A 66-YEAR-OLD Pastor who slammed the coronavirus 'hysteria' has died from the disease, after he travelled from Virginia to preach at Mardi Gras.
Pastor Landon Spradlin died in a North Carolina hospital on Tuesday, after eight days in intensive care battling the deadly virus.
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He had performed with his family band in New Orleans during the Mardi Gras celebrations before he fell ill.
Jesse Spradlin, the Pastor's daughter, told the BBC: "We just never thought out father would pass because of this.
"But he wasn't the type of person to just live in fear and let it rob him of the joy of the life that he had."
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She also spoke of his father's mission, saying it "was to go into pubs, clubs and bars, play the blues and connect with musicians and just tell that Jesus loved them."
In a social media post on March 14, the pastor shared a photo comparing swine flu with the coronavirus, and dubbing criticism of President Donald Trump's coronavirus management being politically motivated as "mass hysteria".
Naomi Spradlin, another of the pastor's daughters, said: "I don't even remember us talking about the virus.
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"With what's happened we keep looking back, and we didn't talk about it once."
Landon Isaac, the pastor's son, said: "He didn't put up that post because he was frustrated that the media was propagating fear as the main mode of communication.
"I want to say outright though, dad didn't think it was a hoax, he knew it was a real virus."
source: sundaily
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