John McDaniel died a while back from COVID-19, a little more than one month after he repeatedly criticized Ohio's stay-at-home orders on Facebook. Bullshit, he said. Political ploy, he said. Now, his family
says that if he had only known the seriousness of the disease, he would
have acted differently. While I don't wish to speak ill of the dead,
McDaniel knew the seriousness of the disease by the
time he made those social media posts in March. He just chose to ignore it. If you believe in
science, if you believe that two plus two equals four and not some
number approximating four, the information was available. He knew. He didn't believe. So, he died.
You put a loaded gun with the safety off into your back pocket. You go to the movies. The gun goes off when you sit down, injuring the guy sitting behind you. That's reckless endangerment. You knew, or should have known, that your actions were irresponsible and put lives at risk. Reckless endangerment. It's a f…