Unvaccinated man with health issues in Harris County becomes first known omicron death in US

KHOU 11 ^ | December 20, 2021 | Michelle Homer

[PJ-Comix]

HOUSTON — After warnings of an omicron surge over the holidays, Harris County has reported its first death caused by the omicron variant of COVID-19. It's also the first known omicron death reported nationwide.

County Judge Lina Hidalgo made the announcement during an afternoon news conference.

"My phone was ringing, I'm sure you guys noticed, and it was our public health director telling me we just had our first omicron-related death," she said.

According to Hidalgo, the patient was a man in his 50s who was not vaccinated and had an underlying health condition. He lived in Precinct 2.

[PJ-Comix]

So he died WITH Omicron, NOT from omicron. And what was his "underlying health condition?" The answer to that will tell us what really caused his death. Bottom line: a guy with an "underlying health condition" died from that and, oh yeah, he also tested positive for omicron.

[tomkat]

Bullshit

[BobL]

FINALLY, the Left has their Poster Boy - the ONE PERSON who died after getting omicron!

[tomkat]

So he died WITH Omicron, NOT from omicron

Precisely, x10^x

[Flick Lives]

...a man in his 50s who was not vaccinated and had an underlying health condition.

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What underlying condition? Motorcycle accident? Cancer? Could be anything.

[Fido969]

They are all excited about this.

[Wissa]

"My phone was ringing, I'm sure you guys noticed, and it was our public health director telling me we just had our first omicron-related death," she said.

WOOHOO!!! We got one!! We got one!!

[BipolarBob]

30.000 Americans die every year from the ordinary flu. So why is this newsworthy?

[Rebelbase]

One person. This is serious. Cancel Christmas and New Year. No school for kids next year. Mandatory shutdown of all non-essential business and mandatory mask when in public.

[Jan_Sobieski]

What’s unvaccinated? He had his booster but it was within 2 weeks, so he was “unvaccinated”

[fwdude]

“Unvaccinated” quickly becoming the new “leper.”

[delchiante]

Wonder who had the winning square in their office pools

[House Atreides]

It was a “omicron-related death” (which can mean anything) according to the public health director who did not specify it as a death “caused by the Omicron variant” as written in the article. Oh, our wonderful media.

[Sacajaweau]

So 73% of all cases are Omicron and we have one death. Haven't heard any stats on people in the ICU or even hospitalized.

I think people are wising up and just staying put for a few days.

[Sirius Lee]

Exactly. Fewer than four death injections = leper.

[PJ-Comix]

What underlying condition? Motorcycle accident? Cancer? Could be anything.

I'm guessing gunshot to the head. He tested positive for Omicron and was feeling fine but when he heard the media panic about the HORROR of Omicron, he shot himself.

[Caipirabob]

“Underlying health condition” - He was already dead?

[Leep]

They wish people would start dropping like flies.

[MercyFlush]

So he fell off a ladder, splattered his brains on a walkway, and then he died of the Ohmigod variant.

Got it.

[dblshot]

I wasn’t aware we have a test specifically for the Omicron variant.