Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dies from COVID-19

WDSU ^ | 12/29/20

[Meatspace]

SHREVEPORT, La. — Congressman-elect Luke Letlow has died after contracting COVID-19 last week, according to his campaign manager Andrew Bautsch.

Letlow, who just turned 41, was getting treatment in the intensive care unit in Shreveport, according to an announcement on his Twitter page last week.

[napscoordinator]

He looked young and healthy. A picture obviously doesn’t tell the whole story.

[luvie]

May he rest in peace. I wonder if he had underlying conditions that worsened his condition.

[vigilante2]

I wonder if they put him on a ventilator

[luvie]

I hope not.

[NELSON111]

Look - people with no co-morbidities die from this. I had a friend - still on active duty and 44 years old - die from this. He was healthy prior to his exposure or else he would not still be on active duty. He had access to some of the best medical care in the world being in Houston, Texas. I had another friend who was pretty healthy who died of this at 57 just 6 weeks ago. It happens.

[napscoordinator]

2nd newly elected republican dead from covid. I think there’s only two anyway. Who can keep up with 1500-3000 people dying everyday.

[NELSON111]

>>>Why do republicans always get Covid, but Democrats do not.?.?

Democrats do get it - maybe you just don't read the news. I've read plenty of stories...even here.

[palmer]

No one knows what this virus is going to do long term.

It's not going away and there are many surivors (999 out of 1000). Those are pretty good clues that it will be endemic and eventually routine.

[napscoordinator]

Thank God this virus isn’t serious. /sarc. Of course many here think it’s a joke.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Then they probably killed him, just like Brietbart, Seth Rich Scalia and many others. And by whatever method, he died “with” covid.

[silverleaf]

Actually he won the seat in a runoff against another Republican
Would guess it will remain a GOP seat
Really a tragedy about his death
Wonder what was his comorbidity

[JudyinCanada]

He died of a cardiac event. Read the article in post #107.

[Jamestown1630]

How do you know that he had no ‘underlying health problems’?

Even doctors don’t always know that.

You seem to be using something that’s convenient, to conflate with and promote a personal peeve.

[Reynoldo]

“ Some don’t think, they are convinced you are either to old, to fat, or you just deserve to die.. “

somwhere around 1.8 percent of people with Wuhan disease die

[Hambone 1934]

Clearly you never read my tagline.....

[Theodore R.]

No, the district should stay Republican.

[setter]

“I pray that you and your family are among the first to starve to death. You will deserve it. The rest of us won’t.”

Ha ha I live out on a rural farm and have a one acre garden and have a 2 acre well stocked pond. My neighbor grows sweet corn on one of our back fields. I think we will be ok.

Some of you folks have lost it. Guy was murdered, Covid was designed to kill conservatives only etc.

[nutmeg]

OMG... Beautiful family. What a horrible tragedy.

That cute little boy is one of Luke Letlow's two young children.

Prayers for Luke's family and friends...

[Reynoldo]

Flu in 2018 didn’t max out ICU capacity in California.