Current Events > Florida mom loses son and daughter to Covid

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https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/florida-mom-loses-son-20-172255917.html

A mother in Florida lost her 20-year-old son to COVID-19, and then 11 days later, her 22-year-old daughter also died from the disease.
"I hold up pretty much well at the daytime, but at night, it really hits me," Monete Hicks, 48, of Lauderdale Lakes, told NBC Miami. "I'm so used to them being in here."
Planning their two funerals is difficult, she said.
Hicks did not immediately respond to a request for an interview Tuesday.
She told the South Florida station that her son and daughter both had underlying health conditions.
An official with the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed to NBC News on Tuesday that the primary cause of death for Hicks' son, Byron, and daughter, Mychaela Francis, was COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Morbid obesity and asthma are listed as contributing causes of Byron's death, the official said, while, for Mychaela, obesity, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were contributing causes.
Hicks said her son Byron had trouble breathing on June 27.
"I came and checked on him. He was in the living room on the floor sitting up. He was sleeping, but he was breathing very poorly," Hicks said.
She called 911, and Byron was taken to a hospital where he later died.
A week later, as the family grieved Byron's death, Hicks said Mychaela went to the hospital after she began having headaches and a fever.
As the days went by, "everything just went to breaking down in her body," Hicks told NBC 6.
Mychaela needed oxygen, her blood pressure fell, and she eventually lost a kidney.
She died July 8.
Hicks, who has four other children, said she had believed Mychaela was going to recover because, like Byron, she was a fighter.
She is now imploring people to take measures to keep themselves safe.
"Wear yall masks," Hicks said. "Be careful, be safe out there, take it seriously."
Broward County in a statement on July 17 said the number of coronavirus cases was continuing to climb, more than 1,300 new cases each day over the previous week. "Our hospitals are either at or are exceeding their bed capacity," the statement said.
The county had 42,121 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with 517 deaths, as of Tuesday, according to the Florida Department of Health.

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damn, that's really heartbreaking...

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UnlikedMonkey posted...

"I hold up pretty much well at the daytime, but at night, it really hits me,"

Damn...

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But it only kills the old. They would have died anyway! /s

Cranie posted...

But it only kills the old. They would have died anyway! /s

Inb4 someone mentions their weight and preexisting conditions

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This probably won't change a majority of Florida's collective minds because "fuck lives, whatabout muh freedumb!"


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Wrong place, wrong time.

Edit: Comment directed at Cranie, btw.

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Cranie posted...

But it only kills the old. They would have died anyway! /s

Shut the FUCK up.

On the subject, they did have preexisting conditions.

UnlikedMonkey posted...

Morbid obesity and asthma are listed as contributing causes of Byron's death, the official said, while, for Mychaela, obesity, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were contributing causes.

That makes this situation no less tragic. Nor should it open the doors for another aimless argument. Right or wrong, nobody's changing their minds about Covid-19. We're past the point of getting through to people who take take it lightly.

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The USA is a living preexisting condition so everyone is at risk here.

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ITs jUSt tHe FLu

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What kind of person reads about a mother losing their children and thinks, "Oh, boy! Time to be an asshole on the internet!" ?

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ThunderTrain posted...

The USA is a living preexisting condition so everyone is at risk here.

Thats what happens when aint no affordable healthcare for everyone

only 1% mortality rate!

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Cranie posted...

But it only kills the old. They would have died anyway! /s

Shut the fuck up. You came in just to say this garbage. Here's the attention you crave

KStateKing17 posted...

Inb4 someone mentions their weight and preexisting conditions

You too

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Ridiculous that Florida is still planning to reopen schools

But it's a hoax created by the Democrats!

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FortuneCookie posted...

What kind of person reads about a mother losing their children and thinks, "Oh, boy! Time to be an asshole on the internet!" ?

You know the answer to that.

Annihilated posted...

You know the answer to that.

Socially awkward people that post on an outdated gaming message board?

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daGamexx posted...

Socially awkward people that post on an outdated gaming message board?

Basically, but only the leftist ones.

UnlikedMonkey posted...

Hicks did not immediately respond to a request for an interview Tuesday.

Sheesh, give the lady some time to grieve.

At this point everyone has dug their Covid trench. One interview isn't going to change anyone's mind.

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Annihilated posted...

Basically, but only the leftist ones.

Lol, you're a literal fucking joke of a human being and I hope for humanities sake you're just a shitty troll because if not then I dont see humanity surviving the decade with folks like you out there

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Annihilated posted...

Basically, but only the leftist ones.

People like you are why the pandemic got so bad in the first place. Politicizing it.

wearing a mask isnt politics its just trying to keep you safe
but whatever natural selection i guess

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LightBurn posted...

People like you are why the pandemic got so bad in the first place. Politicizing it.

I hope so much that he's just a troll. But no, he's probably a genuine alt righter that's 30 years old, lives in his grandma's stinky basement, never shaves or goes anywhere and showers twice a year

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TheGreatGeno6 posted...

I hope so much that he's just a troll. But no, he's probably a genuine alt righter that's 30 years old, lives in his grandma's stinky basement, never shaves or goes anywhere and showers twice a year

i cant go anywhere for 2 weeks bc ive been exposed to covid but at least i shower and shave and my bedroom smells like flowers

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Eliza-Schuyler posted...

i cant go anywhere for 2 weeks bc ive been exposed to covid but at least i shower and shave and my bedroom smells like flowers

He only showers twice a year when gram gram threatens to throw his ass out on the street because shes tired of her house smelling like piss and BO

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KStateKing17 posted...

Inb4 someone mentions their weight and preexisting conditions

But isn't that worthy of pointing out? The people most at risk for dying from covid are the elderly and people with preexisting conditions.

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TheGreatGeno6 posted...

He only showers twice a year when gram gram threatens to throw his ass out on the street because shes tired of her house smelling like piss and BO

her house should smell like old lady perfume, not BO and neckbeard
do you think he has a stash of mountain dew and doritos?

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Good ole CE with the gang up on someone because they HATE his opinion

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AmericaTheBrave posted...

But isn't that worthy of pointing out? The people most at risk for dying from covid are the elderly and people with preexisting conditions.

not allowed to post facts on CE. Mods call it "trolling."

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At least we are learning that obesity and body positivity aren't good things.

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EvalAngell posted...

not allowed to post facts on CE. Mods call it "trolling."

So because they may or may not have preexisting conditions its cool to laugh at or mock their death and the thought of a mother losing 2 children?

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puppy posted...

At least we are learning that obesity and body positivity aren't good things.

obesity isnt good but body positivity is if youre a healthy human being. some people are born larger or smaller and theyre still healthy, but society rejects them. obesity will literally kill you though.

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BudDupree48 posted...

So because they may or may not have preexisting conditions its cool to laugh at or mock their death and the thought of a mother losing 2 children?

yeah for CE it is apparently

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Eliza-Schuyler posted...

yeah for CE it is apparently

And yet you are the one bashing others. So you can't really talk. Shut up

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BudDupree48 posted...

So because they may or may not have preexisting conditions its cool to laugh at or mock their death and the thought of a mother losing 2 children?

who's mocking their deaths? You're coming after the wrong guy.

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EvalAngell posted...

who's mocking their deaths? You're coming after the wrong guy.

Its what I said. Sorry for quoting you specifically. It's a collective

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KStateKing17 posted...

Inb4 someone mentions their weight and preexisting conditions

Good thing the South is full of fit and 100% perfect health people /sarcasm.

I cant Florida Governor doesnt care if they die or wants them to die.

BudDupree48 posted...

And yet you are the one bashing others. So you can't really talk. Shut up

???
actually im not the one suggesting those things
anyways done with this board lol, this specific topic
feel free to join me on the ACNH board

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EvalAngell posted...

not allowed to post facts on CE. Mods call it "trolling."

Reported

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ChrisTaka posted...

Reported

thanks, see you in 7 days

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AmericaTheBrave posted...

But isn't that worthy of pointing out? The people most at risk for dying from covid are the elderly and people with preexisting conditions.

Of course you take it into consideration, but to make a point to give that the attention so someone can continue to downplay the virus is messed up.

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Its scary being a human being, man.

Annihilated posted...

Shut the FUCK up.

BudDupree48 posted...

Shut the fuck up. You came in just to say this garbage. Here's the attention you crave

You too

lmao, so yall are gonna really get mad at him because the idol you worship was wrong about the coronavirus being a hoax? fucking childish ass mentality, to the very fucking end.

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Eliza-Schuyler posted...

???
actually im not the one suggesting those things
anyways done with this board lol, this specific topic
feel free to join me on the ACNH board

You just fucking made of fun of someone with a typical duritos and mtn dew post for an opinion you couldn't accept.

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Shablagoo posted...

Its scary being a human being, man.

lmao, so yall are gonna really get mad at him because the idol you worship was wrong about the coronavirus being a hoax? fucking childish ass mentality, to the very fucking end.

Again. Stupid assumptions spells out your ignorance

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BudDupree48 posted...

You just fucking made of fun of someone with a typical duritos and mtn dew post for an opinion you couldn't accept.

it was a joke, i hope no one here is like that. some of you dont seem like it? idk.
peace out sisters!!

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I didnt assume anything. Everyone knows your M.O. and why his post triggered you so hard.

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CruelBuffalo posted...

Good thing the South is full of fit and 100% perfect health people /sarcasm.

I cant Florida Governor doesnt care if they die or wants them to die.

That's another thing. The obesity rate here is over 30 percent. That's not even considering any other issues we have like smoking and medical issues that even more people would still deal with if they catch it. It may not kill you but who knows what'll happen in the long run after dealing with it.

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Shablagoo posted...

I didnt assume anything. Everyone knows your M.O. and why his post triggered you so hard.

What's my MO? Then huh? I dont have a dog in this political death race

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