An anti-vaxxer Oklahoma nurse who wrote poetry about the 'plandemic' and 'healthcare genocide' died of complications from COVID-19, after claiming the vaccine killed people.
Steve Shurden, 58, from Tulsa, battled the virus for three weeks and eventually passed away on October 19.
Steve and his wife, Teresa, a vocational nurse, were very vocal on Facebook about their anti-vaccine stances, constantly sharing misinformation about COVID.
Steve also shared his right-wing, pro-Trump, politically charged poetry on a daily basis until his hospitalization on September 28.
After Steve's death, his wife did not seem regretful that her husband chose to refuse the vaccine, which could have increased his chances at survival while battling the illness.
Teresa shared that Steve had 'made it' to heaven and that she wished they had gone together.
Steven Shurden, 58, from Tulsa, battled the virus for three weeks and eventually passed away on October 19. Steve and his wife, Teresa, a vocational Nurse, were very vocal on Facebook about their anti-vaccine stances, constantly sharing misinformation about COVID
On Facebook, Steve shared his right-wing, pro-Trump, politically charged poetry on a daily basis until his hospitalization on September 28
The US has reported more than 745,000 COVID-related deaths since the pandemic started
One of Steve's poems read: 'They want to shutdown, & paste a mask on your face...those fools in DC, it is not their place. Their jabbing all arms, now we may need a booster...they came too late, to fool this savy rooster. Stick those masks up their nose, & their jab in their bu**...if you take the jab now, you are a nut..'
While in the hospital, Teresa shared updates on her husband's health condition and asked for prayers, but continued to post anti-vaccine content.
In early October, Steve's condition seemed to improve, before rapidly deteriorating.
'Steve is stable, vented, comfortable, he had a good day yesterday and last night,' Teresa posted on October 9.
He was briefly taken off the ventilator, but continued to experience respiratory distress and succumbed to COVID-19 complications.
Before Steve caught COVID, the couple had just purchased a new touring RV, which they seemingly wanted to travel around with, helping local clinics and in protest of the 'healthcare genocide.'
In his poetry, Steve featured political issues such as the Afghanistan debacle, the treatment of veterans in the US, and his opposition to the way the Biden administration was governing the country.
On Facebook, he announced he would publish a poetry collection book, and said that the last book in the series would be published at 'our real President's inauguration later this year,' supporting debunked claims that the 2020 Presidential election was rigged.
'Well...many of you have mentioned to me that I should put my Poems into a book...I've published my first of a series of books...it is called 'MAHGA Warriors'...it is a collection of daily events with the poem that the events inspired from the dates of Nov 6th thru Jan 31...it is for sale now!!!' Steve wrote.
Sixty-six percent of the population in the US has received at least one dose of the vaccine
