By: Sharon Pruitt-Young "I shouldn't have waited." In the final video posted on her TikTok account, Megan Alexandra Blankenbiller pleaded with her followers not to make the same mistake she did — waiting to get the COVID-19 vaccine — that eventually cost her her life. Megan Alexandra Blankenbiller became sick before she was able to get the COVID-19 vaccine. She spent … [Read more...] about Before Dying, An Unvaccinated TikTok User Begged Others Not to Repeat Her Mistake
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New NY Gov. Kathy Hochul adds 12,000 deaths to COVID death count
The previous number of 43,400 has now been updated to 55,400 New York Gov. Kathy Hochul promised more government transparency on her first day in office and by day’s end her administration had quietly delivered it by acknowledging nearly 12,000 more deaths in the state from COVID-19 than had been publicized by her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo. New York … [Read more...] about New NY Gov. Kathy Hochul adds 12,000 deaths to COVID death count
‘I think we already broke:’ Mississippi’s nurses are resigning to protect themselves from Covid-19 burnout
By Madeline Holcombe, Erica Hill and Laura Dolan, CNN (CNN)Earlier this month, Mississippi ICU nurse Nichole Atherton resigned, worn down by the stress, young patients and preventable deaths that have overwhelmed the state's hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. "It looks heroic," Atherton, of Singing River Ocean Springs Hospital, told CNN. "But … [Read more...] about ‘I think we already broke:’ Mississippi’s nurses are resigning to protect themselves from Covid-19 burnout
Before dying of COVID-19, mom of four pleads: ‘I need my kids to get vaccinated’
BY Gabriela Miranda Neonatal nurse practitioner Dottie Jones warned her cousin, Lydia Rodriguez, of the "brutal" death and complications that come from COVID-19. But Jones said her warnings didn't make a difference; her cousin was adamantly against vaccinations. Weeks later, Rodriguez and her husband died after testing positive for COVID-19. The couple left … [Read more...] about Before dying of COVID-19, mom of four pleads: ‘I need my kids to get vaccinated’
Conservative Radio Host Phil Valentine, Who Regretted Vaccine Skepticism, Dead After COVID Battle
Phil Valentine's death comes a month after it was announced that he had been hospitalized due to COVID-19 By Nicholas Rice Phil Valentine, a conservative radio talk show host who changed his mind about refusing the COVID-19 vaccine after contracting the virus, has died after a battle with COVID-19. He was 61. Nashville radio station WWTN — home of … [Read more...] about Conservative Radio Host Phil Valentine, Who Regretted Vaccine Skepticism, Dead After COVID Battle
