He went fast, too. From Daily Beast (story here):
“A GOP official from Texas who regularly espoused anti-vaccine and anti-mask views online has died from COVID-19, five days after posting a meme on Facebook questioning the wisdom of getting inoculated against COVID.”
H. Scott Apley, 45, a local city council member, GOP county chair and state executive committee member, died Wednesday, August 4, 2021, after being admitted to a Galveston hospital on Sunday with “pneumonia-like symptoms” and “hooked up to a ventilator as his condition worsened. His wife was also infected, the family said,” but isn’t hospitalized.
He was warned. They’ve all been warned. But “based on his social media activity, Apley didn’t believe COVID was going to affect him or his family.” He celebrated a “mask burning,” called vaccination incentive programs “disgusting,” and ranted against “vaccine passports.”
“In an interview Wednesday with the Galveston County Daily News, Mayor Sean Skipworth said he didn’t know if Apley had been vaccinated against COVID,” Daily Beast said. (What would you guess?)
Thoughts and prayers. Or, if you want, contribute to the family’s GoFundMe page here. They’re asking for $40,000 from strangers. I’m doing my bit by posting the link.
When people commit suicide, it doesn’t affect only them. Somebody has to take care of their kids and pay the bills they leave behind.