Man dies from COVID-19, obituary calls for anti-masks

Every now and then a obituary attracts viral attention, sometimes to be humorous, sometimes to be touching. One of the most touching is the obituary of Dr. Marvin J. Farr of Scott City, Kansas. Its writer, Farr’s son Courtney Farr, is directly calling out those who refuse to wear masks to protect others from COVID-19, which killed his father.

“He was preceded by death by more than 260,000 Americans infected with COVID-19,” Farr’s obituary read. “He died in a room that was not his, being taken in by people dressed in confusing and frightening clothes. He died with COVID-19, and his final days were more difficult, scary and lonely than necessary. He was not surrounded by friends and family. . “

The obituary notes that Farr was born in 1939, when Americans were about to be asked to ration food and supplies and send their children to fight and die in World War II. By comparison, Farr “died in a world where many of his fellow Americans refuse to wear a piece of cloth over their faces to protect each other.”

Farr was a farmer, veterinarian and practitioner, the obituary notes, who “saw no conflict between the science of his professional life and the belief of his personal life.”

In a Facebook post, Courtney Farr wrote that most reactions to the obituary were positive, but that some people accused him of rendering the opinion political.

“Well, his death was political,” Farr replied. “He died in isolation with an infectious disease which is causing a national crisis. To pretend otherwise or to obscure is also a political decision.”

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