Like us on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/TheSunUSand follow us from our main Twitter account at@TheSunUS, Mom 'stabs 3 of her kids to death and wounds 2 others in unsupervised visit', Daughter of murdered couple linked to Delphi case reveals paranoia, Serena Williams stepmom's debts continue to spiral amid crumbling home battle, Alex Murdaugh heckled after court with eerie warning about son being 'next', 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Kelly Ernby died on January 4 from Covid-19 complications. Kelly Ernby, a presumed candidate for the state Assembly in 2022, was only 46 years old. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic During an online town hall event, she told the audience that she did not "think that the government should be involved in mandating what vaccines people are taking.". The district attorney's office later confirmed her death. News | Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer devoted a lengthy Twitter thread to Ernby on Monday, calling her an incredibly vibrant and passionate attorney who cared deeply about the work that we do as prosecutorsand deeply about the community we all fight so hard to protect., It was an absolute privilege to fight the good fight alongside Kelly, Spitzer wrote. WebUSA TODAY 0:00 0:42 Kelly Ernby, a deputy district attorney in Orange County, California, and vocal opponent of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, died at the age of 46. She was gardening, a blood clot took her life. She told rally-goers that "there's nothing that matters more than our freedoms right now.". Amy Phan West who also spoke with Ernby and Wagner at the Dec. 4 rally in Irvine and is running for Congress against Rep. Katie Porter didnt respond to questions about whether Ernbys death might influence her stance on such issues going forward or if shes personally vaccinated. "My heart is broken and I'm in tears. Ernby's death unleashed a torrent of reaction on the internet. via Facebook A deputy district attorney and up-and-coming Republican political star in Californias Orange County has died abruptly after telling friends she contracted COVID-19.Kelly Ernby, a presumed candidate for the state Assembly in 2022, was only 46 years old. Even worse than death, to me, is a stroke. The Orange County Republicans, for whom Ernby had served as the precinct operations chair, said news of her death had caused great sadness., The group noted only that Ernby had died unexpectedly after a brief illness, saying we have hope in this tragedy because we know she had a deep faith.. The politician's comments announced Ernby's passing as they took to Twitter to provide kind thoughts and express their sadness after losing her to Covid-19. He is an East Bay native who has a Master's degree in journalism from Stanford University. The president said the government has doubled its order of Pfizer's COVID treatment pill from 10 million to 20 million. She received an award in 2019 for significant contributions to environmental enforcement from the California District Attorneys Association's Environmental project. We don't hear about it so often now, but it used to make the news in early 2020 - when people caught Covid, suddenly took a turn for the worse and passed away in hours. Ernbys husband, Mattias Ernby, appeared to confirm his wife had not been vaccinated in response to a Facebook user who claimed she had died of blood clots after getting vaccinated. I think thats a decision between doctors and their patients. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? According to the Los Angeles Times, she fell ill shortly after speaking out against Blood clots are a known complication from Covid, but also consider, and die from it. "Kelly as a person was a breath of fresh air interested in politics," said Don Wagner, an Orange County supervisor. He also wrote something to that effectbut have not verifiedon his Facebook post about her death. ", Eric Ting is SFGATE's politics editor. Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs. That was the problem, he posted Monday evening, 12 days before what would have been the couples seventh anniversary. I've known her for several years. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Ernby prosecuted environmental and consumer crimes. Staff writer Alicia Robinson contributed to this report. CVST with thrombocytopenia is a rare subtype of cerebrovascular accident, with an incidence of 5.0 per million in those receiving Vaxzevria and 4.1 per million in those receiving mRNA based vaccines, and the prevalence is three times greater in younger to middle aged women (mean age 35), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8400504/. "Kelly was an incredibly vibrant and passionate attorney who cared deeply about the work that we do as prosecutors and deeply about the community we all fight so hard to protect," Spitzer said in a Facebook post. Orange County Deputy District Attorney Kelly Ernby, a vocal opponent of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, has died at age 46 after contracting COVID-19. I have no time to look further. A rising Republican star out of California has died from Covid-19 just weeks after lashing out at vaccine mandates during a right-wing rally. "I have received over 200 emails, DMs or tweets with death threats, people praising my friend's death and/or those calling for us to die in the last 24 hours," Chapman wrote. Southern California deputy DA dies of COVID-19 complications COVID treatment pill: President Biden doubles order to Pfizer. Now is the time to come together in mourning and celebrate her life. COVID-19 and the Blood | NHLBI, NIH COVID-19 vaccines are highly protective at protecting against severe illness and death. "I never heard Kelly say, 'Don't get a vaccine,'" he said. Despite the news, Republicans leaders who counted 46-year-old Ernby as a friend and who agreed with her opposition of vaccine mandates said Tuesday that their positions havent changed. She was expected to once again run for the Assembly this year. California Deputy DA Who Fought Vaccine Mandate Dies Abruptly I had to get a stent. Consider another California death where official manner of death was filed as undetermined for a 15-year-old Santa Rosa boy who died within 48 hours of getting his second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. . Disregard the mean vicious comments. I love you @KellyErnby ! I lost a dear friend to Covid complications. In a sad sign of the times, Ernbys death also led to a public feud between anti-vaxxers and pro-vaxxers in the comments section of her Facebook page, with pro-vaxxers posting memes appearing to mock her death and anti-vaxxers falsely claiming she had died as a result of the COVID-19 jab. Must have been the dreaded cytokine storm. This was her first run as a political neophyte hoping to win the 74th California Assembly seat. WebA blood clot is also called a thrombus. Ernby died of complications due to COVID-19 but Wagner says she was home when it happened. The Big Bear native got her start teaching high school English and journalism in Riverside County but left in 2006 to be a student again herself, earning a masters degree in journalism from New York University. It was not immediately clear where or how she contracted the virus. Brooke joined the Orange County Register in January 2013, covering local communities, cannabis and politics before starting on the environment beat for SCNG in July 2022. She was not in the hospital suffering from COVID, he said. Some commenters went further, sharing Darwin signs and saying theyve run out of sympathy for the unvaccinated particularly those who publicly sow distrust in vaccines as the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 soars above 826,000 people. My heart is broken and I'm in tears. She was not in the hospital She News | The TPUSA rally she spoke at shortly before falling ill with Covid-19 is not the only time Ms Ernby voiced her opposition to vaccine mandates. In a sad sign of the times, Ernbys death also led to a public feud between anti-vaxxers and pro-vaxxers in the comments section of her Facebook page, with pro-vaxxers posting memes appearing to mock her death and anti-vaxxers falsely claiming she had died as a result of the COVID-19 jab. WebHow did Kelly Ernby die? Follow Jordan Mendoza on Twitter:@jordan_mendoza5. Anti-mandate activist Kelly Ernby was not vaccinated when she "That was the problem.". WebOrange County Deputy District Attorney Kelly Ernby, who ran for state Assembly in 2020 and had become a leader with the Republican Party of Orange County, has died suddenly, a Ernby was the precinct operations chair for the group and a known oppositionist to Covid-19 vaccine mandates. Ernby ran for the state assembly in 2020 in an attempt to unseat Cottie Petrie-Norris but lost in the primary election. WebA rising Republican star out of California has died from Covid-19 just weeks after lashing out at vaccine mandates during a right-wing rally. Ernby died of complications due to COVID-19 but Wagner says she was home when it happened. Kelly Ernby, the deputy district attorney of Blood Clots The following is a screen shot of the Death Investigation Report which states: After extensive research, additional testing, and collaboration with numerous other entities, the cause of death was determined to be:STRESS CARDIOMYOPATHY WITH PERIVASCULAR CORONARY ARTERY INFLAMMATION (hours to days), due to, UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY IN SETTING OF RECENT PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINATION (days).There were no other significant conditions contributing to the death listed. Kelly Ernby had reportedly spoken out against vaccine mandates at a Turning Point USA rally shortly before she became ill. A deputy district attorney and up-and-coming Republican political star in Californias Orange County has died abruptly after telling friends she contracted COVID-19. If the time taken is longer than for a normal blood sample, this means one or more clotting factors are absent or low. Kelly Ernby, a Ernby ran for state Assembly in 2020 and was poised to do so again in 2022.