Merciless anti-vaxxers have kidnapped the death of a teenage boy to hatch a dangerous conspiracy about Covid.
Osama Suduh, from Sydney’s COVID-affected south-west, was moved to intensive care and placed on life support after testing positive for COVID-19 last week.
The 15-year-old was hospitalized with pneumococcal meningitis — a life-threatening infectious disease that causes inflammation of the layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord — and only tested positive. coronavirus on his arrival.
Osama’s life support was cut off Sunday night and his bereaved family faces a tragically cut short life.
Trolls have used the tragedy to advance their agenda, arguing that because Osama was battling two different conditions at once, his death should not be linked to Covid.
Osama (pictured) is 15 years old and died in hospital after testing positive for Covid-19. He was hospitalized with pneumococcal meningitis – a life-threatening infectious disease that causes inflammation in the layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
Officials and family members have not claimed that Covid was the primary factor in Osama’s death, only that he was diagnosed with the virus.
Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick, where Osama was being treated, confirmed his death on Monday and confirmed that he had covid at the time, although it is not believed to be the cause of his death.
Regardless, a Covid-denial said it was ‘disgusting’ that medical officials revealed that he had the virus, despite first seeking the family’s blessing to discuss his case.
The woman said, ‘I could not believe for a second that it was COVID. ‘Stop the fear spreading hatred.’
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant reiterated on Monday that he died of COVID.
Osama had received his childhood vaccination for pneumococcal meningitis, but Dr Chant said it was possible he was not protected from the particular strain he was diagnosed with.
Osama’s distraught relatives had earlier prayed to the Islamic community that he would be miraculously recovered before it was too late.
Osama’s family urged people to pray for the teenager (pictured) as he is fighting for life in the hospital
The woman was outraged that a community group shared photos of Osama, urging friends and family to keep the teen in their prayers, as his life support was set to be discontinued.
The post read, ‘Please ask the most powerful, most merciful Allah to remove the disease from the body of our young brother Osama which leaves no trace of existence.
The woman responded that NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant could talk about ‘another child’ during a press conference on Sunday, in which she revealed that a 15-year-old boy was fighting for life as he Was battling covid and meningitis.
‘You should have given the real reason from the beginning. The video may also point to another child, not necessarily the same one,’ she wrote.
Naomi Cook, a former nurse who falsely claimed that residents of disadvantaged cities were being forced to take the vaccine against their will, was a vocal critic.
‘My heart goes out to his family. But he didn’t die of Covid,’ he said. Cook does not know the boy or his family.
Merciless anti-vaxxers have kidnapped the death of a teenage boy to make dangerous rhetoric about Covid and question the legitimacy of the virus
The student at Kingsgrove North High School was not eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine because of his youth.
But anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists, who are wrongly convinced that the drug used to treat and prevent Covid is dangerous, have also slammed the family for relying on medical professionals to care for their son.
A woman named Sarah declined to be told what, if any, she had, urging her to contact the family overnight to discuss Osama’s treatment.
The woman claimed, ‘I am researching the drug that they have approved for use in Kovid patients and it actually causes severe reactions which lead to death.
Mourners criticized the woman for using the tragedy to fuel her dangerous rhetoric.
According to the Department of Health, the mortality rate of pneumococcal meningitis among non-Indigenous Australians is around 10 percent.
The 15-year-old was hospitalized with pneumococcal meningitis – a life-threatening infectious disease that causes inflammation of the layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord – but also tested positive for the coronavirus upon his arrival.
Intensive care units in hospitals are quickly filling up with COVID patients as NSW grapples with a widespread outbreak. Image: St Vincent’s Hospital medical staff caring for a COVID-19 positive patient in the ICU of St Vincent’s Hospital
Indigenous Australians are at increased risk of developing serious side effects of the virus.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce called Osama’s death a “tragedy” on Monday morning.
He told Sunrise, ‘What an incredible tragedy the young man died last night.
Dr. Chant said on Sunday that Osama’s family had given permission for information about his case to be shared with the public.
‘It has been made clear by his family. I can confirm that someone is hospitalized who is 15 years old and the reason for their admission, while they are Covid positive, is related to another health condition,’ she told reporters on Sunday.
‘The family has agreed that we can indicate that she has pneumococcal meningitis.’
There are 391 people being treated with COVID in NSW hospitals, with 66 in intensive care. Twenty-eight of which require ventilation.
New South Wales reported 478 more cases of locally acquired COVID-19 in the 24 hours to Monday, with eight deaths.
Mourners criticize woman for using tragedy to fuel her dangerous rhetoric
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