Payten McCall and her family were afraid to get vaccinated, but now she's urging people not to make that mistake after losing her oldest brother and her dad to COVID-19. 9News
Her dad, Mark McCall, 60, died early Friday morning in the COVID ward of a Jacksonville, Florida, hospital where her mum, Sherry McCall, 58, was also being treated for the virus."It has been one of the most roughest and hardest experiences that I have ever had to go through in my whole life and I would never, ever wish this on anybody in their family," Ms McCall, 24, told CNN.Demonstrators in the US burn face masks in protest against the COVID-19 vaccine.
49.5 per cent of the US population is fully vaccinated, as of Friday morning, and that 57.9 per cent of people over 12 yearsThe pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in the US has risen steadily over the past three weeks, particularly in several Southern states with low vaccination rates, according to a CNN analysis of CDC data.Ms McCall said she tested negative for COVID-19 and has gotten her first vaccination dose since her parents were hospitalised.
"I got to tell him that I loved him and that it was OK and that I got vaccinated. He said he knew and he loved me too." "He fought for three weeks to come home and he suffered from complications of COVID and he didn't make it." "Daddy could do anything. He could fix your car — he wouldn't know anything about it, but he could fix it — and he was the best craftsman I've ever seen," she said.
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