51-year-old Thomas Macias, a truck driver from California has died from covid-19 just one day after admitting on Facebook he attended a party where he ignored social distancing guidance.
He wrote the regretful message on Facebook after he put his family at risk by attending the barbecue party in Lake Elsinore – where he contracted the virus.
The 51-year-old, who died just six days after testing positive, wrote:
Some of you may know, but most don’t. I fucked up and went out a couple of weeks ago and I contracted the coronavirus.
Monday I tested for it and it was confirmed on Thursday. Because of my stupidity, I put my mom and sisters and my family’s health in jeopardy. This has been a very painful experience.
This is no joke. If you have to go out wear a mask and practice social distancing. Don’t be a fucking idiot like me.
Thank you to all my friends that have brought me food, and to everyone who has been there for me. Hopefully with God’s help I’ll be able to survive.
Love you all.
An official from the Riverside County Office of Vital Records confirmed that Macias died from COVID-19 on June 21. From late March through early June, Macias was going out only when necessary, his brother-in-law Gustavo Lopez said.
He added: “He was quarantining because he was overweight and had diabetes.”
Lopez said that sometime in early June, however — after Governor Gavin Newsom indicated that he would loosen social distancing restrictions — Macias attended a party in Lake Elsinore, about 70 miles southeast of Los Angeles, where he lived.
TheSun
