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Joe Exotic is taking a Patrick Henry approach to the possibility of capturing COVID-19 – if the world gives you COVID, give him death too … or something like that.
TMZ obtained an email that the ‘Tigre King’ sent to his Tigre Team – which is also helping him in his forgiveness efforts – and clearly shows his intentions … JE DOES NOT want to be put on a fan at the worst scenario if he gets coronavirus.
He writes: “I have completed an advance directive not to be placed on a respirator or life support device if I receive COVID.” He goes on to say that people are falling like flies in the prison he is in Fort Worth … adding that employees and inmates are getting sicker every day.
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He’s not entirely wrong about the numbers … FMC Fort Worth has a list of 12 COVID-related deaths, with 58 inmates and 27 currently positive employees. That said, FMC has a decently high recovery rate – 650 inmates and combined officials beat ‘Rona.
As to why Joe chose death instead of being kept alive … his representative, Eric Love, tells us that it is a quality of life problem, which Joe embraced even before the pandemic arrived.