Kurt Carpenter, 28, Pell City, Ala. thought COVID-19 was a hoax. Now he's dead from COVID-19

According to this story, Kurt Carpenter thought that COVID-19 was a hoax.

According to his mother Christy, "Kurt thought COVID was a hoax and did not take it seriously, until he could not breathe without the oxygen. The same day he was put on the ventilator, he told us, 'This is not a hoax, this is real."