17 y.o. Maxamus Gideon from Springfield #Missouri died from COVID on Aug. 25 at St. Louis Children’s Hospital after spending 38 days on life support. He was not vaccinated #PediatricSoulsLostToCovid ky3.com/2021/10/08/mot… 
His mother had previously been against vaccines, but she and other family members got their shots in hopes they could help protect him when he returned from the hospital. Unfortunately, he passed just before they got their 2nd dose.
”It’s what he would’ve wanted us to do,”
”It’s what he would’ve wanted us to do,”
Though she knows her vaccine now will not bring her son back, she does want others to hear her message.
”It’s not a scare tactic trying to get people to get vaccines,” said mom. “We try to tell people that it’s very real. And it very much takes people away from your family. It’s very much there, and that these people have names and that these families hurt ky3.com/2021/10/08/mot…
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