Fnord wrote:
Dr. Brytney Cobia, who works at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, wrote: "I'm admitting young healthy people to the hospital with very serious COVID infections. One of the last things they do before they're intubated is beg me for the vaccine. I hold their hand and tell them that I'm sorry, but it's too late."
Of all her patients being treated for COVID-19 related illnesses, only one person had been vaccinated. That patient needed oxygen but is expected to fully recover.
She said that while she may have initially tried to feel that unvaccinated patients made their own choice, she feels bad for them when they are "face to face". She also noted how misinformation about COVID and the vaccines results in people not always making the best decisions for themselves.
State officials in Alabama recently reported that:
• 94 percent of COVID hospital patients since April have not been fully vaccinated.
• 96 percent of Alabamians who have died of COVID since April were unvaccinated.
• More than 11,400 people from the state have died from COVID.
Source: This Newsweek Article On a more personal note, so far, 11 of my friends and relatives have died of covid in the last year. None of them had received the vaccine. Every one of them had an unfounded (e.g., "lame") excuse:
• "Christians don't get covid."
• "Covid is a political hoax."
• "I megadose on vitamin D so I won't get covid."
• "It's just like a bad flu."
• "People with my blood type don't get covid."
• "The vaccines are nothing but salt-water."
• "The vaccines cause autism."
• "The vaccines cause covid."
• "The vaccines contain microchips."
• "White people don't get covid."
Every one of them begged for the vaccine before they were intubated. For some of them, those were the last words they ever spoke. Now they are all dead. *hugs* I'm so sorry for your loss. I cannot believe some of the excuses you have listed here! People are ridiculous!
I've lost 3 family members so far to COVID. All were unvaccinated. My uncle was the most recent of these (caught the delta variant), and he was a hoaxer/devout Christian who refused to wear a mask or get a vaccine. He was young and fairly healthy. His family is heartbroken and shocked over his loss.
My in-laws are antivaxxers (more leftist politics, however). They are irked because we refuse to visit them. Their excuses are:
"I'm healthy and I am going to let my immune system do its job."
"Vaccines are toxic and I'm not going to take them (they also think vaccines cause autism).
I'm extremely concerned for them. They live in Alabama, where vaccination rates are low and infection rates are high. Hospitals are over capacity down here, and ambulances are LITERALLY waiting in lines to try to get patients help. It is similar here in Georgia.
Side note: I often fear going out wearing a mask (but do it anyway) because there is a risk of being harassed for doing so. My partner will drive to multiple gas stations (to find an empty one) so he doesn't have to risk being harassed or worse.
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