Fact Check: Did the Texas woman who passed away due to Coronavirus, call it a hoax?

While coronavirus pandemic has gripped population at large around world, re has been news regarding some people t believing in concept of COVID-19. One such famous story that has been doing rounds on social media is story of a Texas woman, who sadly lost her life due to coronavirus. Social media claims that patient had made shared a Facebook post about how COVID-19 is a hoax and that real reason behind all of this is  people who are trying to bring down government. 

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As per social media sources, a Texas woman, who passed away after extracting coronavirus, had shared a post that called it a 'hoax' and a way of biological warfare in bringing down government. After she was tested positive with coronavirus, patient's family had started a GoFundMe p, asking people to donate for her treatment. Later, an obituary was posted on p that she passed away on April 2, 2020. Here is a tweet related to this issue:

While tweet has picture of GoFundMe p, it is t an updated picture. donations for Sehlke family has w reached $35,090. obituary w shared on GoFundMe p claims that donations will go towards health and medical expenses of her two sons, Austin and Blake. 

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patient had shared a post on March 14 on how coronavirus is an impeachment hoax against government of US. post describes how  disease sudden sprung up and also spoke of possibility that some powerful sources control virus and are spreading it with aim of biological warfare. It urges people in her post to leave hand sanitizer and have a sense of direction as it will help one go a long way. Below is chain mess clipping shared by a user on March 13. This same mess was reportedly posted by patient and can be seen shared by many on social media:

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Karen claimed coronavirus to be an impeachment hoax

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Social media is pouring over  clipping of Karen's shared post and along with fact that she passed away due to COVID-19. Many are sending out ir condolences while using Karen as an example to take issue of pandemic seriously and take care of oneself. re are people with similar thoughts and feelings as Karen and hence y are being made aware of seriousness of this issue through Karen's example. incident is eye-opening for all those who are t taking coronavirus seriously.

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Karen Kolb Sehlke obituary

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In picture given below, one can see how people have been searching for Karen Kolb Sehlke on internet. searches reached its peak on April 6, 2020, at 5.30 PM. searches are being done on a significant scale, as seen by constant rise and fall of graph.

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