Covid regrets

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A woman in Alabama whose 28-year-old son died of COVID-19 regrets not getting vaccinated and said his last words were 'this is not a hoax, this is real'



After losing her 28-year-old son to COVID-19, an Alabama mother said she regrets that her family didn't get the vaccine.

Christy Carpenter told The Washington Post that her family didn't get vaccinated because they had concerns about how soon it was rolled out.

"It took years to create other vaccines, and the coronavirus vaccine was created very quickly," she said. "It took watching my son die and me suffering the effects of COVID for us to realize we need the vaccine."

"We did not get vaccinated when we had the opportunity and regret that so much now," she added.


Her son, Curt Carpenter, was hospitalized after getting COVID-19 in March. He was placed on a ventilator after developing pneumonia. He died on May 2. His mother was also hospitalized with COVID-19, but was able to recover.

Carpenter told The Post that her son was healthy prior to catching the virus, and that he initially believed the pandemic to be a "hoax." She said his last words were, "This is not a hoax, this is real."

Many people have expressed regret over not getting vaccinated after being hospitalized with COVID-19 or watching a loved one struggle with or die from the disease. Meanwhile, authorities are trying to counteract vaccine hesitancy and encourage people to get the shot.

Alabama has the lowest vaccination rate of any US state, with about 34% of its population fully vaccinated, data compiled by the Mayo Clinic showed. As of Sunday, nearly 50% of the entire US population, or 163 million people, was fully vaccinated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Alabama is also among a group of states seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases as the more transmissible Delta variant rapidly spreads.

US health officials have said it's now a "pandemic of the unvaccinated," announcing last month that nearly all deaths from COVID-19 in the US were now among the unvaccinated.

More than 610,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

A woman in Alabama whose 28-year-old son died of COVID-19 regrets not getting vaccinated and said his last words were 'this is not a hoax, this is real'

"It took watching my son die and me suffering the effects of covid for us to realize we need the vaccine," Christy Carpenter told The Washington Post.

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She got vaccinated the day her fiance tested positive for COVID-19. It was too late for him.



Jessica DuPreez and her fiance of nearly three years, Micheal Freedy, wanted to give it a year before they rolled up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccine. But time wasn’t on their side.

DuPreez and Freedy were together for over seven years and met as co-workers at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino in Milwaukee. DuPreez loved how Freedy “could always just light up a room when he walked in.”
“His presence was always just so positive and so larger-than-life,” she told USA TODAY. “He was just awesome to be around.”
DuPreez and Freedy thought they were being cautious by waiting to get their shots. DuPreez never considered herself an anti-vaxxer.

She said the newness of the COVID-19 vaccine and the speed that it had been produced gave her and Freedy pause.
“I do believe in vaccines; I do believe wholeheartedly in this one,” DuPreez said. “We just wanted to wait like one year to see what everybody’s reactions were.”
While DuPreez and Freedy put off getting vaccinated, the couple pursued their travel plans.
About three weeks ago, DuPreez and Freedy, along with their five kids, left their Las Vegas home for a two-day trip to San Diego, California: a small getaway from the desert heat. DuPreez said it was an amazing time, especially for their children.
“None of our kids had ever been to the ocean, so they were loving that and they got to ride the rides at Belmont Park,” DuPreez said.

Freedy returned home with a “brutal” sunburn, purplish red in color with water blisters, and a number of symptoms: lack of appetite, restlessness, feverishness, dizziness and nausea. He stayed home from work the next two days; he couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep and was “hot to the touch.” But DuPreez said there was little concern because they chalked up these symptoms to his sunburn, as they thought he had come down with a case of sun poisoning.

DuPreez said Freedy went to the ER three days following their return from San Diego as his symptoms persisted. She said not much was made of Freedy’s condition at the time; the doctor who saw him just told him to drink some Gatorade. Freedy went to work that night.
However, Freedy continued feeling unwell and called in sick the next two days, DuPreez. He visited a different ER at the beginning of the following week, where a different conclusion was reached about his condition – Freedy tested positive for COVID-19.

“He’s panicking, saying how he doesn’t want to die and he doesn’t want to leave his babies without a dad,” DuPreez said.

DuPreez said Freedy’s young age – he had turned 39 a couple days before his diagnosis – and relatively good health offered her some reassurance at the time, which she tried to channel into encouragement. “I promise we’ll get through this,” she told him.

Freedy went back home, advised by doctors to stay hydrated with Pedialyte, rest and self-isolate.

But his condition rapidly worsened. He woke up DuPreez around 3 a.m. the following morning, according to her account of Freedy's illness on GoFundMe, telling her he couldn't breathe or stand up straight.
DuPreez took Freedy to the ER for his third visit in 96 hours. His blood oxygen level was low, and hospital staff were “surprised he was even able to walk and talk.” Scans found pneumonia in both of his lungs, DuPreez said.

It was a rapid decline DuPreez never saw coming.
“(I didn’t) realize when I was dropping him off at the ER because he couldn’t breathe that that was going to be the last time I held his hand while he was awake,” she said. “That I wasn’t going to be able to hug him again, that I wasn’t going to be able to sleep next to him ever again.”

Although DuPreez wasn’t able to see Freedy after this point, other than bringing him clothes and other items to the hospital, she said she still felt hopeful, even as an anxiety began to settle in.
DuPreez said Freedy was transferred to another hospital and then into an intermediate care unit to better meet his care needs. During one of their text conversations, Freedy expressed regret.
“I should have gotten the damn vaccine,” Freedy wrote, according to a report from FOX5.

After five days in the intermediate care unit and a week after his COVID-19 diagnosis, Freedy was taken to the ICU, DuPreez said. He was fully intubated and sedated within about two hours of his arrival, she added.

DuPreez said she was told by a nurse that night “to contact next of kin and to take all of his belongings home.”

DuPreez got up early the day her fiance died. She said she was planning on going to work that day and had to drop her kids off at her sister’s place across town. But she wanted to visit Freedy first.
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“I want to make sure he knows that I’m here,” DuPreez said.

When she arrived at the hospital, she thought there was good news. Freedy was in a new bed and some of his numbers had improved.
But soon his blood oxygen numbers plummeted. DuPreez said a nurse reassured her that this was normal.

Then Freedy’s numbers “bottomed out” and he no longer had a detectable pulse.
A “swarm of doctors and nurses” rushed in. DuPreez was promptly moved to the back of the room as the doctors performed chest compressions on him.

After 30 minutes of compressions, DuPreez said, one of the doctors came over to her and told her they had to stop. “We’ve done everything that we can.”

Brant Graves, one of Freedy’s best friends, normally works late and sleeps during the day. That day, he woke up “to a million text messages and missed phone calls,” all sharing a tone of sorrow – “Oh, that’s so sad” and “Oh, I’m so sorry.”
Graves said at first he couldn’t believe the news of Freedy’s passing.

“It was just very hard to realize that one of my best friends is just gone, and I’m never going to see him again,” Graves said.

Graves is “fully versed” in dealing with the harrowing realities of the coronavirus. He is a registered sleep technologist and spent three months “working side by side with nurses every single day on the frontline dealing with COVID patients and seeing them die left and right and seeing all the tragedy.”

He said he didn’t know Freedy was unvaccinated and that the only time they spoke of COVID-19 was in the in the context of working with pandemic restrictions, such as wearing face masks.
“It’s just a shame that he didn’t get it (the vaccine),” Graves said.

DuPreez said she and her oldest child were vaccinated the same day Freedy tested positive for COVID-19.

Looking back on her own experience, DuPreez said vaccine-hesitant people should push through their skepticism and get vaccinated.

“Even if you get a sore shoulder or you get a little sick, I would take a little sick over him not being here at this point,” DuPreez said.

She got vaccinated the day her fiance tested positive for COVID-19. It was too late for him.

Jessica DuPreez never considered herself an anti-vaxxer. But now she regrets not getting vaccinated for COVID-19 sooner.

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Vocal anti-vaccine broadcaster dies from COVID-19 complications
Friends say Dick Farrel encouraged them to get the vaccine after he was infected

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former South Florida talk show host Dick Farrel, known and beloved by fans for his over-the-top right-wing opinions, has died from complications from COVID-19.

On Facebook, Farrel advocated against getting the coronavirus vaccine and was skeptical of Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, and his recommendations concerning the coronavirus. Friends said after contracting the virus he changed his point of view.

"COVID took one of my best friends! RIP Dick Farrel. He is the reason I took the shot. He texted me and told me to 'Get it!' He told me this virus is no joke and he said, "I wish I had gotten it!" said Farrel's close friend Amy Leigh Hair on her Facebook page. She told WPTV, "I was one of one the people like him who didn't trust the vaccine. I trusted my immune system. I just became more afraid of getting COVID-19 than I was of any possible side effects of the vaccine. I'm glad I got vaccinated."

Former Market General Manager for CBS Radio West Palm Beach, Lee Strasser, remembered Farrel, whom he hired in the 1990s. "Dick was flamboyant, outrageous at times, and willing to take on any and all comers. He loved to engage with local politicians and pulled no punches," he said. "Was he right all the time? No... But he was "RIGHT" all the time, especially if you asked him. Did he stay out of trouble? Not always. Was he great with clients? Yes. Was he a pleasure in the building? Absolutely. Was he loyal? Unquestionably! Was he skilled? Yessir! His passing is a big loss. He was a kind-hearted person with a load of passion, and his memory will stand the test of time. We have all lost a friend in Farrel."

Radio veteran, and life-long friend, George Kalman, said, "We became such close friends that he would always call me for advice when applying for jobs or anything pertaining to radio. I was like a big brother to him. As I told [WPTV NewsChannel 5] on the phone I owned WFLN AM in Arcadia and WJUP FM in Jupiter. He did the morning show on WJUP and I did the afternoon show. For WFLN, Farrel was Production Director. After I retired and sold my stations in 2016 Farrel, went on to anchor for Newsmax and did voiceover work. Before I left for New York City [this] May he came over to my house in Jupiter for a bar-b-que and was doing fine. [The] problem is COVID got him. As you can imagine I am very upset about his demise and will miss him greatly."

Vocal anti-vaccine broadcaster dies from COVID-19 complications

Former South Florida talk show host Dick Farrel, known and beloved by fans for his over-the-top right-wing opinions, has died from complications from COVID-19.

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She got vaccinated the day her fiance tested positive for COVID-19. It was too late for him.



Jessica DuPreez and her fiance of nearly three years, Micheal Freedy, wanted to give it a year before they rolled up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccine. But time wasn’t on their side.

DuPreez and Freedy were together for over seven years and met as co-workers at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino in Milwaukee. DuPreez loved how Freedy “could always just light up a room when he walked in.”
“His presence was always just so positive and so larger-than-life,” she told USA TODAY. “He was just awesome to be around.”
DuPreez and Freedy thought they were being cautious by waiting to get their shots. DuPreez never considered herself an anti-vaxxer.

She said the newness of the COVID-19 vaccine and the speed that it had been produced gave her and Freedy pause.
“I do believe in vaccines; I do believe wholeheartedly in this one,” DuPreez said. “We just wanted to wait like one year to see what everybody’s reactions were.”
While DuPreez and Freedy put off getting vaccinated, the couple pursued their travel plans.
About three weeks ago, DuPreez and Freedy, along with their five kids, left their Las Vegas home for a two-day trip to San Diego, California: a small getaway from the desert heat. DuPreez said it was an amazing time, especially for their children.
“None of our kids had ever been to the ocean, so they were loving that and they got to ride the rides at Belmont Park,” DuPreez said.

Freedy returned home with a “brutal” sunburn, purplish red in color with water blisters, and a number of symptoms: lack of appetite, restlessness, feverishness, dizziness and nausea. He stayed home from work the next two days; he couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep and was “hot to the touch.” But DuPreez said there was little concern because they chalked up these symptoms to his sunburn, as they thought he had come down with a case of sun poisoning.

DuPreez said Freedy went to the ER three days following their return from San Diego as his symptoms persisted. She said not much was made of Freedy’s condition at the time; the doctor who saw him just told him to drink some Gatorade. Freedy went to work that night.
However, Freedy continued feeling unwell and called in sick the next two days, DuPreez. He visited a different ER at the beginning of the following week, where a different conclusion was reached about his condition – Freedy tested positive for COVID-19.

“He’s panicking, saying how he doesn’t want to die and he doesn’t want to leave his babies without a dad,” DuPreez said.

DuPreez said Freedy’s young age – he had turned 39 a couple days before his diagnosis – and relatively good health offered her some reassurance at the time, which she tried to channel into encouragement. “I promise we’ll get through this,” she told him.

Freedy went back home, advised by doctors to stay hydrated with Pedialyte, rest and self-isolate.

But his condition rapidly worsened. He woke up DuPreez around 3 a.m. the following morning, according to her account of Freedy's illness on GoFundMe, telling her he couldn't breathe or stand up straight.
DuPreez took Freedy to the ER for his third visit in 96 hours. His blood oxygen level was low, and hospital staff were “surprised he was even able to walk and talk.” Scans found pneumonia in both of his lungs, DuPreez said.

It was a rapid decline DuPreez never saw coming.
“(I didn’t) realize when I was dropping him off at the ER because he couldn’t breathe that that was going to be the last time I held his hand while he was awake,” she said. “That I wasn’t going to be able to hug him again, that I wasn’t going to be able to sleep next to him ever again.”

Although DuPreez wasn’t able to see Freedy after this point, other than bringing him clothes and other items to the hospital, she said she still felt hopeful, even as an anxiety began to settle in.
DuPreez said Freedy was transferred to another hospital and then into an intermediate care unit to better meet his care needs. During one of their text conversations, Freedy expressed regret.
“I should have gotten the damn vaccine,” Freedy wrote, according to a report from FOX5.

After five days in the intermediate care unit and a week after his COVID-19 diagnosis, Freedy was taken to the ICU, DuPreez said. He was fully intubated and sedated within about two hours of his arrival, she added.

DuPreez said she was told by a nurse that night “to contact next of kin and to take all of his belongings home.”

DuPreez got up early the day her fiance died. She said she was planning on going to work that day and had to drop her kids off at her sister’s place across town. But she wanted to visit Freedy first.
'He’s regretful': Radio host who doubted vaccines hospitalized with COVID, family says
'We're not here to place blame': WH responds to Ala. Gov. wanting to blame unvaccinated
“I want to make sure he knows that I’m here,” DuPreez said.

When she arrived at the hospital, she thought there was good news. Freedy was in a new bed and some of his numbers had improved.
But soon his blood oxygen numbers plummeted. DuPreez said a nurse reassured her that this was normal.

Then Freedy’s numbers “bottomed out” and he no longer had a detectable pulse.
A “swarm of doctors and nurses” rushed in. DuPreez was promptly moved to the back of the room as the doctors performed chest compressions on him.

After 30 minutes of compressions, DuPreez said, one of the doctors came over to her and told her they had to stop. “We’ve done everything that we can.”

Brant Graves, one of Freedy’s best friends, normally works late and sleeps during the day. That day, he woke up “to a million text messages and missed phone calls,” all sharing a tone of sorrow – “Oh, that’s so sad” and “Oh, I’m so sorry.”
Graves said at first he couldn’t believe the news of Freedy’s passing.

“It was just very hard to realize that one of my best friends is just gone, and I’m never going to see him again,” Graves said.

Graves is “fully versed” in dealing with the harrowing realities of the coronavirus. He is a registered sleep technologist and spent three months “working side by side with nurses every single day on the frontline dealing with COVID patients and seeing them die left and right and seeing all the tragedy.”

He said he didn’t know Freedy was unvaccinated and that the only time they spoke of COVID-19 was in the in the context of working with pandemic restrictions, such as wearing face masks.
“It’s just a shame that he didn’t get it (the vaccine),” Graves said.

DuPreez said she and her oldest child were vaccinated the same day Freedy tested positive for COVID-19.

Looking back on her own experience, DuPreez said vaccine-hesitant people should push through their skepticism and get vaccinated.

“Even if you get a sore shoulder or you get a little sick, I would take a little sick over him not being here at this point,” DuPreez said.

She got vaccinated the day her fiance tested positive for COVID-19. It was too late for him.

Jessica DuPreez never considered herself an anti-vaxxer. But now she regrets not getting vaccinated for COVID-19 sooner.

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Sounds like the basis of a script for a Lifetime or Hallmark Channel movie...

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She got vaccinated the day her fiance tested positive for COVID-19. It was too late for him.



Jessica DuPreez and her fiance of nearly three years, Micheal Freedy, wanted to give it a year before they rolled up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccine. But time wasn’t on their side.

DuPreez and Freedy were together for over seven years and met as co-workers at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino in Milwaukee. DuPreez loved how Freedy “could always just light up a room when he walked in.”
“His presence was always just so positive and so larger-than-life,” she told USA TODAY. “He was just awesome to be around.”
DuPreez and Freedy thought they were being cautious by waiting to get their shots. DuPreez never considered herself an anti-vaxxer.

She said the newness of the COVID-19 vaccine and the speed that it had been produced gave her and Freedy pause.
“I do believe in vaccines; I do believe wholeheartedly in this one,” DuPreez said. “We just wanted to wait like one year to see what everybody’s reactions were.”
While DuPreez and Freedy put off getting vaccinated, the couple pursued their travel plans.
About three weeks ago, DuPreez and Freedy, along with their five kids, left their Las Vegas home for a two-day trip to San Diego, California: a small getaway from the desert heat. DuPreez said it was an amazing time, especially for their children.
“None of our kids had ever been to the ocean, so they were loving that and they got to ride the rides at Belmont Park,” DuPreez said.

Freedy returned home with a “brutal” sunburn, purplish red in color with water blisters, and a number of symptoms: lack of appetite, restlessness, feverishness, dizziness and nausea. He stayed home from work the next two days; he couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep and was “hot to the touch.” But DuPreez said there was little concern because they chalked up these symptoms to his sunburn, as they thought he had come down with a case of sun poisoning.

DuPreez said Freedy went to the ER three days following their return from San Diego as his symptoms persisted. She said not much was made of Freedy’s condition at the time; the doctor who saw him just told him to drink some Gatorade. Freedy went to work that night.
However, Freedy continued feeling unwell and called in sick the next two days, DuPreez. He visited a different ER at the beginning of the following week, where a different conclusion was reached about his condition – Freedy tested positive for COVID-19.

“He’s panicking, saying how he doesn’t want to die and he doesn’t want to leave his babies without a dad,” DuPreez said.

DuPreez said Freedy’s young age – he had turned 39 a couple days before his diagnosis – and relatively good health offered her some reassurance at the time, which she tried to channel into encouragement. “I promise we’ll get through this,” she told him.

Freedy went back home, advised by doctors to stay hydrated with Pedialyte, rest and self-isolate.

But his condition rapidly worsened. He woke up DuPreez around 3 a.m. the following morning, according to her account of Freedy's illness on GoFundMe, telling her he couldn't breathe or stand up straight.
DuPreez took Freedy to the ER for his third visit in 96 hours. His blood oxygen level was low, and hospital staff were “surprised he was even able to walk and talk.” Scans found pneumonia in both of his lungs, DuPreez said.

It was a rapid decline DuPreez never saw coming.
“(I didn’t) realize when I was dropping him off at the ER because he couldn’t breathe that that was going to be the last time I held his hand while he was awake,” she said. “That I wasn’t going to be able to hug him again, that I wasn’t going to be able to sleep next to him ever again.”

Although DuPreez wasn’t able to see Freedy after this point, other than bringing him clothes and other items to the hospital, she said she still felt hopeful, even as an anxiety began to settle in.
DuPreez said Freedy was transferred to another hospital and then into an intermediate care unit to better meet his care needs. During one of their text conversations, Freedy expressed regret.
“I should have gotten the damn vaccine,” Freedy wrote, according to a report from FOX5.

After five days in the intermediate care unit and a week after his COVID-19 diagnosis, Freedy was taken to the ICU, DuPreez said. He was fully intubated and sedated within about two hours of his arrival, she added.

DuPreez said she was told by a nurse that night “to contact next of kin and to take all of his belongings home.”

DuPreez got up early the day her fiance died. She said she was planning on going to work that day and had to drop her kids off at her sister’s place across town. But she wanted to visit Freedy first.
'He’s regretful': Radio host who doubted vaccines hospitalized with COVID, family says
'We're not here to place blame': WH responds to Ala. Gov. wanting to blame unvaccinated
“I want to make sure he knows that I’m here,” DuPreez said.

When she arrived at the hospital, she thought there was good news. Freedy was in a new bed and some of his numbers had improved.
But soon his blood oxygen numbers plummeted. DuPreez said a nurse reassured her that this was normal.

Then Freedy’s numbers “bottomed out” and he no longer had a detectable pulse.
A “swarm of doctors and nurses” rushed in. DuPreez was promptly moved to the back of the room as the doctors performed chest compressions on him.

After 30 minutes of compressions, DuPreez said, one of the doctors came over to her and told her they had to stop. “We’ve done everything that we can.”

Brant Graves, one of Freedy’s best friends, normally works late and sleeps during the day. That day, he woke up “to a million text messages and missed phone calls,” all sharing a tone of sorrow – “Oh, that’s so sad” and “Oh, I’m so sorry.”
Graves said at first he couldn’t believe the news of Freedy’s passing.

“It was just very hard to realize that one of my best friends is just gone, and I’m never going to see him again,” Graves said.

Graves is “fully versed” in dealing with the harrowing realities of the coronavirus. He is a registered sleep technologist and spent three months “working side by side with nurses every single day on the frontline dealing with COVID patients and seeing them die left and right and seeing all the tragedy.”

He said he didn’t know Freedy was unvaccinated and that the only time they spoke of COVID-19 was in the in the context of working with pandemic restrictions, such as wearing face masks.
“It’s just a shame that he didn’t get it (the vaccine),” Graves said.

DuPreez said she and her oldest child were vaccinated the same day Freedy tested positive for COVID-19.

Looking back on her own experience, DuPreez said vaccine-hesitant people should push through their skepticism and get vaccinated.

“Even if you get a sore shoulder or you get a little sick, I would take a little sick over him not being here at this point,” DuPreez said.

She got vaccinated the day her fiance tested positive for COVID-19. It was too late for him.

Jessica DuPreez never considered herself an anti-vaxxer. But now she regrets not getting vaccinated for COVID-19 sooner.

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Surprised the hospital didn't test him for COVID the first time he went in....man went to work after that...wonder how many he infected

 

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Utah Family Shares Regret Over Not Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
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BY DEBBIE WORTHEN, KSL TV | AUGUST 6, 2021 AT 11:33 PM
UPDATED: AUGUST 7, 2021 AT 12:11 AM

UTAH COUNTY — A Utah County woman was convinced her faith-based decision to keep her family-of-six unvaccinated was right, but that feeling didn’t last long after her husband contracted a severe case of COVID-19. Now, he’s fighting for his life in the hospital.

Months ago, Mindy Greene’s husband, Russell, told her to decide what the family should do: vaccine or no vaccine.

She prayed about it and said she went forward with her answer: the family would be fine without it.

She felt good about it. Even when her two sons came home from summer camp with the Delta variant, she still felt like she had made the right decision.



“Even four or five days into it, I texted one of my friends. I’m like, ‘This ain’t bad,'” Mindy told KSL-TV.

That feeling didn’t last.

“Then, my husband got it,” said Mindy.

That’s when everything changed. Within four days, Russell was in the ICU.

That was July 1. He hasn’t been home since.

“When you come in, we call it COVID Row,” described Mindy. “Right now, we’re one of the lucky ones because my husband is still alive.”

Mindy shared her story because she said she knows there are so many others just like her who have been deceived by bad information from so-called experts online.

“I do believe it’s really hard to get an answer when the noise around you is so loud,” she said.

Mindy said she regrets that decision every minute of every day as she watches her once strong, healthy, outgoing 42-year old husband fight for his life.

“My husband was perfectly healthy,” she said with an exhausted look on her face.

She’s spent every day of the last six weeks by her husband’s side.

Russell has six chest-tubes, his lungs have holes where they’ve collapsed, and just Wednesday, he had another major surgery. A surgery, she said, doctors informed her afterwards, they were surprised he survived.

And while she’s been filled with regret, when they arrived at their first ICU in early July, she was mad.

Russell had some strong words for her.

“My husband told me, ‘You need to have faith that Jesus Christ still lives and miracles still happen or I won’t make it out alive,’” said Mindy.

So, she begrudgingly pushed forward with faith.

“I can tell you now, he was right that day,” she said.

Over the past several weeks, Mindy has come forward on social media, sharing her message of regret.

The New York Times flew to Utah to interview her.

She believes her husband knew far more than she did.

That article had more than a million views, and Mindy’s inbox has been flooded with messages of hope and prayer, which have buoyed her up and built her faith.

“I want people to know, that even in hard times, Christ lives, that miracles still happen, and that he’s still trying to protect us and he’s there to lift people that need to be lifted,” she said.

If she had to do it all over again, Mindy said she would get her family vaccinated, and she hopes others will look to credible sources, like trusted doctors and healthcare workers.
She believes people will change their anti-vaccine minds when they have accurate information.
If her faith was shaken, that moment is over as, she said, she sees daily miracles in her husband’s treatment.
“I still have those moments where I know he’s gonna be OK,” she said.
Her advice to those still vaccine-resistant isn’t overbearing or judgmental.
“Educate yourself with facts and then make the decision. Include the Lord in that process and he will help guide you,” said Mindy. “But, you can not make an educated decision on fear and lies.”
The doctor treating Russell believes he will pull through, but it’s still going to be a months-long recovery.
A GoFundMe* account has been set up to help cover the family’s medical bills.
*KSL-TV does not assure that the money deposited to the account will be applied for the benefit of the persons named as beneficiaries. If you are considering a deposit to the account, you should consult your own advisors and otherwise proceed at your own risk.

 

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Hated to hear that. But what about the person and money used to create covid? Do we praise them and help them create something even more deadlier than covid? Or do we put an end to something before it starts?

 

[HeathCliff]

Here is my contribution


A 42-year-old fitness fanatic was 'beating himself up' over his decision not to get vaccinated during his final days, his family said

• A 42-year-old British man who loved exercise and eating healthy died of COVID-19 last week.
• John Eyers didn't get vaccinated because he "felt that he would be ok," his family said.
• The father-of-one told doctors in his final days that he regretted his decision not to get a vaccine.
• See more stories on Insider's business page.

An unvaccinated 42-year-old fitness fanatic who regularly climbed mountains and competed in the ironman has died of COVID-19, his family said.

John Eyers, a construction expert and bodybuilding competitor from the seaside town of Southport, England, died last week, one month after catching the virus.

The father-of-one was a "healthy" and "very active" person who was climbing mountains and camping in the wilderness just four weeks before he got sick, his twin sister, Jenny McCann, said on Twitter.

Read more: All the differences between COVID-19 vaccines, summarized in a simple table

Social media pictures show Eyers' bouldering, cycling, running, and lifting weights. A friend who paid tribute to him on Facebook described him as "one of the most active and fit people I knew."

McCann told Sky News that her brother didn't get vaccinated because he "felt that he would be ok" and "didn't know anyone who had contracted COVID."

"Secondly, he had bought slightly into this age of disinformation that we are living in and some conspiracy theories about the safety of the vaccine and what's in [it]," she said, according to Sky News.



Before he was put onto a ventilator, he told his doctors he wished he had been vaccinated, she added.

"He was beating himself up and wished he had done it," McCann told Sky News, adding that he personally didn't tell her this because he was a "really proud and stubborn man."

Eyers' family is now encouraging people to get vaccinated.

His 19-year-old daughter, Macey May Curran, told the Liverpool Echo that her father was her "real-life superhero, my best friend, and my dad."

"Please, please, please get your vaccine, I was one of the young girls who only got the vaccine to go on 'holidays,' but now I've seen the reality of what COVID actually does to us," she said, according to the Echo. "Standing beside a hospital bed watching my dad and him not knowing I'm by his side kills me."

COVID-19 patients have increasingly spoken out about their regret of not getting the vaccine. So far, around 58% of the United Kingdom's population has been fully vaccinated, according to a Reuters tracker.

More than 130,000 people in the country have died from the virus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

 

[ORIGINAL NATION]

It is more like the Trayvon Martin crime scene. Make sure Zimmerman is rewarded for what he did and help him to do more. Covid was a real crime scene where the criminal is highly protected. Because of covid being created with are still having more deaths.

 

[ORIGINAL NATION]

A woman in Alabama whose 28-year-old son died of COVID-19 regrets not getting vaccinated and said his last words were 'this is not a hoax, this is real'



After losing her 28-year-old son to COVID-19, an Alabama mother said she regrets that her family didn't get the vaccine.

Christy Carpenter told The Washington Post that her family didn't get vaccinated because they had concerns about how soon it was rolled out.

"It took years to create other vaccines, and the coronavirus vaccine was created very quickly," she said. "It took watching my son die and me suffering the effects of COVID for us to realize we need the vaccine."

"We did not get vaccinated when we had the opportunity and regret that so much now," she added.


Her son, Curt Carpenter, was hospitalized after getting COVID-19 in March. He was placed on a ventilator after developing pneumonia. He died on May 2. His mother was also hospitalized with COVID-19, but was able to recover.

Carpenter told The Post that her son was healthy prior to catching the virus, and that he initially believed the pandemic to be a "hoax." She said his last words were, "This is not a hoax, this is real."

Many people have expressed regret over not getting vaccinated after being hospitalized with COVID-19 or watching a loved one struggle with or die from the disease. Meanwhile, authorities are trying to counteract vaccine hesitancy and encourage people to get the shot.

Alabama has the lowest vaccination rate of any US state, with about 34% of its population fully vaccinated, data compiled by the Mayo Clinic showed. As of Sunday, nearly 50% of the entire US population, or 163 million people, was fully vaccinated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Alabama is also among a group of states seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases as the more transmissible Delta variant rapidly spreads.

US health officials have said it's now a "pandemic of the unvaccinated," announcing last month that nearly all deaths from COVID-19 in the US were now among the unvaccinated.

More than 610,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

A woman in Alabama whose 28-year-old son died of COVID-19 regrets not getting vaccinated and said his last words were 'this is not a hoax, this is real'

"It took watching my son die and me suffering the effects of covid for us to realize we need the vaccine," Christy Carpenter told The Washington Post.

www.businessinsider.com

It almost seems like the people that have been vaccinated wish something would happen to all the people not vaccinated. Almost like a promotion of what is going on. I do not wish any harm on the ones vaccinated. But I do wish the whole truth gets exposed. We are tired of being buried in these mass murder plots. We are not blinded to all the killing white power was doing before this pandemic ever happened. Now they just got killers that cannot blow the whistle. They are still working on using their brainwashed programmed assassins to use them when the time comes.

 

[easy_b]

This should go a few pages

 

[slewdem100]

Here is my contribution


A 42-year-old fitness fanatic was 'beating himself up' over his decision not to get vaccinated during his final days, his family said

• A 42-year-old British man who loved exercise and eating healthy died of COVID-19 last week.
• John Eyers didn't get vaccinated because he "felt that he would be ok," his family said.
• The father-of-one told doctors in his final days that he regretted his decision not to get a vaccine.
• See more stories on Insider's business page.

An unvaccinated 42-year-old fitness fanatic who regularly climbed mountains and competed in the ironman has died of COVID-19, his family said.

John Eyers, a construction expert and bodybuilding competitor from the seaside town of Southport, England, died last week, one month after catching the virus.

The father-of-one was a "healthy" and "very active" person who was climbing mountains and camping in the wilderness just four weeks before he got sick, his twin sister, Jenny McCann, said on Twitter.

Read more: All the differences between COVID-19 vaccines, summarized in a simple table

Social media pictures show Eyers' bouldering, cycling, running, and lifting weights. A friend who paid tribute to him on Facebook described him as "one of the most active and fit people I knew."

McCann told Sky News that her brother didn't get vaccinated because he "felt that he would be ok" and "didn't know anyone who had contracted COVID."

"Secondly, he had bought slightly into this age of disinformation that we are living in and some conspiracy theories about the safety of the vaccine and what's in [it]," she said, according to Sky News.



Before he was put onto a ventilator, he told his doctors he wished he had been vaccinated, she added.

"He was beating himself up and wished he had done it," McCann told Sky News, adding that he personally didn't tell her this because he was a "really proud and stubborn man."

Eyers' family is now encouraging people to get vaccinated.

His 19-year-old daughter, Macey May Curran, told the Liverpool Echo that her father was her "real-life superhero, my best friend, and my dad."

"Please, please, please get your vaccine, I was one of the young girls who only got the vaccine to go on 'holidays,' but now I've seen the reality of what COVID actually does to us," she said, according to the Echo. "Standing beside a hospital bed watching my dad and him not knowing I'm by his side kills me."

COVID-19 patients have increasingly spoken out about their regret of not getting the vaccine. So far, around 58% of the United Kingdom's population has been fully vaccinated, according to a Reuters tracker.

More than 130,000 people in the country have died from the virus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Crazy

 

[keith6]

Vocal anti-vaccine broadcaster dies from COVID-19 complications
Friends say Dick Farrel encouraged them to get the vaccine after he was infected

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former South Florida talk show host Dick Farrel, known and beloved by fans for his over-the-top right-wing opinions, has died from complications from COVID-19.

On Facebook, Farrel advocated against getting the coronavirus vaccine and was skeptical of Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, and his recommendations concerning the coronavirus. Friends said after contracting the virus he changed his point of view.

"COVID took one of my best friends! RIP Dick Farrel. He is the reason I took the shot. He texted me and told me to 'Get it!' He told me this virus is no joke and he said, "I wish I had gotten it!" said Farrel's close friend Amy Leigh Hair on her Facebook page. She told WPTV, "I was one of one the people like him who didn't trust the vaccine. I trusted my immune system. I just became more afraid of getting COVID-19 than I was of any possible side effects of the vaccine. I'm glad I got vaccinated."

Former Market General Manager for CBS Radio West Palm Beach, Lee Strasser, remembered Farrel, whom he hired in the 1990s. "Dick was flamboyant, outrageous at times, and willing to take on any and all comers. He loved to engage with local politicians and pulled no punches," he said. "Was he right all the time? No... But he was "RIGHT" all the time, especially if you asked him. Did he stay out of trouble? Not always. Was he great with clients? Yes. Was he a pleasure in the building? Absolutely. Was he loyal? Unquestionably! Was he skilled? Yessir! His passing is a big loss. He was a kind-hearted person with a load of passion, and his memory will stand the test of time. We have all lost a friend in Farrel."

Radio veteran, and life-long friend, George Kalman, said, "We became such close friends that he would always call me for advice when applying for jobs or anything pertaining to radio. I was like a big brother to him. As I told [WPTV NewsChannel 5] on the phone I owned WFLN AM in Arcadia and WJUP FM in Jupiter. He did the morning show on WJUP and I did the afternoon show. For WFLN, Farrel was Production Director. After I retired and sold my stations in 2016 Farrel, went on to anchor for Newsmax and did voiceover work. Before I left for New York City [this] May he came over to my house in Jupiter for a bar-b-que and was doing fine. [The] problem is COVID got him. As you can imagine I am very upset about his demise and will miss him greatly."

Vocal anti-vaccine broadcaster dies from COVID-19 complications

Former South Florida talk show host Dick Farrel, known and beloved by fans for his over-the-top right-wing opinions, has died from complications from COVID-19.

www.wptv.com

 

[yureeka9]

I love stories like these! Keep em' coming!

 

[HeathCliff]

Crazy

I now use him as a case study for all these weirdos out here saying all you need to do is take vitamin C, workout and keep your body healthy

 

[easy_b]

I now use him as a case study for all these weirdos out here saying all you need to do is take vitamin C, workout and keep your body healthy

Most of those weirdos are Russians so people need not to listen to them

 

[Built4Life]

I now use him as a case study for all these weirdos out here saying all you need to do is take vitamin C, workout and keep your body healthy

I personally know two guys who were into fitness, ate well, no preexisting conditions and led an active lifestyle great shape. You don't know how it is gonna affect you so why even take the chance.

 

[slewdem100]

I now use him as a case study for all these weirdos out here saying all you need to do is take vitamin C, workout and keep your body healthy

Yeah he should have been good....crazy ass disease....I have seen people with cancer beat COVID and this fit healthy dude is dead

 

[TENT]

The unvaccinated people are the cause of the spread of the virus and the variants.

None is truly safe because of them.

You truly might be the retarded. Something is wrong with you.

It almost seems like the people that have been vaccinated wish something would happen to all the people not vaccinated. Almost like a promotion of what is going on. I do not wish any harm on the ones vaccinated. But I do wish the whole truth gets exposed. We are tired of being buried in these mass murder plots. We are not blinded to all the killing white power was doing before this pandemic ever happened. Now they just got killers that cannot blow the whistle. They are still working on using their brainwashed programmed assassins to use them when the time comes.

 

[respiration]

Subbed.

 

[ORIGINAL NATION]

The unvaccinated people are the cause of the spread of the virus and the variants.

None is truly safe because of them.

You truly might be the retarded. Something is wrong with you.

I see nothing retarded about asking questions. And that what you said could not be true. And if this shit was created for a purpose we seem to care nothing about that. Let the demons figure how to kill more of us seem to be what is really happening. But I do not believe that the unvaccinated people are the cause of the spread of the virus and the variants. Damn near everybody has came into contact with this virus. How they really spread it is a mystery right now. But people that got rid of it naturally are no different than the people who rushed to the vaccine. Something is wrong with our trust and desire to always follow and stay under the control of white people.

 

[respiration]

It almost seems like the people that have been vaccinated wish something would happen to all the people not vaccinated.

We don’t want you to die.

 

[TENT]

Mystery to you.

I see nothing retarded about asking questions. And that what you said could not be true. And if this shit was created for a purpose we seem to care nothing about that. Let the demons figure how to kill more of us seem to be what is really happening. But I do not believe that the unvaccinated people are the cause of the spread of the virus and the variants. Damn near everybody has came into contact with this virus. How they really spread it is a mystery right now. But people that got rid of it naturally are no different than the people who rushed to the vaccine. Something is wrong with our trust and desire to always follow and stay under the control of white people.

 

[ORIGINAL NATION]

We don’t want you to die.

We do not want to die. Maybe they are using the fear of death to get some things done. It is not like we are trusting people that really have our best interest in mind or else life would not be the way it is now.

 

[respiration]

We do not want to die. Maybe they are using the fear of death to get some things done. It is not like we are trusting people that really have our best interest in mind or else life would not be the way it is now.

We just don’t want you to end up like the people in these stories, regretting too late that they didn’t take a vaccine that could have saved their lives.