# Share your Covidiot stories **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 29, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854 "2020-04-29T22:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 70
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1382 "2021-10-26T18:09:00Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > What always amazes me about these people is their ability to just lie if it is convenient to do so. I’ve heard that “Body cleanup on aisle 10!” is a frequent announcement over the intercom at Safeway since they started giving Covid-19 shots. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1383 "2021-10-26T18:46:29Z")
[Sorryantivaxxer.com](http://Sorryantivaxxer.com)? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1384 "2021-10-26T19:05:49Z")
That’s the one. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1385 "2021-10-26T23:20:04Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Has anyone yelled “CITE!” at her yet? Because I’m pretty sure this is just unadulterated bullshit. I suspect this is a case of Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - someone had the shot then subsequently died, therefore … [We’ve got proponents like that too](https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/ludicrous-clive-palmer-slammed-for-letters-spreading-covid-19-misinformation-20210620-p582ju.html): > “The Australian government’s Therapeutic Goods Administration report confirms 210 deaths and 24,000 adverse reactions after the COVID-19 vaccines. There are over 5000 deaths in the USA attributed to COVID vaccines including Pfizer,” Mr Palmer’s letter says. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1386 "2021-10-26T23:23:08Z")
> [@Askance (via the Sydney Morning Herald)](#): > > “The Australian government’s Therapeutic Goods Administration report confirms 210 deaths and 24,000 adverse reactions after the COVID-19 vaccines. There are over 5000 deaths in the USA attributed to COVID vaccines including Pfizer,” Mr Palmer’s letter says. "Mr Palmer last week sent letters to households across the nation claiming the Therapeutic Goods Administration and the government are spreading “misleading information designed to create fear in the population”. Irony meters are exploding all across Oz. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1387 "2021-10-27T22:19:21Z")
New hero for the dumbass contingent, Jeffrey Horak. He’s a Minnesota surgeon who addressed the Fergus Falls school board, denouncing a student mask mandate. You see, the school board has no right to do this. “Who does God put in charge of these kids? Their parents. God gave each one of these kids… to their parents and they speak for them.” - Jeffrey Horak “The government doesn’t own your children, parents own the children.” - Sen. Rand Paul Horak was dismissed by his medical group board 9 days later and is now a martyr. It’s been reported that aside from opposing the school mask mandate, Horak didn’t always wear a mask (presumably in violation of guidelines, hopefully not during surgery) and he thinks he might have gotten in trouble due to making a comment before the school board about monkeys tying knots, which someone might, um, have misconstrued as racist. > **[Minnesota surgeon loses his job after telling school board to let parents...](https://www.foxnews.com/us/minnesota-surgeon-school-board-parents-masking-kids-job)** > > A surgeon in Minnesota lost his job this month just days after telling school officials at a public meeting that parents should have the right to decide whether their children wear masks to school or not. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1388 "2021-10-28T00:30:18Z")
Hence my reply (as a public school teacher): Then keep them home and teach them yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1389 "2021-10-28T02:45:05Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > . . . he thinks he might have gotten in trouble due to making a comment before the school board about monkeys tying knots, . . . What does simian matrimony have to do with all this? ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1390 "2021-10-28T03:02:32Z")
Last week, my spouse had to go to urgent care due to breathing problems from her Covid infection. On the way home, she had to stop for gas in order to make it back home.\* The attendant had his mask under his chin. She said, “You’ll want to pull that up, I have Covid.” She said he pulled his mask up quickly and took a big step backwards. So, I guess he does believe in wearing masks and distancing after all? \*She would not have stopped if she could have avoided it. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1391 "2021-10-28T03:36:06Z")
It may have been a reference to surgical skills. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1392 "2021-10-28T11:00:40Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > The attendant New Jersey or Oregon? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1393 "2021-10-28T12:53:50Z")
I want to call out the covidiots at my granddaughter’s school. She is only 9 years old. They don’t enforce the mask mandate because there ISN"T ONE. Guess who brought Covid home? Yes, granddaughter caught it and gave it to her immunocompromised mother, my Daughter-in-law, who didn’t get the shot. Granddaughter is doing ok now, just coughing some. It was worse earlier. DIL’s a bit of a covidiot, too, for not getting vaccinated - but her doctor told her not to because she would have had to get off her medication for rheumatoid arthritis. She is having different symptoms than the usual. She had the upper respiratory issues, but that’s mostly gone. She is now dealing with a very bad smell, and uncontrollable vomiting. She has some anti-nausea meds which help some. The poor thing can’t eat or hardly drink, and has been to the ER at least twice to get fluids for dehydration. My son who is vaccinated likely has breakthrough symptoms, too. And he has no sick time from his job! AAARRRGHHH! I am mad on so many levels. For those of you who don’t know, we live in Texas, home of the country’s stupidest governor. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1394 "2021-10-28T14:08:57Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > DIL’s a bit of a covidiot, too, for not getting vaccinated - but her doctor told her not to because she would have had to get off her medication for rheumatoid arthritis. Is that what her doctor actually said, or what she heard? I get that the vaccine would have reduced effectiveness due to the RA medications, but am unaware of any side effects. Since RA can cause issues with lung function, I’d much rather have a less effective CoVID vaccine than CoVID itself. Seems like extremely dangerous advice for a doctor to give, unless there is something I’m not aware of. [https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/about-arthritis/related-conditions/other-diseases/acr-covid-19-vaccine-clinical-guidance](https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/about-arthritis/related-conditions/other-diseases/acr-covid-19-vaccine-clinical-guidance) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1395 "2021-10-28T14:42:20Z")
Who knows? She’s a bit of a ditz, and a drama queen, and I can’t tell her what to do in any case. I kept telling her she should get the vaccine all along. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1396 "2021-10-28T19:32:51Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > > “The heartbreaking part was while [Kevin] was in the hospital, he asked the medical staff to give him the shot. They had to tell him it was too late.” > > This really emphaizes that these anti-vax covidiots do not have the faintest idea how vaccines work. They think that it is a mysterious magical “medicine”. It’s the same logic that Trump used when disbanding the pandemic response team. “If I get sick, _then_ I’ll get a shot” is essentially the same line of thinking as “If there’s a pandemic, _then_ I’ll put the team back together.” ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1397 "2021-10-28T22:29:51Z")
Please tell me she got monoclonal antibody treatment. She is the ideal candidate, high risk but not hospitalized. If she has had symptoms for less than 10 days she should get it ASAP. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1398 "2021-10-29T12:03:45Z")
I asked, and she said “they said no, because they don’t know when it started.” I tried to push it… you don’t understand how difficult it can be to communicate with her. She has extreme anxiety issues that don’t help the situation either. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1399 "2021-10-29T12:25:22Z")
A peek at who most of the covidiots are (no surprises here): > **[1 In 5 Adults Still Reject Covid Vaccines, Poll Finds — Here Are The Biggest...](https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/10/28/1-in-5-adults-still-reject-covid-vaccines-poll-finds---here-are-the-biggest-groups-still-holding-out/?sh=74e113d728d2)** > > Republicans, Americans living in rural areas and white evangelical Christians are among the groups most likely to reject the Covid-19 vaccine, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1400 "2021-10-30T15:17:17Z")
There’s a new candidate for the Pathologist Hall of Shame - Dr. Ryan Cole. Cole, who has prescribed ivermectin for patients (it is uncommon and potentially inappropriate for pathologists to prescribe drugs) and denounced Covid-19 vaccines as “kill shots”, is claiming a huge rise in cancer diagnoses due to vaccination, including a 20X increase in endometrial cancer. How Cole could possibly know these patients’ vaccination status is a mystery, since such information is never provided by clinicians in my and other pathologists’ experience. If his endometrial cancer diagnoses have actually jumped that markedly, it might be a good idea to have them reviewed by expert colleagues. Cole also occupies the only physician seat on a regional health board. Thankfully, other physicians have filed a complaint about Cole to the state medical board. We’ll see if they have the _cojones_ to do something about his activities. > **['It should be stopped': Idaho medical group files complaint against Dr. Ryan...](https://idahocapitalsun.com/2021/10/11/it-should-be-stopped-idaho-medical-group-files-complaint-against-dr-ryan-cole/)** > > The Idaho Medical Association filed a Board of Medicine complaint against Dr. Ryan Cole, noting he prescribed ivermectin to patients. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1401 "2021-10-30T17:05:22Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Thankfully, other physicians have filed a complaint about Cole to the state medical board. We’ll see if they have the _cojones_ to do something about his activities. The only thing they need to determine before he is struck off the rolls and can no longer practice medicine is: “Did you lie about this “increase” in cancer, or are you just stupid?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854.md?page=71)