NATIONWIDE – Despite his death on July 30, which has been attributed to the novel coronavirus, Herman Cain’s team and his family members continue to tweet from his official Twitter account.
A Monday morning tweet, which was quickly deleted, stated that “It looks like the virus is not as deadly as the mainstream media first made it out to be.”
Cain, who was hospitalized for several weeks with the virus before succumbing to it, was a presidential candidate at one time and was a pizza mogul.
Prior to his death, Cain attended a rally for President Donald Trump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which largely eschewed social distancing and facial masks.
Monday’s tweet included a link to an article by the conservative news website Western Journal. The article concerns recent information released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that states COVID-19 was the only factor in 6 percent of deaths attributed to the virus. The rest of them, the report states, also involved pre-existing conditions.
The CDC report has been misconstrued by some as a case of the health agency now downplaying the threat of the virus. However, a person with respiratory illness or another condition may become much more ill or die if COVID-19 is added to the mix.
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This isn’t the first time Cain has tweeted “from beyond the grave.” On August 13, the account criticized Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamla Harris.