Thread by @FreedomFriesInc

Sadly, the family of @LukeLetlow had to lock his Twitter account due to the verbal abuse being sent there.

About 10 days ago he tweeted a health update & urged eligible Covid survivors to donate antibodies in plasma for others.

👉Please RT this message, to save lives.

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https://twitter.com/FreedomFriesInc/status/1344123268827996162

They've now gone further and deleted (or maybe hidden) his account. I can understand the level of grief his family are dealing with, so if they want to do this, it makes some sense.

But in PR terms it just draws more attention. And the good replies are gone, with the bad ones.

Fortunately there's still plenty of material online from the family, friends and colleagues of Luke Letlow paying tribute to his life and work.

He was well liked in Louisiana, including by opponents.

The thoughtless comments about Luke Letlow's death fall into two or more groups. There's the hypocrisy of the left, falsely accusing him and all other conservatives of mishandling the pandemic. But there's another group that really irks me...

And that's the folk who always look for a conspiracy theory. I get really pissed off about this.

Of course there are deaths that involve foul play, especially in politics. But c'mon now.

Folk merely reveal their lack of medical knowledge. I'll explain:

I've had to become a lay expert on intensive care medicine and emergency medicine, due to events that have occurred in my life and those around me.

So I have never claimed that Covid only kills those at greater known risk of complications.

Any lung infection can kill anyone.

Luke Letlow was 41, male, & went from having Covid symptoms to being hospitalized in ~one day, which indicates a severe case.

We don't know if he had a heart condition that was as yet undiagnosed. That can happen to men in their 40s.

We do know that procedures carry risk.

IDK what procedure he had that preceded cardiac arrest but the 2-3 off the top of my head that would be used in ICU for Covid do carry cardiac risk, and we know his body was already compromised by the infection and (I assume) intubation. Some patients get bad lung damage.

There are sound medical reasons why his death was likely due to natural causes (ie the infection & its treatment) & not a homicide.

If you claim the latter, you're defaming his medical team.

You're assuming they'd be careless enough to let someone have a chance to kill a pt.

If such theories & questions make you feel better, knock yourself out. I won't be participating in the behavior.

Yes the ruling class has been bad enough in 2020 that conspiracy theorists are looking more credible than ever.

I'm here to put a brake on the worst of it, though.

So no, the Nashville RV guy wasn't taken out by a missile.

And nor was Gov Kemp's daughter's b/f, whose car was in a 3 vehicle pile up near Savannah.

It's a shame I even have to say this.

Oh look, OAN must know more about a patient who was being treated by highly competent doctors than his doctors did.

FFS.

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https://twitter.com/Patriotress/status/1344451793665851392

To anyone thinking of tweeting this story at me, I've read it, and it has no more info than the doctor's statement yesterday plus, the headline and the story contradict by saying the MI was during AND after the procedure. The doctor said after.

This is not my first rodeo.

I don't need people like this. It's part of why I've been unfollowing a lot of a/cs lately. I'm not here for bullshit games & drama. I'm here to follow events & share things I've learned in life. Use basic manners, or don't. Your choice.

Lin Wood has caused of a lot of it.