If someone dies because they were driving drunk, they died because of their own reckless behavior. While we don’t know Cain contracted covid from the rally and never will, we can say that his actions dramatically increased the likelihood he would get covid, which is reckless.
Sorry to disagree but that was NO mistake on his part. This man was college educated with degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science for God's sake. And yet he made a deliberate, conscious decison to ignore medical science and participate as window dressing for Trump's political theatre. In the end, it will all be for naught as Trump doesn't give one damn about him nor any person of color. It will be interesting to see just how much his "black life" mattered to Trump.
better, fairer reporting: "While it is unclear where Cain contracted the disease, he was among several thousand people who attended a Trump campaign rally in Tulsa on June 20, most of whom did not wear masks. Cain, who co-chaired Black Voices for Trump, was pictured maskless and not socially distancing at the event." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/herman-cain-former-republican-presidential-hopeful-has-died-of-the-coronavirus-statement-on-his-website-says/2020/07/30/4ac62a10-d273-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_cain-newser-1110am:homepage/story-ans
this Minority? Check Old age? Check Past medical history of a serious condition? Check he of all people should’ve been taking this thing extremely seriously, and unfortunately, he ended up paying the ultimate price It’s so irresponsible and dangerous to be spreading lies and conspiracies about this virus. People will believe them, and either affect themselves or others because of it. It’s why it’s so frustrating when idiots are spouting the dumbest of things with regards to Covid-19. There are many people who thought this thing was a hoax or bought into misinformation, and it cost them. We don’t hear about them because they’re just a random citizen and not somebody like Herman Cain.
Fox News is also confirming. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/herman-cain-dead-after-battle-with-coronavirus Very sorry to hear that and condolences to his family. Whatever political differences might've had this is still a tragedy.
No one deserves to die like that. There's obviously the temptation to engage in schadenfreude when something like this happens or to say "they doubted it so they deserved it" This is a very hard lesson and one that shouldn't have come to this. For that matter whether Herman Cain doubted the nature of COVID-19 or not there are still plenty of people who have taken it seriously yet still caught it. The virus doesn't care what your political leanings are and since it is a highly contagious disease you can still take this seriously do the right things and just from bad luck catch it.
Is it confirmed? No, because we do not have the testing and tracing capabilities and the infection is too wide-spread to narrow it down to any single event. but going to a large indoor event without masks on sure increases your risks.
Hell no they aren't. Like the person I know who's dead from this virus -- definitely not stupid or ignorant. She tried to avoid it. But for someone who peddles misinformation online and then intentionally and publicly ignores the advice of medical professionals... ? What adjectives would you use for that? I'm open to ideas. Anyway, RIP. It's a shame that this will be politicized when it's just another family tragedy, but he definitely made a public, political stance out of a health crisis, so this stuff is just going to follow. Political parties in functional countries are all just following the medical advice and there's no argument about things like masks, and what do you know, they're starting to carefully move past this pandemic. (sigh)
I don’t appreciate somebody saying I’m cheering or celebrating a person’s death when nothing I posted comes close to that
His politics and COVID denial doesn’t make it any less sad for his family and friends to lose him. He is gone regardless. I do wonder how many people got infected with COVID through him, though, if he isn’t practicing distancing and masking. And how many medical workers risked exposure to save him.
Spoiler I'll be that ******* and just say it ... I don't feel bad. Now the Trumpanzee right are like "stop politicizing it! You are so disgusting!" Yeah, maybe you shouldn't have politicized wearing a mask. And maybe you shouldn't have held your dumbass rallies. Sorry, I don't feel bad. You downplayed the virus, called it a hoax, it's the Democrat's hoax, election year "trying to hurt Trump", population control, you politicized wearing a mask, you politicized stay-at-home orders, you attack the professional Dr. Fauci while praising some doctor who believes in alien demon semen... MAH FREEDUMS! INFRINGING UPON MAH CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS! I WILL NOT WEAR A MASK! I WILL NOT SOCIAL DISTANCE! I WILL NOT QUARANTINE! I WILL NOT STAY HOME! I WILL NOT CONTACT TRACE! WE HAVE RALLIES TO ATTEND! #MAGA Congratulations.
Ehh Being a 74 year old diabetic and a stage 4 cancer survivor........ and not wearing a mask and attending an indoors even with thousands of people during a pandemic? That is exercising really, really poor judgment. A man died, it isn't a laughing matter but pointing out that he was reckless is just a fact..... hopefully people look at his death and realize that they should take basic precautions. No matter how successful or how much money you have, death is death. I will mostly remember him for being a successful black business executive and business owner that was in the limelight.... so by proxy he is a role model..... that and also, as sad as it is, that he let his ego get the best of him and did not exercise basic precautions during a pandemic.
It's not about where he caught it or whether he had underlying conditions: it's about him having a totally wrong belief about something that quickly killed him. He F'ed up. He did. Don't be like him. That's the point.
Herman Cain learned the hard way.... don't poke the bear.......... also the fact that Cain had underlying conditions does not change the fact he died from COVID and would be alive right now if not for COVID.
