"Desperate", Not "Defiant" - COVID Death of Michigan Diner Owner
John Parney chose to keep his restaurant open during a partial shutdown order in December 2020 while his wife was battling cancer
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John Parney chose to keep his restaurant open during a partial shutdown order in December 2020 while his wife was battling cancer
John Parney said he kept the Quincy Diner open partly to pay for medical bills. The south Michigan man wasn't vaccinated when he got infected, but pledged during his illness he would, arguing "the battle, at this point, was worse than any training he endured in the military."
John Parney chose to keep his restaurant open during a partial shutdown order in December 2020 while his wife was battling cancer
John Parney chose to keep his restaurant open during a partial shutdown order in December 2020 while his wife was battling cancer
From the Associated Press — A man who defied state orders and kept his restaurant open last year during the pandemic, partly to pay medical bills, has died of