Yes, this story would be “heartbreaking” if it were true. But this blue-check did not lose his 6-year-old daughter to COVID-19:
Heartbreaking. 6 year daughter started school last week. Got Covid-19 in school and just passed away. Killed her in 7 days.
— Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) September 19, 2020
You see, 50,000+ likes and 24 hours later he gets around to telling everyone that it’s a daughter of the world who died:
This is heartbreaking. Some of you thought she’s my daughter! She is not my daughter! She is everyone's daughter if schools reopen in an Covid-19 infected areas
— Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) September 20, 2020
“Shameful”:
More than 53,000 likes for a tweet speaking about a fictitious 6-year-old daughter that doesn’t actually exist. Mohammad – I have a 6-year-old daughter. She’s going back to school next week. It is shameful to conjure up something like this. Please delete. https://t.co/Rdn3QE34o9
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) September 20, 2020
But, hey, mission accomplished:
The classic old fake-daughter’s-death-for-clout play. Can be a tough move to execute, will attract critics. But you know the saying in this game: the numbers are the numbers. pic.twitter.com/TPr8KzFptj
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) September 20, 2020
Note that it’s not just us calling him out. This is Farhad Manjoo of the New York Time:
this is insane!
— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) September 20, 2020
And Ryan Grim from The Intercept:
And note that there’s a day between the post and the clarification that it’s a lie. Gotta leave time to rack up those numbers.
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) September 20, 2020
We don’t know what story he’s referring to, but a 6-year-old girl did reportedly die from COVID-19 in Florida in late August, but not much was released about her death.
CNN: “It’s unclear whether she contracted the virus after being in contact with a known case or if her infection was travel related.”
A 6-year-old girl from Hillsborough County became the youngest person to die from coronavirus complications in Florida, health officials say. https://t.co/JwJ1eadCPh
— CNN (@CNN) August 21, 2020
Good advice:
You should delete this
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) September 21, 2020
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