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AP: On a mission to heal after exposing her Dad to deadly virus
Associated Press ^ | May 23 | By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and JESSIE WARDARSKI

Posted on 05/23/2021 10:15:41 PM PDT by RandFan

SHARON, Mass. (AP) — For a year, Michelle Pepe awoke every day, recited the Kaddish, the mourner’s prayer, and kissed a photo of her father. And coped with her guilt.

“’Dad,” she says, “I’m so sorry that this happened.”

“This” was COVID-19. In March 2020, just as the pandemic bloomed in the United States, Pepe traveled from Boston to Florida for her mother’s 80th birthday. She believes she gave the coronavirus to her father; Bernie Rubin died weeks later.

“At the beginning, people would say, ‘Well, how did he get it?’ From me. That’s how he got it — he got it from me,” Pepe says, sobbing.

“Nobody’s ever said, ‘This is your fault and you gave it to him,’ but I know it’s true. I know I couldn’t save him. It’s just something I’m going to have to go to the grave with.”

Hers is a common sorrow of the times. Around the world, countless people are struggling to shake off the burden of feeling responsible for the death of a loved one due to COVID-19. They regret a trip or feel anguish over everyday decisions that may have spread the disease — commuting to work, hugging parents, even picking up food.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: coronvavirus; covid19
Anyone else find it interesting that the AP feel the need to publish this nonsense about the virus? Like they're trying to convince some folks...
1 posted on 05/23/2021 10:15:41 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Everyone who dies of flu or pneumonia caught it from somebody. If it happens at 80, it doesn’t quite qualify as a tragedy. There are people who want masks and distancing forever to stop flus, etc. That approach does not lead to a healthy civilization.


2 posted on 05/23/2021 10:26:18 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (Dr. Sivana is not a medical doctor. He is a comic book doctor of the Mad Scientist variety.)
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To: RandFan

“Terrorist-Associated Propaganda”, swell pals of Hamas...


3 posted on 05/23/2021 10:37:55 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: RandFan

Associated Propagandists.

Network

Evil people support each other. That is their chief strength. - Solzhenitsyn


4 posted on 05/23/2021 10:43:39 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: PGalt

Interesting quote.
I read his books.


5 posted on 05/23/2021 10:44:52 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (If I wanted to live in China, I would move there!)
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To: PGalt

Isn’t it funny how all the Dems have no Cheney or Romney’s?

You are right, the Commie Dems all act in concert, like a symphony, never missing a note.


6 posted on 05/23/2021 10:45:55 PM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: RandFan

100% false and fabricated story.


7 posted on 05/23/2021 10:46:22 PM PDT by GreatRoad ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act' )
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To: RandFan

You could walk outside and the very first random person you talk to has a dozen stories as sad as this one. I have a few of my own. I have regrets and guilt and all that but god damn it I am not going to wallow. If you want to tell a sob story go right ahead. But if you are going to wallow I am going to walk.


8 posted on 05/23/2021 10:47:19 PM PDT by webheart (I already had COVID disease and 2 vaccine shots Can I take the mask off now?)
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To: RandFan

So much propaganda.


9 posted on 05/23/2021 10:53:40 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: GreatRoad; Trillian

And there’s that word “deadly” like the “deadly” insurrection..

The sad thing is this will appear in thousands of newspapers all over the world tomorrow who get their stories from AP.

It is pure propaganda and very clever and emotional too.


10 posted on 05/23/2021 11:21:58 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

No people in history has ever felt guilt for passing on a virus.

No culture has told their people to see others as death-breathers.


11 posted on 05/24/2021 1:17:03 AM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
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To: RandFan

I wish all Bostonians would stay away from Florida and it’s got nothing to do with Covid


12 posted on 05/24/2021 1:30:38 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: ReaganGeneration2

I know that I would feel guilt if I knowingly passed along HIV or something like that.

I wonder how many more people have felt guilt this past year for not visiting their parents before they died?


13 posted on 05/24/2021 1:35:25 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: RandFan

Look her up.


14 posted on 05/24/2021 2:10:30 AM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: RandFan

Far too many underestimate the propaganda of the AssPress. Since about 2012 or so they’ve marched steadily to the left, so much so that they are stacked with numerous former Slate and Buzzfeed propagandists.

The AssPress has exceeded CNN in propaganda in many instances and unlike CNN they still have “credibility” with many people, which makes them infinitely more dangerous.


15 posted on 05/24/2021 4:24:02 AM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: RandFan

I read on the internet, that there is an organization that manufactures this propaganda and publishes as a source for news outlets, owned and operated by Laureen Jobs, Steve’s widow. She does enormous damage.


16 posted on 05/24/2021 5:53:20 AM PDT by GreatRoad ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act' )
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To: RandFan
’Dad,” she says, “I’m so sorry that this happened.”

....now let me call the media.

17 posted on 05/24/2021 5:57:24 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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