A person in their 30s died in south Texas after attending a “COVID party,” thinking it was a hoax, according to a health care official.
Jane Appleby, chief medical officer for Methodist Healthcare in San Antonio, said in a recorded statement to News 4 San Antonio that she heard a “heartbreaking” story about a 30-year-old patient who attended a COVID party.
“This is a party held by somebody diagnosed with the COVID virus and the thought is that people get together to see if the virus is real and if anyone gets infected,” Appleby said. “Just before the patient died, they looked at their nurse and said ‘I think I made a mistake, I thought this was a hoax, but it’s not.'”
