Abby Gibbs admitted not getting vaccinated was the 'worst mistake' of her life after she ended up in the hospital, her mother said.
"Abby was supposed to go the same day as me to have her vaccine, but she was that hooked on conspiracy theories, she decided not to go," Lynne Gibbs told the newspaper."The first day she was admitted, she said 'mam, I wish I had gone and got the vaccine—this is the worst mistake I have ever made.'"
She was only able to speak to her children and family via FaceTime while in hospital, but Lynne Gibbs said her daughter continued to provide for her family even as her condition worsened. Abby Gibbs' younger brother, Lewis Gibbs, said his sister had been thinking of her three children in the days leading up to her death."I was the last person she spoke to, and she said make sure you look after the kids—make sure they can have the best life they can," he told theThe AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine is drawn up and awaiting administration to patients at the Darlington Arena Vaccination Centre on March 01, 2021 in Darlington, England.
Meanwhile, a GoFundMe page has been set up by a friend to raise funds to help support Abby Gibbs' children—6-year-old Makayla, 5-year-old Harrison and Fallyn, 3. "As a community let's get [together] and raise as much as we can," Leanne Bird wrote on the page, which has so far amassed more than £1,400 in donations.
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