When an anti-vaxxer dies of Covid-19

Ernby was a vocal critic of vaccine mandates whose posts on social media risked lives, denied science and confused Americans. – Agencies

KELLY Ernby was no doubt a good person, a friend to her friends, a companion to her husband, a crime-fighting prosecutor. She presumably had all the decent qualities we usually celebrate after a person dies, when we generally say only the kindest things we can think of.

But she was also a vocal critic of vaccine mandates whose posts on social media risked lives, denied science and confused Americans. She was an activist with a mini-megaphone – an Orange County deputy district attorney in California, a local Republican Party official and a 2019 GOP candidate for state Assembly – spreading the message of a dangerous populist movement.