Kelly Ernby was an anti-vax Republican from Orange County. When she died of COVID this week, many liberals took grim satisfaction. (via latimesopinion) Read the full column:
Kelly Ernby was no doubt a good person, a friend to her friends, a companion to her husband, a crime-fighting prosecutor. She presumably had all the decent qualities we usually celebrate after a person dies, when we generally say only the kindest things we can think of.
Of course, there’s a measure of truth to some of the callous comments. Ernby wasn’t vaccinated even though vaccinations have been widely available for many months and the data are clear: People who are vaxxed and boosted are far, far less likely to be infected, to be hospitalized or to die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others. So, yeah, maybe sheAnd not just to herself. When she became sick, she may have infected others.
Not that I’m claiming any particular moral superiority. In fact, Ernby’s death has brought back to me some feelings I’ve had in the last two years that I’m not proud of: I admit to wishing some people’s COVID cases had been a bit more serious than they were.
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