Pandemic: Life on the ground

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Political game … over.

After suffering the loss of her firefighter husband to COVID-19, a Henderson woman is voicing a plea for the community to get vaccinated against the virus

Mike Lowe, a firefighter of 15 years, died this weekend after contracting COVID-19.

"It's horrible thinking of my children growing up without their father now," Christina Lowe said.

She and her husband were strongly against the COVID-19 vaccine and masks as recently as three weeks ago.

"I thought it was a political game... I didn't think it could happen to us," Christina Lowe said.
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I didn't think it could happen to us.

Ah, yes. The GQP cultist’s mantra.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat ... 353571002/

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A conservative radio host in Colorado who opposed coronavirus vaccines, face masks and other pandemic precautions has died from COVID-19.

Bob Enyart's death was confirmed by his "Real Science Radio" co-host Fred Williams on social media earlier this week.

“It comes with an extremely heavy heart that my close friend and co-host of Real Science Radio has lost his battle with Covid,” Williams shared on Facebook. “Bob Enyart was one of the smartest, and without question, the wisest person I’ve known.”

The Jefferson County Coroner's Office confirmed to USA TODAY that they were notified of Enyart’s death but declined to provide additional information.

Enyart, who was also a pastor at Denver Bible Church, was an opponent of COVID-19 vaccines and other precautions amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

'He’s regretful': Radio host who doubted vaccines hospitalized with COVID, family says

His congregation and Community Baptist Church in Brighton, Colorado, successfully sued the state last year over pandemic restrictions. A judge ruled that religious groups in the state did not have to implement some capacity limits or require worshippers to wear masks.

Enyart also encouraged listeners of his radio show not to get vaccinated against COVID-19. According to a post shared last month on the website for his show, he and his wife, Cheryl Enyart, were not getting vaccinated because the inoculations were tested “on the cells of aborted babies.”

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It’s like there’s a pattern, or something.

Marc Bernier, a prominent conservative radio host from Daytona Beach, Florida, who was an outspoken opponent of COVID vaccines and mask mandates, died Saturday after a nearly month-long battle with COVID-19. He was 65 years old.

“It’s with great sadness that WNDB and Southern Stone Communications announce the passing of Marc Bernier, who informed and entertained listeners on WNDB for over 30 years,” the station confirmed on Twitter. “We kindly ask that privacy is given to Marc’s family during this time of grief.”
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Bernier, a native of Rhode Island, moved to the Daytona Beach area three decades ago and became a popular and outspoken voice for conservatism during his three-hour afternoon show at the Florida station — as well as a strident voice against vaccinations of all sorts.

On July 30, Bernier posted what would become his final tweet, in which he compared the U.S. government to Nazis in its push to get people vaccinated.

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And again …

A conservative radio host in Colorado who opposed coronavirus vaccines, face masks and other pandemic precautions has died from COVID-19.

Bob Enyart's death was confirmed by his "Real Science Radio" co-host Fred Williams on social media earlier this week.

“It comes with an extremely heavy heart that my close friend and co-host of Real Science Radio has lost his battle with Covid,” Williams shared on Facebook. “Bob Enyart was one of the smartest, and without question, the wisest person I’ve known.”

The Jefferson County Coroner's Office confirmed to USA TODAY that they were notified of Enyart’s death but declined to provide additional information.

Enyart, who was also a pastor at Denver Bible Church, was an opponent of COVID-19 vaccines and other precautions amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

'He’s regretful': Radio host who doubted vaccines hospitalized with COVID, family says

His congregation and Community Baptist Church in Brighton, Colorado, successfully sued the state last year over pandemic restrictions. A judge ruled that religious groups in the state did not have to implement some capacity limits or require worshippers to wear masks.

Enyart also encouraged listeners of his radio show not to get vaccinated against COVID-19. According to a post shared last month on the website for his show, he and his wife, Cheryl Enyart, were not getting vaccinated because the inoculations were tested “on the cells of aborted babies.”

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Sure, I can describe what happened.

A conservative radio host in Colorado who opposed coronavirus vaccines, face masks and other pandemic precautions has died from COVID-19.

Bob Enyart's death was confirmed by his "Real Science Radio" co-host Fred Williams on social media earlier this week.

“It comes with an extremely heavy heart that my close friend and co-host of Real Science Radio has lost his battle with Covid,” Williams shared on Facebook. “Bob Enyart was one of the smartest, and without question, the wisest person I’ve known.”

The Jefferson County Coroner's Office confirmed to USA TODAY that they were notified of Enyart’s death but declined to provide additional information.

Enyart, who was also a pastor at Denver Bible Church, was an opponent of COVID-19 vaccines and other precautions amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

'He’s regretful': Radio host who doubted vaccines hospitalized with COVID, family says

His congregation and Community Baptist Church in Brighton, Colorado, successfully sued the state last year over pandemic restrictions. A judge ruled that religious groups in the state did not have to implement some capacity limits or require worshippers to wear masks.

Enyart also encouraged listeners of his radio show not to get vaccinated against COVID-19. According to a post shared last month on the website for his show, he and his wife, Cheryl Enyart, were not getting vaccinated because the inoculations were tested “on the cells of aborted babies.”

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Lesson: back up your software and have a plan in place if your accountant is solidly anti-vaccine …

Just a day after testing positive for COVID-19, a Florida Republican official who battled against mask mandates, attacked the vaccine, and railed at CDC officials has died in Tampa.

Gregg Prentice, who was 61, led the Hillsborough County Election Integrity Committee—and his sudden death has sent the local GOP scrambling as it no longer has access to essential campaign finance software without his help.

In a Sept. 14 letter to the Federal Election Commission, the Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee reported it might not be able to file its monthly financial reports as required—because only Prentice knew how to do it.

“Gregg’s software converted data from our Quickbooks software to supply the information needed by the FEC,” it states. “Unfortunately, Gregg passed away suddenly from Covid-19 on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Gregg did not share the software and instructions with our officers. We will have to enter the August data manually, and according to the information we have received from our FEC analyst, Scott Bennett, we may likely have to re-enter the data from our first 7 months of 2021.

“We will be struggling to get all of this entered in the proper format by our deadline on Sept. 20, but we will try to do so with our best effort.”

Along with others in the Hillsborough County Election Integrity Committee, Prentice was a vociferous critic of the vaccine, mask mandates, and COVID-prevention measures. He railed against top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, vowing in a Twitter post to “end Faucism.” He also insisted the U.S. needs “more socialist distancing than we do social distancing” and that the pandemic was created to destroy small businesses.

A spokesperson for the Hillsborough Republican Executive Committee has reportedly said that Prentice’s wife and daughter have also caught COVID-19.

Meanwhile, as the local party reels, Prentice’s associates have spread their own wild conspiracy theories—presented without evidence—on how the official died.

Friend Jason Kimball blames Tampa General Hospital for the 61-year-old’s death, alleging staff “illegally intubated” Prentice the day before he died. During a Sept. 13 Tampa City Council meeting, Kimball requested an investigation be launched. However, members of the City Council denied any wrongdoing or mistreatment from the hospital.

“My public comments are really going to be about Tampa General Hospital,” Kimball said at the council meeting. “There’s a dire situation going on right now... that I don’t think anyone is aware of, and I have firsthand knowledge of it. They’re intubating everyone entering Tampa General Hospital as a first line of action. They’re using fatality-treatment protocol, and I think that the city council really needs to do an investigation... They’re intubating people illegally... When you call 911 and you go to that hospital, you’re going into a bad situation.”

Councilman John Dingfelder quickly shut down Kimball’s comment, blasting it as “dangerous.”

More at: https://www.thedailybeast.com/gregg-pre ... s-with-him