"I think I made a mistake" ... 30 y/o Dies after Attending COVID-19 Party

[sirI]

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A San Antonio doctor says a man in his 30s who thought the coronavirus was a “hoax” died from the disease after attending a COVID-19 party.

Dr. Jane Appleby, chief medical officer at San Antonio’s Methodist Hospital, says lately she’s been hearing about COVID-19 parties, which young people allegedly attend to see who gets infected first or who can survive the virus.

“One of the things that was heart-wrenching that he said to his nurse was, ‘You know, I think I made a mistake.'"

In its entirety: 'I think I made a mistake': Young man from Texas dies after attending COVID-19 party

It is imperative that we take all of this seriously.

[KT1982, BSN]

Isn't this a nursing forum? I feel like I'm reading facebook posts given the intelligence level of responses to this. What's with the politics? We are scientists here.

And we are missing the point of the incredibly sad subject of this post....someone honestly believed that COVID was not a threat to their health and attended a party to try and prove their misconceived belief. And they died for it.

We {nurses} as members of the healthcare profession have failed. Our job is to advocate for our patients. As members of society it is our duty to speak up and educate.

Mainstream media and social media have not done a good job at explaining to the public about the real risks that COVID poses. True, this patient may have contracted and died from COVID going to the grocery store, but maybe not. We are obligated to provide the facts to the public so they can make intelligent decisions about their own health and their lives.

This statement by this patient pulls at my heartstrings. I think anyone on the front lines of this thing can agree that it is most certainly not a hoax. It is now our job to pass on our knowledge and wisdom to society.

[Zooey72]

On 7/13/2020 at 12:26 PM, umbdude said:

We do ban the act of drinking and driving, and there are numerous programs designed to intervene drunk driving as there are to heroin overdose and suicide.

Just because hundreds of thousands of people die naturally everyday doesn't mean we just sit and do nothing about preventable deaths.

A few years back the college next to where I live had 6 teenagers go to the hospital because they had been giving themselves wine enemas. We don't ban enemas because of a few people being stupid.

And as far as a 30 something dying, was he immune compromised? Was he healthy? And even if he was in good health and was not immune compromised but he still died, he is huge outlier to who dies from this disease. I am sure of the 40k people that die every year from the plain old flu that some of them were healthy 30 year olds. But that 0.0001% should not be what we go by.

If you want to draw any conclusion based off the numbers it is that most aren't even aware that they had it because they are asymptomatic.

[umbdude, MSN, APRN]

1 hour ago, Zooey72 said:

A few years back the college next to where I live had 6 teenagers go to the hospital because they had been giving themselves wine enemas. We don't ban enemas because of a few people being stupid.

^ No we don't ban the few people who are dumb, but it is not uncommon for a society to ban or mandate certain actions (such as closing bars and mandating masks) when there is a public health crisis going on. We mandate wearing seat belts, car seats for those under 12, and ban smoking indoors. Why? Because people who do that don't just affect themselves, but others (spreading disease, human and/or hospital costs). We do not live in isolation in the world, every life lost has a cost to the society.

1 hour ago, Zooey72 said:

And as far as a 30 something dying, was he immune compromised? Was he healthy? And even if he was in good health and was not immune compromised but he still died, he is huge outlier to who dies from this disease. I am sure of the 40k people that die every year from the plain old flu that some of them were healthy 30 year olds. But that 0.0001% should not be what we go by.

I don't know if he's healthy and I never commented on the article. You comparing the flu to covid is misguided. The fatality of covid is much higher than the flu (look at the reason this argument doesn't hold). Again, it's known that mortality is incredibly low for this age group (though it is not 0.0001%), the whole point is that these folks could've spread the virus to those who are vulnerable.

[Sydney2011]

On 7/27/2020 at 6:33 AM, Zooey72 said:

A few years back the college next to where I live had 6 teenagers go to the hospital because they had been giving themselves wine enemas. We don't ban enemas because of a few people being stupid.

And as far as a 30 something dying, was he immune compromised? Was he healthy? And even if he was in good health and was not immune compromised but he still died, he is huge outlier to who dies from this disease. I am sure of the 40k people that die every year from the plain old flu that some of them were healthy 30 year olds. But that 0.0001% should not be what we go by.

If you want to draw any conclusion based off the numbers it is that most aren't even aware that they had it because they are asymptomatic.

I can’t believe we have nurses on here comparing the flu to Covid

[cov1dea, CNA]

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I can’t believe we have nurses on here comparing the flu to Covid

I had never caught flu or common colds before or after flu shots, but this virus, COVID-19, got me. But, I was never hospitalized. In fact, I was still working because of chronic understaffed.

[toomuchbaloney]

3 hours ago, cov1dea said:

I had never caught flu or common colds before or after flu shots, but this virus, COVID-19, got me. But, I was never hospitalized. In fact, I was still working because of chronic understaffed.

I'm sorry to hear that you got infected and that your employer was so irresponsible.

[LPN Retired, LPN]

On 7/14/2020 at 1:14 AM, DMQ48 said:

That is something I've been wondering, does admitting you smoke get reported to your insurance? Does illicit drug use ever get turned over for criminal charges or some kind of mandated recovery program? I always hear about people overdosing and being worried to reach out because of that.

It is very sad. I just know public commentary is cruel as well and not sure I would want to read as a family member.

I used to smoke years ago and stayed sick alot with bronchitis. ( Been quit now over 25 years). I was seeing the doctor alot for treatment, but I never suspected that he was reporting to my insurance . My premiums never went up . So that must be an exaggeration . .

[cov1dea, CNA]

On 8/8/2020 at 6:35 PM, toomuchbaloney said:

I'm sorry to hear that you got infected and that your employer was so irresponsible.

I'm doing fine. There was no negative pressure in the patients' room who had active COVID-19. Just lucky I live alone. I also developed good habits, too, where I don't touch my faces. surfaces, and disinfect ...I touch. ?

I hope everyone is doing well despite this terrible year 2020.