How do you judge anti-vaxxers who die from COVID?

[Genius1111]

How people judge anti-vaxxers who die from COVID-19 (osu.edu)

 

While very few rejoice in the deaths of anti-vaxxers, some people believe those who are dogmatic against vaccines are deserving of worse outcomes – and that reaction is related to the political party affiliation and vaccination status of the person evaluating the anti-vaxxer.

Democrats and those who were vaccinated were more likely than Republicans and the unvaccinated to think anti-vaxxers who died got what they deserved – but even 63% of Democrats in the study thought an anti-vaxxer deserved to have a full recovery from the disease (compared to 80% of Republicans).

Only 4.6% of people in the study thought an anti-vaxxer who contracted COVID-19 deserved death.

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In the final Facebook post, Terry’s brother announced that Terry had died of COVID. Participants in the study were asked how “satisfied” they were with Terry’s death.  Overall, participants were more satisfied with his or her death when Terry maintained anti-vaccination views right up to death.

Vaccinated participants were more satisfied with Terry’s death than unvaccinated participants, and Democrats were more satisfied than Republicans.

But no group showed high levels of satisfaction, the results showed.  Participants rated their satisfaction on a scale of 1 to 7, which 7 being the most satisfied. The average score was 2.93 for Democrats, compared to 2.51 for Republicans.

Edited July 24, 2023 by Genius1111

[Aaron]

It’s July 2023. Still judging dead people for this or even caring about it at all is embarrassing. 

Edited July 24, 2023 by Aaron

[XAMJ]

7 minutes ago, Aaron said:

It’s July 2023. Still judging dead people for this or even caring about it at all is embarrassing. 

no its public health, which republicans have so graciously destroyed and gutted

 

[AvadaKedavra]

I feel bad for them. Sometimes people take dumb decisions but so many were just manipulated by the media.
Hope god or whatever is there forgives them. 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

I will never judge a person who has died from this awful disease. People who act like it’s some “Gotcha!” moment are literally sick in their head. 

[kexin]

if they didn’t see it coming, that’s on them. if they didn’t have sympathy for the millions that died, we shouldn’t be expected to have any for them LMFAOOOOOO

[perfect blue]

It's not just a 'Gotcha!' moment. People who vehemently denied the science and spread misinformation or refused to get vaccinated indirectly disabled/killed thousands of others. 

[Specter]

It is a very complicated topic for me, I used to (and still occasionally) follow Covid-19 updates religiously, and @Genius1111 would have seen me as one of the frequent posters (early opn) in his mega Covid  thread, pre-deletion/ATRL reset.

 

Feelings:

 

-I feel bad for them, at a human level. I think someone would have to be particularly odorous for me not to feel bad at ALL.

-Angry at the people they misled, which are/were most often their own loved ones.

-Sad, about the people that were left behind.

-Livid at the people that misled /them/ in the first instance, usually right-wing GHOULS that I feel comfortable wishing harm on, for /they/ DID secretly get vaccinated.

-Frustrated at generally ruggedly-individualistic cultures that allow things like this to fester.

-Frustrated at most governments not being able to meaningfully quell this, or intervene.

-Anxious...about all the lives that could be saved. I don't believe "it was their time to go."

 

This is a human thing, and not necessarily about the current time we live in as well. In 1918, the infamous Philadelphia wave killed MILLIONS because...thinking the flu over, people went into a parade. The results were catastrophic.

 

In the end, I stick to sobering thoughts: the anti-vaxxer gasping for oxygen at the ICU, adamant still that he/she would not die. The "I'm so young and healthy ;)" crowd barely scraping by, which is something their comorbid parents cannot say. I cannot help but overall just feel...sadness, for all that happened, and sorrowful for how it could have been changed.

[Miss Show Business]

While I'm not celebrating their deaths, it's hard to feel sorry for people who so woefully ignore and misunderstand science and public health consensus, at the expense of not only their own lives but the lives of others who truly cannot get vaccines.