Bored Panda works better on our iPhone app
Continue in app Continue in browser

Add post form topAdd Post
Tooltip close

The Bored Panda iOS app is live! Fight boredom with iPhones and iPads here.

“Inject Me With The Coronavirus”: Trump Supporter Thinks The Pandemic Is A Hoax, Dies From Covid
4.6K

“Inject Me With The Coronavirus”: Trump Supporter Thinks The Pandemic Is A Hoax, Dies From Covid

ADVERTISEMENT

An American who insisted that Covid is a hoax has reportedly died from the virus and left behind a series of social media posts that document his views.

The story was brought to the Internet’s attention when Minion Death Cult Podcast shared screenshots of these posts sent to them by one of their listeners.

Sadly, this isn’t the first time that a coronavirus denier has died from the disease. A few weeks ago, the same happened to a 33-year-old fitness influencer who thought it didn’t exist, and a month or so earlier, a 30-year-old man who allegedly attended a “Covid party” also died after being infected with the virus. The list goes on.

RELATED:

    On August 5, this man declared that somebody could inject him with the coronavirus

    Image credits: miniondeathcult

    Image credits: miniondeathcult

    General practitioner, medical researcher, and founder of PrimeHealth Clinical Research, Iris Gorfinkel, M.D., believes that one of the reasons why there are so many misconceptions about the Coronavirus, especially in remote communities, is the fact that many people have never seen a case of COVID-19. Or they’ve had very little exposure to someone who has been affected by it. “Some Canadian indigenous communities have even enacted strict lockdowns that go well beyond provincial guidelines, banning all non-essential travel in and out of their territory,” Gorfinkel told Bored Panda. “This makes communities feel protected, almost invincible. But these are the communities that are especially at risk of COVID-19.” Mind you, these groups often lack the medical services needed to attend to patients. But if nobody around you is taking the pandemic seriously and you haven’t really witnessed what it is capable of,  it becomes easy to ignore the grim realities of how deadly the disease is.

    ADVERTISEMENT

    He told people the reason the US is shut down is that someone is trying to destroy the country’s economy

    Image credits: miniondeathcult

    Image credits: WizzyWug

    ADVERTISEMENT

    At some point in the following months, the man contracted Covid, and shared one final post before his death

    ADVERTISEMENT

    Image credits: miniondeathcult

    Later, one of his friends confirmed the sad news

    Image credits: miniondeathcult

    Many have responded to this story by saying that the man deserved to catch the virus and even die from it. After all, “he literally asked for it”. OK, I can see why someone can think that way. But allow me to provoke you: isn’t this just another case of victim-blaming? I mean, we demand that the world operates in an orderly fashion, we want to know that we’re safe from the virus when we adhere to the regulations, so we comfort ourselves — we condemn this man, saying he wrote his own death sentence. But maybe he’s just an ill-informed individual who got the short end of the stick?

    ADVERTISEMENT

    Here’s what people have been saying about it

    ADVERTISEMENT
    Share on Facebook
    Rokas Laurinavičius

    Rokas Laurinavičius

    Writer, BoredPanda staff

    Read more »

    Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

    Read less »
    Rokas Laurinavičius

    Rokas Laurinavičius

    Writer, BoredPanda staff

    Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

    Justinas Keturka

    Justinas Keturka

    Author, BoredPanda staff

    Read more »

    I'm the Visual Editor at Bored Panda, responsible for ensuring that everything our audience sees is top-notch and well-researched. What I love most about my job? Discovering new things about the world and immersing myself in exceptional photography and art.

    Read less »

    Justinas Keturka

    Justinas Keturka

    Author, BoredPanda staff

    I'm the Visual Editor at Bored Panda, responsible for ensuring that everything our audience sees is top-notch and well-researched. What I love most about my job? Discovering new things about the world and immersing myself in exceptional photography and art.

    What do you think ?
    Add photo comments
    POST
    giovanna
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I a bad person if I say that I don't pity him or his death in the slightest?

    Aria Whitaker
    Community Member
    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are not a bad person for not pitying someone who literally got what he asked for....

    Load More Replies...
    troufaki13
    Community Member
    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just because people don't acknowledge it's existence doesn't mean that the virus isn't real. Their main argument, in Greece at least, is that they don't personally know anyone who had it so it must be fake. Well, I don't know anyone with skin cancer, but that doesn't mean that it hasn't killed people or that I shouldn't take precautions not to get it.

    Load More Comments
    giovanna
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I a bad person if I say that I don't pity him or his death in the slightest?

    Aria Whitaker
    Community Member
    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are not a bad person for not pitying someone who literally got what he asked for....

    Load More Replies...
    troufaki13
    Community Member
    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just because people don't acknowledge it's existence doesn't mean that the virus isn't real. Their main argument, in Greece at least, is that they don't personally know anyone who had it so it must be fake. Well, I don't know anyone with skin cancer, but that doesn't mean that it hasn't killed people or that I shouldn't take precautions not to get it.

    Load More Comments
    Related on Bored Panda
    Related on Bored Panda
    Trending on Bored Panda
    Also on Bored Panda