to public service, has died from complications related to covid-19 at the age of 84. while the former secretary of state and joint chiefs chair was fully vaccinated, my colleague andrea mitchell was first to report that powell had multiple my yell myeloma, a type of blood cancer. severe covid cases are extremely rare among those who have been vaccinated. general powell has been lauded by presidents and prime ministers as a man of the highest character and moral code. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell put it this way. america has lost a trailblazing leader. it is hard to imagine a more quintessentially american story, a son of jamaican immigrants who learned yiddish from his boyhood neighbors in the bronx, becomes a four-star general in the united states army and serves four presidential administrations including as national security adviser, the
with covid, who now remain skeptical about getting the vaccine, despite the fact that yes, did he have the cancer diagnosis as well? i don t think that what happens in terms of his health situation is exactly what the doctors have told us can happen, right, in terms of people who are immunocompromised, people who have preexisting conditions. i think that today is a day to really reflect on the life of the man and his extraordinary service and not to politicize the efficacy of vaccines. the vice president there reflecting on the life of general colin powell. the former secretary of state died of covid complications despite being fully vaccinated. the 84-year-old has been battling a type of cancer that severely limits the ability of the body to fight off infection.