N.B. woman deletes COVID deniers from social media after nephew dies of COVID-19
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When Nancy Daamen's beloved nephew died of COVID-19 last month, she immediately lost patience with COVID deniers.
She said she couldn't take the false information being spread on social media, so she began removing people from her list of friends.
"I just couldn't look at it anymore."
She said it was painful to know that friends and family members were spreading "misinformation that I know could very well lead to other people dying."
Miles Copeland died of COVID-19 on Oct. 11. He was 47.
Eight days later, Daamen tweeted: "If what has happened to our family doesn't change their mind, I'm not sure what will and reading their nonsense hurts right now. Family, friends.. people I've known 30 minutes or 30 years. I just can't."
Daamen and Copeland were born just a few months apart — and grew up together in the Chipman area, about 100 kilometres northeast of Fredericton. They graduated together from high school, and Copeland even lived with Daamen's family for a while.
"He was probably one of my best friends in the entire world. I always said he was my brother from another mother."
She said Copeland was a well-respected trades person, "a lover of Christmas and a pretty darn good homemade bread-maker. He was fun-loving, energetic. He could be quite silly at times and also could be incredibly stubborn."
Just before Thanksgiving, he collapsed at his Edmonton home and had to be taken to hospital by ambulance. He was put on a ventilator, but his condition continued to worsen.
Daamen said she felt helpless being so far away, having to wait for other family members to keep her posted on his condition.
He died Thanksgiving morning.
Daamen said her nephew was a healthy 47-year-old who didn't smoke or do drugs.
"That's kind of the point we want to drive home … this really can happen to anybody. And you won't see it coming until it's too late," said Daamen.
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