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my brother just passed away because of Covid-19. please, please, please wear your masks.
I don’t usually post very personal things in my social media, but I believe that everyone who has a platform, big or small, needs to put it to use. My big brother, Darius Settles, was diagnosed with the corona virus just a few days ago.
After a couple days in the hospital, they sent him home with pneumonia. The next day, he went into cardiac arrest, and passed shortly after, at the age of 30. He had a couple of asthma attacks as a child, but overall no underlying conditions.
I talked to him the day before he died & all he could say was no matter how many times he tried, he couldn’t catch his breath. He couldn’t sit up. His wife made him hot tea in an attempt to ease him & it worked for a couple of hours, but nothin could have saved him at that point
I’m saying this because I’ve witnessed a lot of my friends & family either brush it off as a complete hoax that they don’t have to take seriously, or use their faith in God to justify their carelessness. But believe me, the corona virus is not anything to be played with.
Whether it was manufactured in a lab to scare us/get us to vote/distract us from something bigger etc. it DONT matter. it’s still VERY real. Its a deadly virus that dont care who you are, who your family is, what your life plans are, or how much you don’t “believe” in it.
I know it’s easy to ignore the stats and figure that it can’t happen to you, but it can. Even if you haven’t shown any symptoms, even if you think your immune system is strong enough to handle it, even if you don’t know anyone who’s gotten it, please take extra precautions.
If you can afford to not work, do it. If you can get your groceries delivered to your house, do it. If you can work from home, do it. Wash your hands, wear a mask, STOP gathering in large groups, stop using this as an opportunity to see your friends more!!
I know youre tired of being in the house, I know you want life to go back to “normal”, I know you think it’s unfair that the virus stole your summer but if youre not careful it WILL steal your life. Trust God, pray for his safety, and DO YOUR PART. Death is no respecter of person
