This is the tragic cost of ignorance and misinformation.

Let's depend on FACTS, RESEARCH and SCIENCE.

There is no indication that other than speaking loudly and spreading misinformation, Linda Zuern had any science background. The ANTI-VAXXERS are spreading the virus and jeopardizing others.

Not only was Linda Zuern unvaccinated, but went before a pubic meeting:

"At a Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates meeting in December, Zuern spoke about a report on the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment of the COVID-19 virus. Zuern questioned why some doctors were not allowed to use the medicine on patients. "

PUBLISHED IN JAMA (there are other studies as well):

“In the well-conducted clinical trials published to date, hydroxychloroquine has been evaluated in a wide variety of populations, ranging from patients with severe illness to individuals at risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, in whom the drug was used as primary prophylaxis; these studies failed to show any beneficial effect of the drug.”
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This comment from the NY POST, the MURDOCH TABLOID:

The same kind of misinformation could have potentially prevented smallpox from being eradicated in the US, Fauci said.

“If you look at the extraordinary historic success in eradicating smallpox and eliminating polio from most of the world, and we’re on the brink of eradicating polio, if we had the pushback for vaccines the way we’re seeing on certain media, I don’t think it would have been possible at all to not only eradicate smallpox,” Fauci said. LINK

UNVACCINATED Linda Zuern, former Bourne selectman, dies of complications of COVID-19

Beth Treffeissen Cape Cod Times 

Published Jul 20, 2021

BOURNE — Linda Zuern, remembered as a staunch conservative, well-respected educator and friend to many in the town of Bourne, died on Friday due to complications of COVID-19. 

“This is one exceptional lady that touched so many lives, so many lives,” said Mimi Frank, her good friend from Woods Hole. 

Zuern, 70, died at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston on Friday of severe complications caused by COVID-19, according to family members and friends.

Zuern was brought from Cape Cod by MedFlight to the hospital in early June and had been in a coma on a ventilator until her death. She was not vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a close friend and one of her neighbors.

Zuern was one of the first members of the United Cape Patriots, a local grassroots conservative group that frequently held Trump support standouts on the Bourne rotary, along with other rallies.

She was often seen holding a Trump support poster as motorists drove by honking in support or against, said Adam Lange who founded the group in 2017.  Lange was one of four people who protested last week in opposition to the state VaxBus program — which distributes COVID-19 vaccines — when it arrived in Provincetown. 

Zuern was a big believer in the Constitution and believed in having a small government, which is what the Tea Party was all about, Lange said. Zuern helped found the Upper Cape Tea Party, he said. 

After her father died last year Zuern went to visit her mother in South Dakota. On their return trip to Bourne, both her mother and herself contracted COVID-19. Her mother survived the disease. 

At a Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates meeting in December, Zuern spoke about a report on the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment of the COVID-19 virus. Zuern questioned why some doctors were not allowed to use the medicine on patients. 

Ronald Beaty, the former county commissioner, is proposing that the town of Bourne honor the former selectmen by naming a street, roadway, or municipal structure after Zuern in the near future. 

“It was a shock that we lost her,” said Beaty, who has supported Zuern over the years. “We are all grieving and we are going to miss her very much.” 

Beaty admires Zuern for being a very vocal person in the community. She motivated people to work on campaigns and frequented the Bourne Rotary to support former President Donald Trump, he said.