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Texas GOP official, Scott Apley 45, who supported burning masks 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Florida talk show host and ex-Newsmax Host, Dick Farrel 65, who Called Fauci ‘Lying Freak’ 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

1/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Fit and healthy anti-vaxxer, John Eyers 42, who climbed mountains + lifed weights, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Anti-vaxxer club boss, David Parker 56, who mocked people for getting 'experimental' vaccine 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

2/ #GetVaccinatedNow

RW, anti-LGBTQ activist, Linda Zuern 70, who tried to stop Massachusets from distributing coronavirus vaccines 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

UK Mother of 3, Danni Coombs 25, “too busy” and nervous to get the vaccine 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

3/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Anti-vaxxer Stephen Harmon 34, who said his religious faith would protect him 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Vaccine skeptic fearful of “long-term side effects“, Aude Alaskar 27, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Texas Father of four, Lawrence Rodriguez 49, who didn't believe in vaccines 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Louisiana nurse, Olivia Guidry 24, who posted "This vaccine manipulates your DNA. Do. Not. Get. It. It's not safe." 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Father of Five, Michael Freedy 39, who didn’t vaccinate because he wanted to see what side effects people had, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Vaccine sceptic, Leslie Lawrenson 58, who said coronavirus was ‘nothing to be afraid of’ 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Unvaccinated Missouri Mother of 3, Erica Thompson 37, who didn't think it would ever happen to her 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Unvaccinated Floridian, Marquis Davis 28, who was going too get vaccinated once he got out of the hospital 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Arkansas mom, Kim Maginn 63, who had made up her mind that she wasn't going to get vaccinated 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Unvaccinated Texan, Alan Scott Lanoix 54, who thought the vaccine was poison and was afraid of getting it 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

8/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Wyoming’s Ross Bagne 68, decided not to get vaccinated because he didn’t think he would catch it, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Florida’s Mike Lewis 58, who didn't make the vaccine a top priority, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Maryland’s Darryl Preissler 63, who was planning to get the shot eventually, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Manatee County’s Alphonso Cox, 53, who was hesitant about getting vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

10/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Manatee County’s Mary Knight, 58, who was also hesitant about getting vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Her daughter, Molly, still says “No one in my family will be getting the vaccine”

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Santa Ana's Rolf Vetter 46, just before he was put on a ventilator said to his nurses “I wish I had gotten the vaccine”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Michigan’s Gina Liano 69, who had delayed making an appointment to get the vaccine, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

12/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Arkansan Michael Lejong 49, wasn't concerned about the virus + meant to but kept putting it off the vaccine, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Tennessee’s Scott McReynolds 20, who wore a mask + did all the right things, except vaccinate, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

13/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Detroit HS basketball star, Tony Tolbert 50, who didn't think he'd catch it + said “I ain't worried about it”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

UK’s Glenn Barrett 51, while in the hospital told his nurses “I wish I'd been vaccinated”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Alabama’s Curt Carpenter 28, who said Covid was a "hoax", last words were "This isn't a hoax, this is real", 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Unvaccinated Utah Police Officer Adam Ashworth 39, spent two weeks in a medically-induced coma, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Unvaccinated North Dakotan, Rob Tersteeg 46, who didn’t believe that COVID could take him down, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Unvaccinated Baton Rouge Police Lt. Mike Godawa 65, retires after 27 years on the force and the next day, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

16/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Jacksonville’s unvaccinated Dennis Beinborn 55, thought Covid isn’t going to happen to him, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Catawba’s Scott Jackson 53, was waiting to see what happened to everybody else before deciding about the vaccine, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

17/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Denver Deputy Sheriff Daniel “Duke” Trujillo 33, who opposed getting vaccinated, posted “I’ll get it (the vaccine) later on after y’all start growing apendages out of y’all’s foreheads” and “I have an immune system”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Kenyan dr. Stephen Karanja, a vocal opponent of Covid19 vaccines said they were "totally unnecessary", 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Georgia HS sweethearts Martin + Trina Daniel 53/49, both unvaccinated, who loved their 2 teens, both 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Unvaccinated Oregon teacher Samantha Fox 46, who was afraid of shots and didn’t like going to the doctor decided to wait whether or not to get vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Atlanta’s Braderick Wright 28, who was deep into Tik Tok conspiracy theories and didn’t want to get vaccinated, last wish was “‘Get the vaccine. Because I would hate for people to be like me”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Pearl Harbor survivor, US Navy Stu Hedley 99, who was urged to get vaccinated, but declined, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Metairie, LA nurse Samantha Cassanova 55 + her sister Jan Fejka 65, who were both unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 2 days apart

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Balch Springs Texas’ Sammy Moon 53, still not vaccinated after having Covid 6 months ago, got Covid for a 2nd time, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

New Orleans’ Joshua Bradstreet-Contreras 22, who didn’t think he needed the vaccine, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Arkansan Robert Herring 70 + wife Vi 77, both didn't want to get vaccinated, got sick w/ Covid at their 52nd HS reunion + 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Their daughter, Shanda Parish, a nurse, still won't get vaccinated + doesn't regret not urging her parents to

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Portugal’s Basil 73, Charmagne 65, + Shaul Goncalves 40, were unvaccinated because they believed vaccine disinformation and anti-vaccination propaganda. All three 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 within a week of each other.

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Utah’s Kenneth Long 52, who planned to get vaccinated, but never got around to it, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Phoenix’s Danielle Stevens 31, a diabetic mother of 5 kids, ranging from 1 to 13 yrs old, who refused to get vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Baldwin Park’s unvaxxed Antonio Damian 42, was waiting for more research/data re: any poss. long-term vaccine effects, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Farmville’s Tom Little 58, was careful to mask + take precautions, but not vaccinate, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Vegas’ Michael Petitta 54, unvaxxed b/c “they didn't know enough about the vaccine”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Sheridan AR’ Jerry Reid 68, whose wife had scheduled vaccine appt.s twice, but canceled them b/c work got in the way, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Everett WA’s unvaxxed Michael Hamilton 39, a die-hard Seahawks fan, respiratory therapist + father of 2, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

St. Louis’s unvaxxed Erica Thompson 37, who spent 50 days in St. Mary’s Hospital on a ventilator, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Boynton Beach’s Cindy Dawkins 50, hard-working mother of 4 who was unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Miami’s David Green 68, a U.S. Navy veteran and his wife Andrea Green 59, a retired military nurse, both unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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KC’s Braxten Goodwin 24, who was pregnant, didn’t get vaccinated, concerned for her baby's safety. Rushed into emergency labor 2 months early, she gave birth to her son whom she never got to meet as she was put on a ventilator + 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Nashville’s twin sisters Benita Ginn and Belinda Covington 48, both unvaccinated, contracted covid with eight other relatives attending Ginn’s husband’s funeral in Mississippi. Covington remains in ICU on a ventilator. Ginn 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Kansas' unvaxxed firefighter Rob Berry 69, after a 3-week battle vs. Covid, told his family to get vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Bay County, FL unvaxxed father of 4, Philip Colvin 46, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 on his eldest son's wedding day.

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Lake City, FL 17-year-old HS Senior Jo’Keria Graham, who was healthy, took precautions, wore a mask, but wasn’t vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Youngstown Nurse and caring mother of four Francine McDaniel 55, who heard and believed that the vaccine was unsafe, caught Covid while visiting Florida, fell ill and 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Davenport IA/Alabama Army spouse and mom Alexa Sheeder, who was not vaccinated b/c she was unsure what to do being pregnant, gave birth to her newborn son and was then intubated a few days later and 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Fresno’s Cristo Velasco, hesitant to get the vaccine or to ask his Dr. if it was safe re: side effects, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Broward County teacher, Janice Wright 48, who was hesitant but was finally going to get vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Louisville mother Jazzmon Avant 27, who wasn't vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Orlando mother + beloved pastor, Sheila Spencer 63, who delayed the vaccine, entered the hospital on the day she was going to get her 1st shot, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Webster, MA’s Bill O'Hare III 56, who said “I don't think I'm going to get the vaccine, I think I have a strong immune system”, caught Covid and just before entering the ICU said, “I really regret not getting the vaccine”, has 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Baldwin Co. AL mother +coach, Stacy Forbess 55, who was unvaccinated, last words before going on a ventilator in the ICU were “Please tell everybody and everyone you know to get vaccinated, so they don't go through this”, has 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Melbourne, FL’s Kristen McMullen 30, who wasn't vaccinated b/c she was unsure if it was safe for pregnant women, caught Covid, needed an emergency C-section, held her baby girl just b4 being rushed into ICU, where 10 days later she 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Kansas City, Mo. Fed-ex manager Ian Hawkins 27, who kept putting off the COVID-19 vaccine, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 less than 3 months before his wedding day.

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Pascagoula, Miss. Former city councilman, Joe Abston 51, drove his wife and two daughters to get vaccinated in April but chose not to get the shot himself, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Anti-vaccine radio-host and Tennessee pastor, Jimmy DeYoung Sr., who spread misinformation discouraging his followers from getting vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Fort Myers, FL volunteer Jeremy Feraci 40, who struggled with the decision to get the vaccine or not, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Jacksonville’s Greyzie Miller 31, who did not get vaccinated because of her pregnancy, got Covid, had an emergency C-section 9 weeks early and 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 after giving birth to her second child.

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Cape Coral chef and longtime Fort Myers restaurateur Shannon Yates 49, who chose not to get a COVID-19 vaccine, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Broward County public school teacher Katina Jones 49, who was not vaccinated and believed things she heard about the vaccine that weren’t necessarily true, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Oklahoma born, Florida resident Michael Stevenson 50, who never got the vaccine because he thought it was a government conspiracy with medical professionals under government authority, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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La Marque, Texas’ Lydia Rodriguez, a recent covid widow and mother of four, who like her deceased husband, didn’t believe in vaccines, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Georgia HS sr. Brandon Marsh 18, + his stepfather Jackie Barrow 61, both unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Brandon’s mom, who is Covid recovering, is now urging everyone to get vaccinated + take the virus seriously. “We were big hypocrites about it”

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Bahamas’ Family Island physician and father of two, Dr. Charles Edward Wildgoose 45, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Milwaukee’s Solomon Deloach 26, Hospital mgr at St. Luke's Med. Center, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

His girlfriend, LouNaeha Young, says “we heard so many lies + so much misinformation. It was very confusing. We were not going to get the vaccine"

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Lancashire, England’s Carl Pennington 41, who told friends he wasn't going to get the vaccine, and didn't know he had coronavirus before he began complaining he couldn't breath, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 just 30 minutes after being placed on a ventilator

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Shreveport pregnant mother Lacresanna Williams 21, and her Mother Victoria Williams 52, neither of whom were vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 one day apart

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Georgia’s Hall County Fire-fighter, Ex-marine, father to three daughters and a step-daughter, Shaun Stringer 43, who was unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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San Diego’s Lester Bartolome 40, a father of four with a fifth on the way who was unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Las Vegas’ Micheal Limon 23, the only family member in his household without the vaccine, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 just two hours after he was placed on a ventilator

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Dekalb County, AL’s Josh Tidmore 36, who was unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

His Covid recovering wife, Christina, says “It wasn’t a political thing, we didn’t want to because we didn’t want to. We thought we were young and healthy it will be okay”

59/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Navarro Co. TX Sheriff’s officer + father of two, Raychaun Ballard 46, who was unvaccinated b/c he was unsure + there wasn’t enough info. to make that decision, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Arkansas healthcare worker Stacey Hensley 48, who wasn’t vaccinated because she had allergic reactions in the past, got the Coronavirus for a second time and 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Tomball Texas’ Will Brooks 42, new father to a 4-month-old girl, who always wore a mask, but never got the vaccine because he “wasn’t concerned about the virus as it was really only causing a small percentage of deaths”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Fort Worth Texas’ pregnant mother of two, Paige Ruiz 32, who was not vaccinated and did not talk to her doctor about getting the vaccine, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 after an emergency C-section

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Waco Texas’ Scott Eggers who loved scouting and lived by the scouting motto “always be prepared” but when it came to the Covid-19 vaccine, being reluctant, he wasn’t, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Missouri’s Steve Walsh 63, who was not vaccinated (along with his wife, Missouri GOP state Rep. Sara Walsh) because it had not been fully approved by the FDA, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

65/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Greenville South Carolina Republican Party leader Pressley Stutts 64, who was a proponent of “freedom and liberty” and said “no one should be forced to wear a mask and get vaccinated”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

66/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Gwinnett County GA’s much beloved high school science teacher Janet Bruce 50, who was diabetic and not vaccinated, finally agreed to get the vaccine, but it was too late, she tested positive, was hospitalized and has 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

67/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Rochester, Minnesota’s Stacey James Danner 46, who had diabetes, which put him at higher risk of contracting a severe case of COVID, wavered on getting the shots because he wasn't sure they were safe for Black people, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

68/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Jacksonville FL wife and mother of two teenagers, Migdalia Shuman 52, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Her husband, Marine veteran Jason Shuman, says “for those who don’t think the virus is real… those words will come back to haunt you"

69/ #GetVaccinatedNow

West Los Angeles VA hospital nurse Maria Peterson 39, who despite being on the front lines of the pandemic for her job, was hesitant to get vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Kenosha Wisconsin’s Arlene Boetcher 85, whose family thought “she would outlive any of us”, declined to get the vaccine due to “politics and things she believed from listening to right-wing talk radio”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

71/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Middlesbrough UK’s Geraldine Mount 57, who thought “Covid-19 isn't real and that vaccines were dangerous”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 at the hospital where her daughter Amy worked as a nurse.

Geraldine’s last month, she was intubated on a ventilator.

72/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Corpus Christi TX family members; aunt Leslie Martinez, mother Melissa Villarreal 47 + sister Larysa Navarro 30, who were all unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Surviving family says "This virus is no joke. Wear a mask, wash your hands, and stay safe"

73/ #GetVaccinatedNow

New Orleans RTA bus driver Brian Jackson 54, who was so adamant on not wanting the vaccine that no one could convince him to get it, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Brian was a father of seven children and grandfather to 14 more.

74/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Bogalusa, LA husband and wife, Charles Helton 64 and Pam Helton 70, neither of whom had been vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Hall County GA Byland Roland, who had no regret at not having been vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

75/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Texoma TX father of 4, Robert Cummings, who thought he had time to get the vaccine, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 after 40+ days on a ventilator.

Dallas, TX musician Anthony Bellante who took COVID seriously, but did not vaccinate, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

76/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Nashville’s unvaccinated right-wing radio talk show host, Phil Valentine 61, who used his platform to criticize vaccination efforts, undermined the need for mask mandates, and mocked the dangers of the coronavirus, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

77/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Perry, GA’s Department of Corrections agent and father of a 1-year-old daughter, Nick Boutwell 29, who, along with his wife Lacy, was unvaccinated and believed misinformation about the vaccines, especially regarding infertility, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

78/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Jacksonville brothers, Aaron Jaggi 35 and Free Jaggi 41, both unvaccinated caught Covid-19 along with their mother, Lisa Brandon, who was vaccinated. Lisa has recovered, the two brothers 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

79/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Houston mother of four (and also a grandmother) Lynn Nichols 44, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Her older-brother Christopher said "Go out. Get vaccinated. Protect yourself. Wear your mask. ... It's very serious. People are dying."

80/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Alabama labor/delivery nurse + mother of a 2-yr-old, Haley Richardson 32, who was pregnant + unvaccinated b/c she was worried about side effects, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 as did her unborn child.

Her husband is urging expectant mothers to get vaccinated.

81/ #GetVaccinatedNow

MI’s Kelly Mudel, who was vaccine hesitant, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Her still unvaxxed daughter, Miranda, says “losing my mother to Covid-19 was the worst thing” and “part of me feels like she could've gotten that sick just from getting the vaccine”

82/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Wichita’s Mark Woodman, wary of side effects, decided to skip the vaccine along w/ his family. Firm in their stance until they all caught Covid w/ Mark (+ one of his daughters) ending up in the ICU on a ventilator for weeks, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

83/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Phoenix father to two young boys w/ a baby girl on the way, Jossue Miguel Rivera 37, who was the only one in his family not vaccinated because he hadn't made it a priority, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

84/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Manatee County’s unvaccinated Mary Abundo 55, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Her son has been on life support in ICU for weeks. Her daughter, Monica, who was against the vaccine, now says “Don’t think twice. Get it before it’s too late and you can't say goodbye”

85/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Fall River, MA husband + father of 3 boys, Jonathan Cesar 29, who was unvaccinated b/c he thought “Covid will be like the flu. You’ll be sick + then you’ll be fine", tested positive, couldn't breathe, was hospitalized, intubated and 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

86/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Wilmington NC’s Gary Avery 66, whose immune system was more susceptible, yet he was still unvaccinated (as was his whole family), contracted Covid from unvaccinated family who then couldn’t see him in the ICU as he 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 all alone.

87/ #GetVaccinatedNow

N. Ireland mother of 4, Samantha Willis 35, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 a week after giving birth to a baby girl.

Her husband, Josh, appealed to anyone who had not yet done so to get the jab “She’s 35, unvaccinated and in a coffin”

88/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Baker Louisiana police lieutenant, Air Force veteran and father of 3 children, Demarcus Dunn 36, who spent his free time coaching and mentoring local children but was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 one day before his wedding.

89/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Summerville, SC elementary school asst. principal, Clair Baisley, who was pregnant and unvaccinated b/c the science and advice from doctors wasn’t enough to convince her, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 days after the emergency C-section birth of her baby.

90/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Valdosta Georgia school teachers Brian Mainor 51 and Rashida Kimmons 40, both of whom were not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

91/ #GetVaccinatedNow

San Antonio mother of four, Michelle Squires Vaughan 47, who wasn’t vaccinated b/c she thought “I’m not gonna get Covid”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

92/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Allen Texas high school football coach James Shillam 56, who made the personal choice to not get vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

93/ #GetVaccinatedNow

San Antonio Purple Heart and Bronze Star decorated US Army combat veteran, Sgt. Harry Shaw 59, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

94/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Arkansan Christopher Green 53, who was unvaccinated because he said: "I'm more of a libertarian, and I don't like being told what I have to do”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

95/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Winter Haven Florida's unvaccinated Lisa Steadman caught Covid from her unvaccinated husband, Ron.
Lisa passed out, needed to go to the emergency room and was hospitalized for 8 days. Upon release, she returned home to find Ron had 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

96/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Australian mother of 3, Ianeta Isaako 30, who w/ her husband Sako, was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗. Sako is now fighting for his life in the ICU. Their kids are being cared for by relatives, some of whom took part in Sydney’s anti-vaxx march.

97/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Bakersfield CA’s Nena Martin 53, who refused to get the coronavirus vaccine because she was healthy and active with no underlying conditions, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Nena’s final words from the ICU were “I’m suffocating…I should have gotten the vaccine”

98/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Salem Connecticut’s retired state trooper Mark Gendron 52, who, along with his wife Christina, was not vaccinated because they were waiting for more research and for full FDA approval, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

99/ #GetVaccinatedNow

East Quogue NY’s Vietnam vet, Tom Mendenhall 76, who was afraid of the vaccine and wouldn’t wear a mask, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

100/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Lakeland FL teacher Norma Reyes 52, + her husband, Elio, were unvaccinated b/c they had unanswered questions about it, its' effects + whether or not it would work.
Norma 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗.
Elio continues to battle COVID-19 in the Hospital.

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and now Lakeland FL's Elio Reyes 50 (see above), has also 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗.

102/ #GetVaccinatedNow

San Antonio’s Jose Bustos and his daughters Delilah Bustos Arreola and Veronica Bustos Gonzales, all of whom were not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 within 8 days of each other.

103/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Metal band “Trouble” lead-vocalist Eric Wagner 62, who was “generally opposed to institutionalized medicine” and “wouldn’t make an exception for the COVID vaccine”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

104/ #GetVaccinatedNow

St. Petersburg, FL Police Officer Michael Weiskopf 52, who resisted getting vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

His Police Chief, Anthony Holloway, said “Do it for your family, do it for your co-workers, but you need to get vaccinated”

105/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Phoenix, AZ “life of the party” and church band drummer Ruben Domingo Loera, 24, who wasn't vaccinated because he never expected to get the virus, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

106/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Wayne County Georgia Sheriff's Captain Joe Manning 57, who frequently voiced anti-vaccine sentiments and took horse dewormer in a misguided attempt to stave off the coronavirus, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

107/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Melbourne, FL musician Eddy Fischer 71, who was very active and healthy but also unvaccinated despite being begged, pleaded and yelled at to get vaccinated by Robin Krasny, his musical partner of nearly 26 years, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

108/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Indiana’s Rod Beatty 52, who never got around to getting the vaccine, didn't wear a face mask unless he had to, and joked he must be immune since he hadn't contracted the virus, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

109/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Lexington KY Pastor Tim Parsons, who preached "not to worry about the coronavirus because God is in control" + like many preachers in Bible Belt states, remained silent on vaccinations for fear of offending his religious community, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

110/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Miami-Dade Public School District teacher Lillian Smith and her daughter Lakisha Williams, both unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

111/ #GetVaccinatedNow

TX father of 3 w/ #4 on the way, Caleb Wallace 30, who organized rallies + protests against face masks, the vaccines, pandemic restrictions, mandates + “COVID tyranny”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 after treating his own symptoms w/ horse dewormer.

112/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Orlando’s WNDB radio host Marc Bernier, an outspoken critic of COVID-19 vaccinations, who called the US Government “Nazi’s” for asking Americans to get vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

113/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Statesboro GA’s child daycare center employees, Manequeia Freeman and Leslia McClain, both of whom were unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

114/ #GetVaccinatedNow

UK musician + father-to-be Marcus Birks 40, who was a Covid-19/vaccine sceptic + thought he couldn't get ill because he ate healthy + exercised five times a week, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

His last words were “I was ignorant towards it. Get the vaccine.”

115/ #GetVaccinatedNow

San Bernardino labor/delivery nurse + pregnant mother of 4, Davy Macias 37, who was unvaccinated b/c she was nervous about getting the shot while pregnant, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 after delivering her baby 6 weeks early. She never met her new daughter.

116/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Miami-Dade County bus driver/trainer Tim Jones, waiting for full FDA approval to get vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 before he could meet his newborn child.

117/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Sarasota FL's high school teacher Larry Conlon 59, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Kern Co. CA’s Darlene Diaz 60, who was unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

118/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Far-right QAnon conspiracy theorist, Robert David Steele 69, who called COVID-19 a “hoax” + ran an anti-vaxx/anti-Covid rally, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

His last blog read: “I will not take the vaccination. I will survive with a few days off.”

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Fairfield, Texas college student, Breanna Gray 19, who was healthy w/ no underlying health conditions whatsoever and who, along w/ her whole family was unvaccinated b/c they never thought it would happen, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

120/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Overland Park Kansas Police Officer Freddie Castro 23, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Lee County Florida Sheriff’s Deputy Steven Mazzotta, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

121/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Germantown, TN beloved middle school band director John Lane, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Columbus, GA elementary school teacher and mother of four, Kristy Crawford 49, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Miami Dade county’s public elementary school teachers Abe Coleman and Lillian Smith, and high school teacher Michael Thomas, all of whom were not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

123/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Gulfport, MS David Varnado 61, was unvaccinated due to “conflicting views”, Caught Covid from family + being stubborn, refused to go to the hospital until he couldn’t breathe w/ double COVID pneumonia, refused to be put on a vent + 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Dallas fire and rescue firefighter David Leos 62, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Virginia’s Donnie Hudson, who was not vaccinated, thought he was pretty healthy and felt he could beat Covid if he were to get it, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

125/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Escondido youth football coach, Carlos Chavez, who felt Covid was overblown + refused to be vaccinated, was hospitalized w/ COVID pneumonia, placed on a ventilator, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

His Covid positive, vaccinated wife, suffered only mild symptoms

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Atlanta couple Clint and Carla Smith, both 62, who refused to be vaccinated b/c they believed there were tiny government tracking microchips in the vaccine, false information that they read about on facebook, both 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 two days apart.

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North Carolina High School baseball coach, Andy Harper 48, who taught his players to “play your best, do all you can do, give 100%” but was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Savannah, GA’s Laurene McLeod 39, who was unvaccinated and hesitant about getting a vaccine because she and her husband were worried about potential side effects, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

129/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Indianapolis’ Kristen Roy 38, who held off getting vaccinated because of her pregnancy, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 without ever seeing her son who was born at just 25-and-a-half weeks by emergency C-section.

130/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Georgia’s Margarita Figueroa 64, unvaccinated b/c she was obsessed with videos online that claimed the vaccines could alter DNA and magnetize the body, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

131/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Las Vegas’ Kimmie Pavone 35, who was not vaccinated, believing the shot could increase her chance of miscarriage, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 w/out seeing her daughter, born at 30 weeks by emergency C-section w/ an underdeveloped lung + bleeding of the brain.

132/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Texas junior high school teacher Natalia Chansler 41, who was was not vaccinated because she had underlying health conditions and was still trying to decide which vaccine would be best, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

133/ #GetVaccinatedNow

So. Nevada federal firefighter + father of 2 young boys, Michael Lowe 38, who, along w/ his wife, was adamantly against the vaccine believing mask/vaccine mandates were all political + didn’t believe Covid could affect his family, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

134/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Saluda Co. South Carolina’s Glenn Mills, who was unvaccinated b/c he was afraid of unknown long term side effects, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

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Floyd Co. GA high school freshman Porter Helm 13, whose Mother, Jennifer, chose not to vaccinate him b/c she felt there wasn’t enough research on the vaccine, + that the success rate of the vaccine preventing COVID-19 is low, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

136/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Senoia Georgia’s Kevin McKenzie 33, who said he was “too stubborn” to get vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

His final words from the hospital were “Trust me you don’t want to be where I am now, go get your COVID vaccine”

137/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Warner Robins GA Kevin Stevenson 34, who along w/ his wife Aubrey (a Covid unit nurse), were not vaccinated being concerned about possible side effects, felt they didn’t have enough info. + were young + just knew they’d be ok, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

138/ #GetVaccinatedNow

San Diego’s Gerardo Tadeo 33, who had already had Covid so he figured he was low-risk for getting the virus again, decided not get vaccinated, got Covid again, couldn’t breathe, was admitted to the hospital and 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

139/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Bethlehem PA Fire-fighter Mark Kuronya 55, who mocked and was vehemently anti-vaccine, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Brookfield FL’s Marcus Vokle 50, who refused to get vaccinated b/c he believed Covid to be a hoax, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

140/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Alabama high school science teacher Brandy Mills 38, who mocked Dr. Fauci and believed outrageous vaccine conspiracy theories, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

141/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Fort Thomas, KY’s Steven Brown 68, who delayed getting the vaccine, came down with Covid on the day he was supposed to receive his first shot, couldn’t breathe, was hospitalized and 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

142/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Columbia SC mother of four girls, Sara Caitlin Vilchez, was waiting until after delivering her baby to get the vaccine due to her worries about the vaccine, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

143/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Vero Beach FL’s Billy Ford 59, who refused to get vaccinated, believed conspiracy theories and misinformation about Covid and the vaccine, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

His identical twin brother, Bobby, who WAS vaccinated, only had relatively minor symptoms.

144/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Alabama’s Rita Norris 69, refused to get the vaccine despite being urged to by her first-responder son Dennis. Rita was diagnosed positive, collapsed + 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Her son said “the vaccine works, it’s not some kind of conspiracy”

145/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Nebraska dad, Mike Leick 65, who never took the time to talk with his doctor about the vaccine or get the shot, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

His last words were “get vaccinated”

146/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Tomball Texas bus driver, Tony Moreno 54, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Hartford CT’s retired state trooper, Mark Gendron 52, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

147/ #GetVaccinatedNow

St. Pete, FL’s Jessica Six 33, who was unvaccinated, contracted Covid, was placed on a ventilator and doctors delivered her baby by emergency C-section a month early, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 before getting a chance to meet her newborn daughter, Kaydence.

148/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Florida TikTok video creator Alexandra Blankenbiller 31, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

In her final video, she said “The vaccine, don’t wait, go get it, then you won't end up like me"

149/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Pass Christian, Mississippi’s OR nurse Becky Clemens 48, who was not vaccinated, contracted Covid, couldn’t breathe, was hospitalized in the ICU, finally intubated, had kidney failure and 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

150/ #GetVaccinatedNow

San Diego’s Ruben Huerta 58, who was healthy and with no underlying conditions, but was the only one in his family without the vaccine, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

151/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Statesville, NC’s Nora Holland Smyre 56, was adamant about taking health precautions including wearing a mask and social distancing, but had delayed making an appointment to get the COVID-19 vaccine, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

152/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Tulsa, OK nurse and mother of four, Laura Hartman 47, who was healthy, ate right + exercised but was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Her children hope people will get vaccinated so others don't lose their life line like they did.

153/ #GetVaccinatedNow

NYC court officer Lt. Stephen Shyti 63, who was outspoken against the vaccine and did not wear a mask at work, where he was responsible for enforcing mask-wearing at the lower Manhattan courthouse, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 after two weeks on a ventilator

154/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Pensacola FL HS student Victoria Ramirez 15, whose family contemplated getting the vaccine, but was not vaccinated, developed COVID pneumonia and 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

155/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Naples, FL’s Jenisa Rodriguez 20, who was unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Knoxville, TN School bus driver Tammy Murphy 56, who was unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

156/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Detroit, MI parents to seven children, Troy and Charletta Green, both 44, who were considering but had not been vaccinated, both 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

157/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Jacksonville FL, Myra Bantigue-Obolsky 35, who was pregnant and unvaccinated, tested positive for COVID, her health quickly deteriorated and she needed an emergency C-section at 31 weeks, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

158/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Daytona Beach’s Tim Hudzik 63, whose political views led to a stubborn anti-vaccination stance, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

His final words were “If you are not vaccinated, please get vaccinated”

159/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Victoria BC’s Kelly Ronnigen 44, who decided against getting vaccinated, believing anti-vaccination conspiracy theories, despite having underlying health conditions, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

160/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Arlington Texas hospital security guard, Heather Buchanan 20, who was unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Coachella valley nurse, Andrea Garcia 32, who tested positive on the day she finally decided to get vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

161/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Yucaipa CA middle-school educator, Daniel Macias 38, the unvaccinated husband of recently Covid-deceased + unvaccinated labor/delivery nurse Davy Macias (#116 on this thread), also 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 leaving FIVE children, under age 7, parentless.

162/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Galveston TX 4-year-old Kali Cook, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 in her sleep just one day after testing positive for Covid along with her unvaccinated Mom, Karra Harwood.

Heartbroken Karra said she'd been an anti-vaxxer but now wishes she never had been.

163/ #GetVaccinatedNow

LaGrange, GA mother of three young daughters, including a one-month old baby, Markeisha “Shay” Robinson 28, who was unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

164/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Birmingham, AL husband and father of five, Earl Patrick Jr. 40, who was unvaccinated because he had a fear of needles and hospitals, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

165/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Olanthe, KS high school football coach Chris Burnett 34, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

166/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Buffalo, NY businessman Mark Hamister 69, who didn't worry about Covid and assumed he’d come through it just fine, was not vaccinated b/c he wasn't sure how safe it was, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

Before he died he realized he had made one grave mistake.

167/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Ponte Vedra, FL retired US Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer, John Goodhue 66, who was a swimming instructor in excellent shape and whose wife encouraged him to get the vaccine, but he chose not to, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

168/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Conservative Christian radio host and former pastor of Denver Bible Church, Bob Enyart 62, who stood against COVID-19 mask mandates, vaccine distribution and spread false misinformation about the vaccines, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

169/ #GetVaccinatedNow

QAnon Anti-Vax activist Veronica Wolski 64, who spread false disinformation re: vaccines + had QAnon lawyers Lin Wood + Sydney Powell demanding to have Wolski treated with Ivermectin, despite its’ lack of CDC or FDA authorization, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

170/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Israeli anti-vaccine activist, Hai Shoulian 57, who spread false disinformation about the pandemic, the vaccines and fought mask-mandates, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

171/ #GetVaccinatedNow

University Park, Illinois’ middle-school teacher Cherie Garza, 39, who was unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

172/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Reno, NV’s Kliff Moiser 43, who wasn’t vaccinated, thought that since he was young that he was less likely to get the disease, and that the vaccine was only for those who were sick, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

173/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Lake Stevens, WA’s Patrick Lane 45, who planned to get vaccinated but was hesitant after watching right-wing media reports and YouTube videos of Tucker Carlson’s misinformation, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

174/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Barrington, RI Police Sgt. Gino Caputo 58, who chose not to get vaccinated against COVID-19, because he had no underlying health conditions and rarely got sick, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

175/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Grand Rivers, KY surgical technician, Samantha Wendell 29, who decided to hold off on getting vaccinated believing unfounded claims, heard from her co-workers, that the shots caused infertility, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

176/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Belle Glade, FL family: Tyrone Moreland 48, Lillie Mae Dukes Moreland 89, Trentarian Moreland 44, Shatara Dukes 48, + Lisa Wiggins 53, who were all unvaccinated, scared by social media misinformation, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 w/in 2 weeks of each other.

177/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Bangor Maine husband and wife, teacher Bob Finch 75 and hairstylist Barbara Finch 70, who were convinced not to get vaccinated based on bad advice from a healthcare provider, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

178/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Tulsa, OK American Airlines employee, Todd Bever 54, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

179/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Hart county Kentucky high school math teacher, Amanda Nutt 36, who was not vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

180/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Culpeper County, VA teacher, coach and School Board member, Bobby Jenkins 68, who chose not to get vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

181/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Northern Ireland mother and daughter, Heather Maddern 60 and Sammie-Jo Forde 32, both of whom were unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 just days apart.

182/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Pasadena, MD’s John Erbe 47, who, along with his wife, were waiting for the vaccines to be out for a year b/c they didn't want to be guinea pigs, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 and ended up being a statistic.

183/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Tampa, FL GOP party accountant, Gregg Prentice 61, who was a staunch critic of White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and opposed face masks and vaccinations, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

184/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Acadiana, LA pregnant mom Keighlie Renee Reaux 24, who was unvaccinated + w/ family thought “this isn't that real of a virus", caught Covid on July 4th family vacation + 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 after emergency C-section and never holding her newborn son.

185/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Huntsville, AL unvaxxed “Alabama pickers” Dusty Graham 40, and Tristan Graham 45, who posted on their now deleted YouTube channel anti-vaccine propaganda and Covid conspiracies, both 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

186/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Nocatee, FL special ed. teacher Korey Harrington 47, who was not vaccinated, despite having medical problems and being at higher risk, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

187/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Spokane, WA’s Bill Cooke 87, who was not vaccinated because he got poor information from a bad source, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

188/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Taylorville, IL High School Senior, Alexia Garrison 17, who was not vaccinated and had no pre-existing conditions, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

189/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Katy, Texas’ Joan E. Bevens Alford 61, and her veteran husband, Robert Alford, who both chose not to be vaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

190/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Boise, ID community leader Debi Davis, who was nervous about getting the COVID-19 vaccine, having “heard stories” and kept delaying getting the shot, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

191/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Texas tattoo shop owner, Zeus Tijerina 39, who was unvaccinated, got Covid, couldn’t breathe, was hospitalized, lost his stepdad to Covid + couldn’t go to his funeral, posted on FB “Take the vaccine! Don’t risk it”, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

192/ #GetVaccinatedNow

UK’s Alan Steel 74, a prominent anti-vaxxer who frequently retweeted anti-vaccine views and misinformation on Twitter, since the start of the pandemic, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

193/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Caldwell ID public charter school principal and father of seven, Javier Casteneda, who didn’t have a mask mandate in place at his school, contracted the virus and 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

194/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Conover, NC father of 3, Jason Lail 42, who was healthy w/ no underlying medical conditions, was also against getting the vaccine. He tested positive, developed pneumonia, was vented, had kidney failure, then a collapsed lung and 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

195/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Charlotte, NC firefighter, Jeffrey Hager 46, and his wife, Amee, both unvaccinated, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗 leaving their four children parentless.

196/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Provo, UT's Jeannie Warner 54, who, along w/ her husband finally decided to get vaccinated but then last-minute work commitments derailed their vaccine plans before they tested positive, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

197/ #GetVaccinatedNow

Saratoga Springs, UT's Janet Thomas 48, who was convinced not get the vaccine, and that COVID was a hoax by some family members even though she was in the higher risk category, 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗

198/ #GetVaccinatedNow

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