Colin Powell Dead from Covid-19 Complications

[TheBigA]

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell Dead from Covid-19 complications at age 84:

Colin Powell, former secretary of state, dead at 84 from COVID-19 complications

Gen. Colin Powell, the influential former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who played a pivotal policy role during the administration of President George W. Bush, died Monday at 84 from complications related to COVID-19, his family announced.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Sadly Colin Powell will now be an Anti-Vax conspiracy target given that there are articles saying he has been fully vaccinated prior to death. But sometimes people can get a previously unrecognized variant or Powells case myeloma that put him in a compromised state.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell dies from Covid complications

His family said that the retired four-star general died from Covid-19 complications. He was fully vaccinated against the disease.

www.nbcnews.com

We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American," the family said.


Powell had multiple myeloma, a cancer of a type of white blood cell. It’s unclear what complications he experienced from Covid-19 or when he tested positive for the disease. The family also did not say when he was vaccinated or if he had received a booster shot.

 

[TheBigA]

Sadly Colin Powell will now be an Anti-Vax conspiracy target given that there are articles saying he has been fully vaccinated prior to death.

Fox News had a couple doctors use it to promote the vaccine booster, especially among older people:

Colin Powell dies of COVID-19 complications despite vaccine: Medical experts weigh in

Gen. Colin Powell, former secretary of state, died Monday at 84 from COVID-related complications, though he was fully vaccinated, his family announced. His death, medical experts say, underscore the need for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots among older adults and high-risk populations to shore up...

www.foxnews.com

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Fox News had a couple doctors use it to promote the vaccine booster, especially among older people:

Colin Powell dies of COVID-19 complications despite vaccine: Medical experts weigh in

Gen. Colin Powell, former secretary of state, died Monday at 84 from COVID-related complications, though he was fully vaccinated, his family announced. His death, medical experts say, underscore the need for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots among older adults and high-risk populations to shore up...

www.foxnews.com

Good point and also I don't know if Colin Powell was qualified to have a booster prior to leaving or how long he had to wait to get it.

 

[vchimpanzee]

He was a man people could respect. That's about all I can say here.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Fox News had a couple doctors use it to promote the vaccine booster, especially among older people:

Colin Powell dies of COVID-19 complications despite vaccine: Medical experts weigh in

Gen. Colin Powell, former secretary of state, died Monday at 84 from COVID-related complications, though he was fully vaccinated, his family announced. His death, medical experts say, underscore the need for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots among older adults and high-risk populations to shore up...

www.foxnews.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/19/willful-carelessness-tucker-carlson-his-vaccine-skeptic-ilk/

True the doctors that appear on Fox Daytime shows said the right things but Tucker Carlson decided to politicize the vaccine in the Colin Powell obit segment on his show.

 

[Mikey Radio]

And unfortunately the former president took the opportunity to trash Powell, though he'd been gone for fewer than 24 hours (Frank, if you choose to remove this post as being inappropriate for the "In Memorium" section, I'll understand, but I thought it noteworthy):

Trump Can't Help Himself, Lashes Out at Colin Powell

Former President Donald Trump bashed Colin Powell a day after his death, calling him a "classic RINO" who "made plenty of mistakes."

www.rollingstone.com

“Wonderful to see Colin Powell, who made big mistakes on Iraq and famously, so-called weapons of mass destruction, be treated in death so beautifully by the Fake News Media,” Trump wrote in a statement released Tuesday through his Save America PAC. “Hope that happens to me someday. He was a classic RINO, if even that, always being the first to attack other Republicans. He made plenty of mistakes, but anyway, may he rest in peace!”

 

[frankberry]

I'm going to close this thread before it gets out of hand.