LARGO â Uncle Joe was pushing 80 but still rocking out with a bar band in Indian Rocks Beach, his hometown.
âHe decided the shot wasnât for him,â recalled his niece, who identified herself simply as Kim. âThen he got the virus and died.â
The Largo woman, who attended a COVID victims memorial with her daughter, Sarah, on June 24, said she also lost a cousin in Indiana to the virus.
The mother and daughter were among three dozen attendees at the opening reception for the COVID Ribbon Memorial, now on display in the courtyard of the Creative Pinellas headquarters in Largo.