Comments on this grieving grandmother's posts in the past few hours include remarks like, "Even if there's a heaven, you won't be seeing your granddaughter when you croak because you'll be going to the other place for killing her." 11/ 
Over the next few days, you may see the screenshot of Teresa posting the syringe meme from July as well as these: One meme about not getting the vaccine in January and one joke meme about masks in May.
But that was the extent of Teresa's posts about vaccines and COVID. 12/
But that was the extent of Teresa's posts about vaccines and COVID. 12/
And while people are portraying her as a right-wing, anti-vax grandmother, Teresa's posts don't really align with that.
Two days after January 6, she shared a meme disavowing the left and the right. Otherwise, the closest she gets to politics is pro-worker memes. 13/
Two days after January 6, she shared a meme disavowing the left and the right. Otherwise, the closest she gets to politics is pro-worker memes. 13/
So many COVID victims and their families weren't dedicated anti-vaxxers. They passively absorbed disinformation that shaped their choices without much deliberation—bad information that was allowed to flourish by social media networks and encouraged by too many politicians. 14/
I am not saying that people like Teresa deserve some paternalistic presumption of innocence or that they have no fault.
But the world isn't split into pro-vaxxers and anti-vaxxers. Many people simply go with what they hear. 15/
But the world isn't split into pro-vaxxers and anti-vaxxers. Many people simply go with what they hear. 15/
You probably will not convince the dedicated anti-vaxxers in your life who post anti-vaccine propaganda every day.
But you might, and should try, to convince people like Teresa who have shared two anti-vaccine memes in the past six months amid a mountain of other memes. 16/
But you might, and should try, to convince people like Teresa who have shared two anti-vaccine memes in the past six months amid a mountain of other memes. 16/
So many people, who aren't even dedicated to a cause or political ideology or to a party, nevertheless fail to ever hear alternative voices to the default around them.
Make sure those people hear an alternative voice to the anti-vaccines garbage filling their newsfeeds. 17/
Make sure those people hear an alternative voice to the anti-vaccines garbage filling their newsfeeds. 17/
And for God's sakes, hold the pro-COVID politicians out there accountable who have turned this into a "freedom vs. tyranny" battle all for their own self-serving political ends. Their actions and demagoguery has gotten so many killed—and it's still getting people killed. 18/
This is the thread these tweets were supposed to be paired with. I sent it all at once, and for some reason Twitter split it in half.
https://twitter.com/ashtonpittman/status/1436294993040269313
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