Originally Posted by Darian Rachal
James, I guess the 250,000 people attending this event have a bit of a different perspective on the matter. I suspect they lack an element of fear that some seem to possess. Contracting the virus is not a death sentence. I know several people that supposedly tested positive for the virus. One or two had a bit of fever, others had no symptoms at all. One fellow that I know contracted the virus, was hospitalized and put on a respirator(or possibly oxygen?). During the night he became disorientated, removed the respirator(oxygen?), got out of bed, fell to the floor, and died. No relative was able to be in the room with him because of restrictions, otherwise, he'd have received help. Was his death caused by the virus? Not really, but I suspect that it may have been counted as such.
His death should be attributed Covid; to think otherwise is ludicrous. And, of course, no family friend or relative should have been in that room to be exposed to it and put themselves or others in harm's way. Finally, since you're getting that information second hand from somebody else it's quite possible that version is wrong and I''d want to take the reports from the hospital first and examine those before I draw any conclusions about anybody being in the room at the time who could have somehow saved him...