Mothra said:
J.R. said:
yup. Me too. However, I'm fully vaxed got it over Christmas and New Years (not fun quarantining during the holidays. I basically had a head cold and wasn't a big deal. From my understanding, if you are vaxed and get the Omicron ....its minor. This stuff is mild but really, really contagious . I probably know of 30 people who have it.
Omicron isn't a big deal regardless of whether you've been vaxxed. Only one recorded death in the U.S.
Arlington Republican activist, vaccine skeptic dies of COVID-19 complicationsKelly Canon, a longtime Republican activist in Arlington and vaccine skeptic, has died of COVID-19 complications.Longtime Arlington Republican activist Kelly Canon, a grassroots organizer and
vocal critic of vaccine requirements, died Monday of complications from COVID-19.The Arlington Republican Party announced Canon's death on Facebook.
"Our dear friend Kelly Canon lost her battle with pneumonia today. Kelly will be forever in our hearts as a loyal and beloved friend and Patriot," the
post read. "Gone way too soon. We will keep her family in our prayers."
Canon was recently hospitalized for COVID-19-related pneumonia, one of the most serious complications of the virus.A month ago, Canon attended a symposium in Burleson dedicated to fighting vaccine mandates, according to her Facebook posts. Attendees included Dallas physician and vaccine skeptic Dr. Peter McCullough, who previously said on a Fox News show that there's "no clinical reason to go get vaccinated."Canon said
on Facebook in November that her employer granted her religious exemption request,
so she would not be required to get a vaccine.Canon was well-known for her successful grassroots campaign in 2015 to ban red light cameras in Arlington. They were later banned statewide.
A former vice president of the Arlington Tea Party, Canon left the organization in 2016
because of its support for a tax increase to build a new stadium for the Texas Rangers. Canon, along with a few others, created the Southeast Tarrant Tea Party, and Arlington voters passed the tax increase that year.
In 2017,
Canon released a series of sexually explicit Facebook messages sent to her by then-Republican Congressman Joe Barton, who was married at the time. Barton was eventually forced to resign.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2022/01/11/arlington-republican-activist-vaccine-skeptic-dies-of-covid-19-complications/