“Sorry, but it’s too late”

A doctor from the United States has recounted how unvaccinated coronavirus patients beg to be vaccinated, but she tells them “it’s too late”. The doctor Brytney Cobia he says only one of his patients has been vaccinated and should survive. However, most of those who have not yet been punctured die.

Dr Cobia, who works at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, also said young and healthy people were being admitted with “Very serious Covid infections”.

She said: “One of the last things they do before they are intubated is begging me for the vaccine. I take their hand and tell them I’m sorry, but it’s too late. “

“A few days later, at the hour of death, I hug your family members and tell them the best way to honor your loved one is to get vaccinated and encourage everyone they meet to do the same. They cry and tell me they didn’t know. They thought that because they had a certain blood type or a certain skin color, they would not get so sick. They thought it was just the flu. “

And the specialist continues. “But they were wrong. And they wish they could come back, but they can’t. So they thank me and they get the shot. And I go back to my office, write their death certificate and say a little prayer that this loss will save more lives. “

Alabama has the lowest uptake of the coronavirus vaccine in the United States, with just 33.7% of the population receiving the vaccine, the Delta variant native to India, spreading throughout the state, causing an increase in cases and hospitalizations.

Referring to the second wave during the American winter, Dr Cobia told AL.com: “I was signing 10 death certificates a day. ‘Now it’s definitely not like that, but it probably reminds me of a lot October, November 2020. In the months to come, we will have to be careful not to make the same mistakes again, ”he asked.

Cobia recommends that people who are reluctant to get the vaccine discuss their concerns with their family doctor. She said: “I try to be very impartial when I get a new Covid patient who is not vaccinated, but I really started asking them, ‘Why haven’t they been vaccinated? “

“And most of them are very honest, they give me answers. ‘I spoke to this person, I saw this on Facebook, I got this email, I saw this on the news. I vaccinated “.

Dr Cobia added that it was “really difficult” for doctors and medical staff like her to see people die who were not vaccinated. “We have been doing this for a long time and we are all, at this point, very tired and emotionally exhausted.”

During the development of the pandemic, it became clear that the virus causes respiratory complications such as pneumonia, which occurs when the lungs fill with fluid and become inflamed. When the air sacs fill with fluid, they cannot absorb as much oxygen, which leads to symptoms such as coughing and shortness of breath.

It has also been shown to damage the epithelial cells, which line the airways from the nose to the lungs.

The United States hit a six-month high of new Covid cases with more than 100,000 infections reported on Wednesday, as the Delta variant sweeps through areas where people have not been vaccinated.

The country reports more than 94,819 cases in seven days on average, a five-fold increase in less than a month and the largest increases are occurring in reluctant to vaccinate states such as Florida, Missouri, and Louisiana.