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Emergency Medicine Doctor & Iraq War veteran on the frontlines of the pandemic interested in global health crises. #SoulsLostToCovid

Jul 23, 2021, 10 tweets

34 y.o. anti-vaxxer Stephen Harmon died from COVID on July 21. On June 3rd he posted a tweet saying "I got 99 problems but a vax ain’t one." Please #GetVaccinated and wear a mask. #SoulsLostToCovid californianewstimes.com/anti-vax-hills…

47 y.o. Fernanda Hernandez Vega from Tolleson #Arizona died from a pulmonary embolism due to COVID on July 13. She was not vaccinated due to concerns about potential side effects. She leaves a husband, 4 children & 10 grandchildren #SoulsLostToCovid fox10phoenix.com/news/she-was-m…

28 y.o. Curt Carpenter from #Alabama died from COVID. His mom shared: "Curt thought COVID was a hoax & did not take it seriously, until he couldn't breathe w/o oxygen. The same day he was put on the ventilator, he told us, 'This is not a hoax, this is real." #SoulsLostToCovid

Even as mom grieves the loss of her son, she wants to open up about her family's experience as COVID-19 cases begin to rise again in the state and highly contagious variants are spreading. montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/202…

Darren Westbrook, firefighter with the Fort Payne Fire Department in #Alabama died from COVID on July 22, 2021 after a month long battle. He supported the Muscular Dystrophy Association for years helping a multitude of children. #SoulsLostToCovid times-journal.com/article_f3dc3a…

Phil Valentine, 61, conservative radio talk-show host who told followers they were "probably safer not getting" the COVID vaccine if they weren't high risk is now hospitalized in serious condition with COVID. His family says "PLEASE GO GET VACCINATED!" businessinsider.com/conservative-r…

"Phil would like for his listeners to know that while he has never been an 'anti-vaxer' he regrets not being more vehemently 'Pro-Vaccine' & looks forward to being able to more vigorously advocate that position as soon as he is back on the air" the family said.

Martin Daniel, 53, & wife Trina, 49, from #Georgia died from COVID. Martin was a Tuskegee Univ. grad & the government’s syphilis experiments on Black men during the 30s influenced their choice not to get vaccinated. Their kids are 15 & 18 #SoulsLostToCovid wjcl.com/article/savann…

46 y.o. Brandon Haynes from #Louisiana died from COVID. "I asked him to take the vaccine & he wouldn't. The best way I can honor him is to request friends and family members take the vaccine.” Mom provided a vaccine clinic at his funeral #SoulsLostToCovid

Las Vegas Metro SWAT Sgt. Tom Jenkins, a former COVID skeptic, pleads with unvaccinated people to #GetVaccinatedNow. "It feels like somebody put a bag around your head and duct taped your neck, where you can't breathe" #TheySurvivedCovid lasvegassun.com/news/2021/jul/…

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