'Sadly He Is Not With Us': Family Mourns A Dad Who Denied, Then Died From, COVID-19
"Many, like John, made statements early on not fully aware of the severity of COVID-19," Lisa McDaniel says of her late husband. It's now clear, she adds, that shutdown orders were necessary.
The family of John McDaniel, an Ohio man who died from COVID-19 after initially claiming the pandemic was overblown, is grieving this week. McDaniel's wife says they're also mourning the fact that her husband didn't get a chance to change the stance he took against the initial public response to the outbreak. It's now clear, she adds, that shutdown orders
