2021/04/03 20:44 In this undated photo provided by Laura Brown, is Air Force veteran Diane Drewes who died of COVID-19 in Ohio, while waiting to receive a vaccine agai. In this undated photo provided by Laura Brown, is Air Force veteran Diane Drewes who died of COVID-19 in Ohio, while waiting to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus that causes the illness. More than 247,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. since vaccines first became available in mid-Dec. 2020. While it s unknown how many of them wanted to be immunized, families have wrenching stories of loved ones being infected after months of staying safe and then dying before they could get a dose. (Laura Brown via AP)
Some dying of COVID-19 while awaiting vaccine Share Updated: 8:47 AM PDT Apr 3, 2021 By JAY REEVES, Associated Press
Some dying of COVID-19 while awaiting vaccine Share Updated: 8:47 AM PDT Apr 3, 2021
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Show Transcript SHE COULD SAVE LIVES. I DIDN’T THINK IT WAS REAL FOR A LONG TIME. UNTIL MARCH 4TH WHEN HE LEFT ME THERE’S AN EMPTINESS SUSAN RICKETT FEELS ON THE FRONT PORCH OF HER BROWN COUNTY HOME. WE HAD FOUR CHILDREN. WE HAD SIX GRANDCHILDREN. AND WE HAVE TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. AND THREE PUPPY DOGS HER HUSBAND OF 46 YEARS 74 YEAR OLD BOBBY RICKETT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 ON FEBRUARY 23RD HOSPITALIZED AND DIED DAYS LATER TWO TIMES TWICE. HE ATTEMPTED TO GO TO THE DRIVE-THROUGH VACCINE CLINIC AND GEORGETOWN, OHIO HERE IN BROWN COUNTY WHERE WE LIVE. OF BOTH TIMES HE WAS TURNED AWAY BECAUSE THEY DID RUN OUT OF THE VACCINE WEEKS BEFORE HE DIED. HE’D BEEN WORKING AS USUAL. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE US ARMY. I FEEL LIKE
More than 247,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. since vaccines first became available. Some contract COVID-19 and die before they can be inoculated.
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