Current Events > Anti-Vaxxer Who Survived COVID Will Be Ventilated For the Rest of His Life

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https://www.reddit.com/r/HermanCainAward/comments/rurcys/buck_scoffed_at_masks_and_vaccines_got_covid_had/

Buck from Missouri was a hunter. Half his Facebook photos are him posing with a deer or some other animal he killed. He posted an unmemorable selection of anti-mask and anti-vax memes.

The real story begins when he got COVID in November. He was put on a ventilator and suffered two major strokes. He's alive and conscious, but paralyzed from the neck down, fed by a tube, and unable to talk due to the tracheotomy. His doctors say that this is how he can expect to spend the rest of his life. When a right-winger says that COVID has a 99% survival rate, mention that stories like this are counted as survivors.

You or I might find this a fate worse than death, spending the rest of your life in a flesh prison straight out of Johnny Got His Gun. But to Buck's extremely Christian family, it's a blessing.

While he was in the hospital, they prayed for miraculous healing, and they've decided that this is an answer to their prayers. His wife and daughter both profess their belief that God is good, even while reporting that Buck is moving his lips to say things like "Help me, I can't move."

They're making plans to have him moved to a long-term care facility where he'll be tended like a houseplant. If this were me, I'd want someone to give me a nice dose of morphine so I could slip away in peace. But of course, I'm fully vaccinated, so I don't have to worry about COVID leaving me mute and quadriplegic.

Don't share Buck's fate. Get vaccinated.

fair next

Humble_Novice posted...

While he was in the hospital, they prayed for miraculous healing, and they've decided that this is an answer to their prayers. His wife and daughter both profess their belief that God is good, even while reporting that Buck is moving his lips to say things like "Help me, I can't move."

And they'll likely use this as a reason to not get vaccinated.

It's sad how many lives are ruined by our diseased culture. Few (none?) worse than Evangelical Christianity, even in this country.

His body his choice.

He choose... poorly.

Is that even living

People have a choice: they can put up with being vaccinated and masking up, or risk being put in a ventilator due to a dangerous virus. And no, gaining natural immunity from actual infection is not worth any long-term damage done to your organs.

I mask up in all public places.

It was all God's plan for him to end up this way.

Definitely the kind of fairy tale entity you want to put your faith and belief in.

Damn I just got owned hard. Are my fellow libs okay?

Well, if he had just died he would only be another death statistic and forgotten. Maybe being in the condition he is in will convince a few people to get vaccinated. Maybe thats Gods message here. >_>

It's insane to me that these people don't trust their physicians to give them enough to administer a shot but they do trust them enough to shove a tube down their throat

Damn, dude

I got so lucky to escape covid with no noticeable long term symptoms before I could get vaccinated. I made sure to get my shots afterward.

Yikes. Thats really tough. Wouldn't wish this one one. Reddit link said he got 2 strokes.

Ving_Rhames posted...

Is that even living

Nope but ya know, whatever it takes to own teh libz and mask nazis

Is that really freedom? I sadly don't think so.

ElatedVenusaur posted...

It's sad how many lives are ruined by our diseased culture. Few (none?) worse than Evangelical Christianity, even in this country.

At this point I am beyond caring about what happens to anti-vaxxers. They had their fucking chance, now they have to live with it.

Putting aside covid, I don't understand how loved ones can look at someone that can get to a condition like this where they're basically a vegetable that can't move or do anything and then do everything to keep them alive even as they're suffering. My grandma had declining health the last few years of her life but towards the end after she had suffered another stroke she was basically a shell of a person. She couldn't remember anything and needed people watching her 24 hours a day to feed and bathe her. Even during that time a few of my uncles and aunts wanted to do everything they could to prolong her life by giving her different painkillers and medicines even though she was clearly suffering from so much pain. It just seems selfish to me to keep them alive if they're gonna be hooked up to several machines or needing a cocktail of drugs just to make them comfortable.

I've long since been out of fucks to give for these types. Keeping him as a vegetable seems pretty cruel though, not that his dumbass family seems to understand.

crazygamer21 posted...

I've long since been out of fucks to give for these types. Keeping him as a vegetable seems pretty cruel though, not that his dumbass family seems to understand.

But their GoFundMe will surely make up for it.

And antivaxxers will continue being morons and murderers.

99% survival rate. Buck here survived covid!!!

Flockaveli posted...

Damn I just got owned hard. Are my fellow libs okay?

No. I'm going to whine about this on Reddit while eating a pint of organic ice cream.

Seen tons of these during the first wave pandemic while I was in training.

I don't think people in general will understand what it means, no matter how much we do our jobs to educate and tell our patients.

I have no sympathy for these clowns anymore

I'm sorry but I have no sympathy for him. He spread misinfo about masks and vaccines, he could have gotten other people killed due to his ignorance

Solar_Crimson posted...

And they'll likely use this as a reason to not get vaccinated.

In some of the last screenshots they blame Fauci, Gates and Biden for making the bio-weapon that did this.

also this reminds me of a phrase that insta triggers Trumpers:

"If you hate masks then you're really going to hate being on a ventilator"

They go into rage mode if you say that to them lmao

Literally destroying your own life and burdening your family to own teh libz.

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hes just faking

I know that it's self-imposed, but I can't help but to find it sad nonetheless.

I wonder how they will interpret or rationalize it, when he goes from "Help me" to "Kill me"?

You know Harold from Fallout 3?
This guy's like that, except he can't talk, and after his treeminders grow tired of tending to him, will tuck him into separate room that they'll only visit once or twice a day to feed him and clean him from poop/piss.
Anti-vaxxers dying from Covid is merciful; this guy's gonna be in a living hell for possibly decades.

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This is why anti-vaxxers are a menace to society.

https://youtu.be/AY_sAs2O9BE

This is just tragic.

Gaslighter2000 posted...

This is just tragic.

No it's not. Just get the vaccine.

NinjaWarrior455 posted...

Putting aside covid, I don't understand how loved ones can look at someone that can get to a condition like this where they're basically a vegetable that can't move or do anything and then do everything to keep them alive even as they're suffering. My grandma had declining health the last few years of her life but towards the end after she had suffered another stroke she was basically a shell of a person. She couldn't remember anything and needed people watching her 24 hours a day to feed and bathe her. Even during that time a few of my uncles and aunts wanted to do everything they could to prolong her life by giving her different painkillers and medicines even though she was clearly suffering from so much pain. It just seems selfish to me to keep them alive if they're gonna be hooked up to several machines or needing a cocktail of drugs just to make them comfortable.

Thank you for posting this. You arent alone. My grandad went into hospital about six weeks ago with a chest infection. He slowly deteriorated over a number of weeks and by the end he was just a shell of a body kept alive by a ventilator and IVs. He eventually passed away and those last two weeks were just torture. He was still conscious but just mentally broken. Unable to speak or eat or drink. I cant imagine what hell that was. His last words before he was unable to speak was about how miserable he was and wanted to go home. The sad thing is he wouldnt have made the trip home.

My sister is a nurse and has worked in hospices before and explained that when someone is dying of cancer they can put something in place for end of life care to try and make it as humane as possible. But for other diseases that just isnt there so you tend to end up with a lot of situations where people are just prolonged in pain because they dont know what else to do. Theres got to be a better more humane way and I get there are so many arguments against that need addressing properly but after seeing what my grandad went through there are definitely cases where a proper end of life plan would be preferable to prolonging someones end indefinitely despite them being miserable.

He's not a vegetable, he's still conscious, aware of his useless body

Thompson posted...

You know Harold from Fallout 3?

i had to save his ass yesterday.
so i could progress the story.

i wanted to leave his ass there if i could. he's the worse follower.
dogmeat is #1.

I obviously can't go into details, but several years ago I had a patient who was 100% paralyzed to a stroke, and the family absolutely would not let the patient go. The case became so mentally anguishing to me that I had to get therapy. Unfortunately, there was nothing I could do and it was just brutal to deal with.

NinjaWarrior455 posted...

Putting aside covid, I don't understand how loved ones can look at someone that can get to a condition like this where they're basically a vegetable that can't move or do anything and then do everything to keep them alive even as they're suffering. My grandma had declining health the last few years of her life but towards the end after she had suffered another stroke she was basically a shell of a person. She couldn't remember anything and needed people watching her 24 hours a day to feed and bathe her. Even during that time a few of my uncles and aunts wanted to do everything they could to prolong her life by giving her different painkillers and medicines even though she was clearly suffering from so much pain. It just seems selfish to me to keep them alive if they're gonna be hooked up to several machines or needing a cocktail of drugs just to make them comfortable.

Somewhat of an aside, but I've always found it very odd/confusing how people tend to be like this with regard to other people, but typically not so when it comes to animals and pets. People are more generally willing to recognize when it's "time" to put an animal down to put an earlier end to its suffering, even if it's still something difficult for us to do/accept.

It seems to indicate that we have a harder time letting go of other fellow humans than we do with non-humans, even when they're both classified as loved ones or even family. Not sure what that really says about us, though.

Philip027 posted...

Somewhat of an aside, but I've always found it very odd/confusing how people tend to be like this with regard to other people, but typically not so when it comes to animals and pets. People are more generally willing to recognize when it's "time" to put an animal down to put an earlier end to its suffering, even if it's still something difficult for us to do/accept.

It seems to indicate that we have a harder time letting go of other fellow humans than we do with non-humans, even when they're both classified as loved ones or even family. Not sure what that really says about us, though.

Not sure why that is surprising. Also its worth take into account the various laws etc that make it a lot easier and cheaper to euthanise an animal over a human. I imagine if human euthanasia were allowed in the US people would use it.

Not sure why that is surprising.

You'd need to enlighten me then, because I sure don't get it. Are you suggesting that it's because animals are generally seen as more expendable?

I imagine if human euthanasia were allowed in the US people would use it.

I think even if it were "allowed" there'd still be way more people hesitant to euthanize a human compared to an animal/pet.

Humble_Novice posted...

unable to talk due to the tracheotomy

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I don't understand the meanness in this thread. Yes, it was silly of him not to get vaccinated, but what has happened to the man is about as horrible a thing as you can have happen. Nobody deserves to suffer like this.

darkmaian23 posted...

I don't understand the meanness in this thread. Yes, it was silly of him not to get vaccinated, but what has happened to the man is about as horrible a thing as you can have happen. Nobody deserves to suffer like this.

sure they do

Philip027 posted...

You'd need to enlighten me then, because I sure don't get it. Are you suggesting that it's because animals are generally seen as more expendable?

I think even if it were "allowed" there'd still be way more people hesitant to euthanize a human compared to an animal/pet.

It is subjective and you might be one of the people who do think animals are worth more or are equal to humans. If so Im not going to try and change your mind. Ive had pets and cried when they passed more than when some humans I know have died.

And yeah sure people will probably be more willing to euthanise animals than humans for various reasons. Dont doubt that. But I think the option should be there in specific cases. We already have end of life pathways for cancer patients at the very least this should be expanded to other terminal illnesses.