Caleb Wallace, a 30-year-old denialist leader who led the campaign in Texas (United States) against the use of masks and other preventive measures against the coronavirus, has died of COVID after a month in hospital, as reported by the AP news agency citing the local newspaper
San Angelo Standard-Times.
Caleb passed away peacefully.
It will always live in our hearts and minds, ”said his wife, Jessica, who is pregnant with the couple's fourth child, who has three girls.
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Wallace organized a July 4, 2020, protest in the Texas city of San Angelo in which participants carried signs against the use of masks and business closures to deal with the pandemic.
The attendees also rejected the scientific evidence on the coronavirus and were very critical of the coverage that the press has given to the subject.
In April, he also wrote a letter to the city's school district demanding that it cancel all preventive measures against the coronavirus. Jessica Wallace explained to the newspaper that her husband began to feel symptoms on July 26, but that he refused to have a diagnostic test or go to the hospital. Instead, he took high doses of vitamin C, zinc lozenges and an anti-parasite drug that authorities have asked not to be used against the virus because it is not effective.
Wallace was hospitalized on July 30 and had been unconscious since August 8, admitted to intensive care and breathing thanks to a machine. A day before his death, his wife wrote on social media that he was "an imperfect man, but he loved his family and daughters more than anyone." “To those who wish death, I am sorry that your views and opinions did you any harm. I have prayed that he came out of this with a new vision and a greater appreciation for life. I can't say more because I can't speak for him ”, the woman concluded.
