Travis Campbell, 43, from Bristol Virginia has been hospitalized more than a week due to the #DeltaVariant, which also infected his wife & two children. The unvaccinated man is adamant about making videos encouraging others to get vaccinated now nbcnews.com/news/us-news/v…
Travis Campbell: I messed up big time you guys. I didn't get the vaccine. That's ok I made a mistake. I admit it, and I'm taking responsibility. Don't fall.. for all the TV rhetoric and social media, just protect yourself.
Travis Campbell is turning pain into purpose by warning others about this deadly virus. I'm praying he gets better! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
In August, Sara Montoya, 43, from El Paso #Texas died from COVID after posting a Facebook live video about her illness
In January, Chuck Stacey from Florida regretted doubting COVID's seriousness after becoming severely ill from the virus.
Last July, Freddie Garza from #Texas died from COVID. He took to social media to warn people saying "Covid ain't no joke!"
John Place from Florida was on life support due to COVID. He posted this video after waking up in November: "I'm alive! Wear your mask, stay your distance, it's real!... It's the worst experience I've been through in my life."
Dr. John Vanchiere, Chief of LSU Health Shreveport Dept of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases: Children in Louisiana have DIED of COVID and more unfortunately will DIE. This is not a time for politics or threatening lawsuits about masks. MASKS SAVE LIVES!
.@LouisianaGov: There are 13 children hospitalized with COVID at Children's Hospital New Orleans right now, including 6 under the age of 2. Four children are in the ICU. They include a 3 month old boy, 23 month old girl, 8 y.o. girl and a 17 y.o. boy.
Dr. Joesph Kanter, top medical official of the Louisiana Department of Health: 50 hospitals across the state of Louisiana have reached out asking for help b/c they can NO LONGER adequately provide care for the amount of patients that need their services
36 y.o. Colleen Bonds from from Honolulu #Hawaii was 28 weeks pregnant when she became severely ill from COVID prompting an emergency c-section. She was on life support for two weeks and her baby is in the neonatal ICU but #TheySurvivedCovidhawaiinewsnow.com/2021/08/06/unv…
"I intended being vaccinated, but I was a little bit worried about being vaccinated while I was pregnant since I had lost a pregnancy before"
Doctors in Hawaii say about 3% to 5% of hospitalized COVID patients are pregnant women and none are vaccinated.
Cierra Abbington-Chubb from Lancaster #SouthCarolina is on life support due to COVID, a few days after giving birth to her third child Myles. She tested positive after their daughter came home sick from a sports camp. wcnc.com/article/news/h…
Her husband Jamal Chubb is fully vaccinated and had to take his newborn Myles home alone, leaving his wife in the hospital. She's on life support fighting for her life h/t:@ChloeLeshner
Barbara Canales, Nueces County Judge in #Texas defines a SURGE: In late June, COVID patients occupied 2% of hospital beds, over the next 3 weeks it rose 1% per week, then 1% every 2-3 days, then 1% every day. Now 13% of hospital capacity is occupied by COVID patients.
🚨During the prior surge in Texas, when 15% of hospital beds were occupied by COVID patients, local counties were able to implement mitigation strategies. But, Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest executive order no longer allows local governments to make those restrictions.
Four trauma service areas in Texas have now exceeded the 15% threshold that used to allow local counties to roll back business capacity. But, Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest executive order no longer allows local governments to make those restrictions. everythinglubbock.com/news/state-reg…
This is the 5th 🚨pediatric death from COVID that I've posted in the past 48 hours.
- Two children at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis Tennessee
- 17 y.o. Tyler Fairley from Douglas County Georgia
- 11 y.o. Jordyn Franklin from Arkansas
- 17 y.o. Schwanda Corprew
Officials say the new rule will apply beginning Sept. 30 — giving time for employers to prepare for implementation and for unvaccinated health care workers to become fully vaccinated.
A state law enacted in 1989 prohibits employers from independently mandating vaccines for certain limited categories of workers, including health care workers. But, a spokesperson from the governor’s office says the new rule does not conflict with the law.