One of the things we find out about politics, is that if an issue affects someone’s life directly, it can affect their vote immediately. It can also affect their ideology immediately. This is the story of a Kanabec County, Minnesota man who knew it all, thanks to Facebook and Project Veritas videos on YouTube.
He was fearless, disrespectful to President Biden, and ignorant of the true dangers of Covid-19 until it sent him to the ER. Read how he is scared straight during a trip to the ICU, but despite improvement is still not out of the woods.
After choosing not to get vaccinated, on October 28th, Voss felt intense breathlessness, coughing, and fatigue - what became his first signs of his fight with the virus. Voss knew something was wrong that night and had his daughter drive him to the hospital. By the time he got there, he says he was too weak to stand up from the chair in the Emergency room.
He was admitted to the COVID ICU unit that day and his wife Monica experienced symptoms and joined him across the hall - in the same unit - a day later.
"I should've taken the risk and gotten the shot so I might not have had to go through something like this," Voss told WDIO. "The most frustrating thing is my wife and I can do absolutely nothing right now. Our three teenagers are home. They're stuck driving the cars, they're paying the bills, they're cooking for each other, trying to help each other do their homework. And we know we can't be there."
Currently his wife is said to be doing much worse and has been placed on a ventilator. This story is interesting because not only was this man an anti-vaxxer, he ran for the local school board almost exclusively on that position. I am fascinated by the psychology of his epiphany, so I thought you might be curious to see his attitudes as they evolved.
How he started-
Cute. Let’s go to how he progressed..
And let’s move on to the point where he sees the light, after nearly walking into it..
Jeremy might make it but the prognosis for Monica is poor at best. And as we know all of this could likely have been avoided. Thankfully he is now advocating for vaccines but is likely still right wing. But he will have to market those views on Facebook. He failed in his bid for election to the Ogilvie School Board, garnering fourth place and 68 votes.
Here is hoping the next time he runs he does so with an eye to educate children,
as an educated person.
-ROC
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