- According to multiple media reports, an American mother provided Covid-19 vaccine at her son’s memorial service.
- Her son refused to be vaccinated and died after contracting the virus.
- Louisiana has seen a surge in cases and lags behind other parts of the United States in terms of vaccination.
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According to multiple media reports, the son of a woman in Louisiana in the United States refused to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. After he died of the virus, a vaccine clinic was held at his memorial service.
Brandon Haynes of Baton Rouge died on June 9 after being hospitalized for six days due to breathing difficulties. His mother Betty Antoine (Betty Antoine) tell us.
This 46-year-old man has heart problems and a lung disease called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Both If patients are infected with Covid-19, they will be at serious risk.
but, Antoine told CBS News, He refused to get the vaccine regardless of the doctor’s advice.
“He told her no,” Antoine told the network.
“I beg him, I said,’You need to be vaccinated, Brandon,'” she added. “‘Oh, no, mom, I won’t accept it, and you better not get vaccinated,'” she said when describing his position.
CBS reported that Haynes told his mother that he had completed his research and wanted to wait. According to CNN, he told all his friends to postpone it.
“But he didn’t tell his friends all of his potential health conditions,” Antoine told CBS.
She told the Internet that she felt “angry” after his death — “Not so angry at him, but because he was not vaccinated,” she said. “I said at the time, I would ask his friends and everyone to be vaccinated in memory of him.”
On July 18th, at the “Celebration of Life” ceremony held in Port Allen, Antoine organized to provide vaccines to those who participated in the event. Reported by Louisiana newspaper The Advocate.
According to a CBS report, three people accepted the offer that day.
According to the network, another 10 people have been hit since then. According to a CBS report, Antoine said of her son’s friends: “They will be vaccinated because Brandon died of the virus.”
Before his death, there were reports that the state was hesitant to vaccines, especially among men. As The Advocate reported in April.
As of Monday, 36.6% of the state’s population had been vaccinated, which was 49.1% behind the national average. According to the New York Times Vaccine Tracker.
Louisiana is one of several states in the United States that has seen a sharp increase in cases in recent weeks. As of Monday, the state is the state with the worst new cases per 100,000 people in the United States, with 63 cases per 100,000 people. Times report.
“I just want people to know that this may happen to you,” Antoine told CNN. “[…] Once you lose the one you love, because he could have been saved. Really hurts. “
