Richard Rose of Port Clinton, Ohio, died of COVID-19 after the previous promise not to buy a face mask and rejected the facial mask recommendation as a “media exaggeration.”
In the summer of 2020, we obtained requests from readers about a collage of social media posts that gave the impression of displaying public statements through Ohio boy Richard Rose. A symbol appears to be a screenshot of a Rose post on Facebook, promising not to wear a face mask in the context of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, while a subsequent symbol appears to be a screenshot of his obituary, indicating that he died in July. four “due to COVID-19 headaches.”
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The story has been reported through national and foreign media, and the collage of Rose’s Facebook posts has been presented via some Internet users as a clear warning to those who did not take seriously the threat of spreading and contracting the virus, and in particular its effectiveness wearing masks. However, some expressed skepticism about the story, saying that Rose was a crisis actor and that the cases of his death and his past social media posts were a hoax.
But the messages and obituaries were genuine. Richard Donald Rose III, known as Rick, died on The Fourth of July after suffering headaches from COVID-19, with whom he had been diagnosed three days earlier. Two months earlier, he had promised to wear a face mask, calling his use “advertising advertising.” Three weeks before his death, Rose visited an Ohio resort and posted a photo of a crowded pool.
Rose’s obituary, which he posted on the website Legacy.com, Sandusky Register, Port Clinton Beacon and the Crosser and Priesman Funeral Home website, stated:
“Richard Donald Rose, III, 37, of Port Clinton passed away Saturday, July 4, 2020 due to complications of Covid-19 at his home. He was born July 25, 1982 in Port Clinton. He graduated from Port Clinton High School. He served his country in the United States Army for nine years serving two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He enjoyed social media, online streaming, paranormal and his two cats Dale and Tucker. He was a fan of NASCAR, Dirt Track Racing and Georgia Bulldogs Football. Surviving are his mother and step-father: Tina and Kenny Heschel of Port Clinton; sister: Krystal Campbell of Genoa; brother: K. C. Heschel of Concord, NC; half-sister: Melissa Rose of Port Clinton. He was preceded in death by his grandparents: Carl and Marla Kessler, Cooper and Janice Heschel, Richard Rose, Mildred DeBlase…”
In the months leading up to his death, Rose posted several comments about COVID-19 on Facebook, but the tone of the messages was inconsistent at all times. Overall, much of what Rose posted on the site was humorous, and some of his COVID-19-related messages were borrowed and mischievous.
At one point in early April, he seemed curious at least about the potential benefits of face mask types, however, on the other hand, a meme he published on May 18 promoted a baseless statement that policies requiring the use of a mask were a precursor to mandatory Muslims obtaining dress codes.
Rose is obviously personally aware that COVID-19 is a genuine phenomenon. In March, he noticed in a Facebook post that his own cousin had tested positive for the disease, and asked for prayers and “positive waves” on behalf of the cousin, who at the time was in a medically induced coma.
On other occasions, the content Rose posted on her Facebook profile informed her that she was in fact aware of the possibility of damage from the pandemic. In March, for example, Rose posted a meme that, while amusing, indicated that he had existing immune deficiencies that could make him vulnerable: a message that turned out to be tragically prophetic. On April 23, he posted some other funny meme that mocks plans to end economic and social blockades as premature.
Some versions of Rose’s Facebook collage, widely shared after her death, included her mention at the Put-in-Bay beach hotel on South Bass Island in Ohio. These screenshots were also authentic. According to her Facebook posts, Rose appears to have edited the station on June 6 and 13. On this last occasion, he posted a photo of a crowded pool, and ironiically added that “it’s not that crowded.”
The variety of tones in Rose’s observations on the pandemic is not reflected very well in many social media reports and posts, some of which described it in a reductive way as a denial of COVID-19. However, on April 28, Rose made an undeniable vote on a Facebook post not to buy a face mask, adding: “I got here for not subscribing to this fucking hype”:
Rose’s Facebook posts in his final days indicated a decrease in his health.
On July 1, he wrote that he had been examined for COVID-19 after feeling “very sick in the last few days.” Later that day, Rose showed that she had tested positive for the virus and had been quarantined for 14 days. Movingly, he added, “It sucks because I had a new job.” The next day he wrote unsettlingly: This avid stinks! I’m so out of breath, just sitting here. “Two days later, on July 4, Rose died at the age of 37.
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