




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I used to read Red State regularly back in the day to see what the other side was talking about, however after Eric left and they had a huge purge of anyone who was even remotely critical of Stupid I just couldn't take it anymore. It's batshit crazy over there now!

 

[rareboy]

Carl L Moody, 53, Houston, TX, Pastor, anti-vaxxer

Another pulpit open.