Doctor says ‘death is imminent’ for woman in hospital bed in Michigan who ‘categorically’ refused COVID-19 vaccine

• Dr Nicole Linder of Michigan said she had seen a patient’s symptoms of COVID-19 worsen for weeks.

• His patient, Kathy, refused to be vaccinated, and now it is too late, Linder said.

• “Despite everything that could be done for her, she will lose her battle and lose her life,” Linder said.

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A Michigan doctor issued a stern warning to a woman lying in a hospital bed who refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19: “Death is imminent.

Dr Nicole Linder, chief hospitalist of the medical group at OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba, Michigan, urged the public to get vaccinated against the coronavirus on Thursday. To make her point clear, she cited a “very special patient” of hers named Kathy who had “categorically refused the vaccine” before contracting the coronavirus.

Kathy has been in the hospital for at least three weeks fighting COVID-19, Linder said, according to local media outlet MLive.com.

After being admitted to the hospital, Kathy called several friends and family members to convince them to get the vaccine. At least six people have been vaccinated after speaking with Kathy, Linder said, according to MLive.com.

Kathy has since been released from hospice care to spend time with her family as her symptoms continue to worsen. Before her release, Kathy and Linder said goodbye to each other.

“It was too late for her,” said Linder, who got Kathy’s permission to share her story. “Despite everything that could be done for her, she’s going to lose her battle and lose her life. And she’s lively and outgoing and just a wonderful person and that didn’t have to happen. Her family didn’t. to lose it. “

For months, health experts have urged the public to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday indicates that unvaccinated people are up to 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than people who have received a vaccine.

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Nationally, about 54% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

“I am tired, my heart broken and I am tired of seeing people suffer needlessly and die from a disease that could have been prevented with a simple, safe and effective vaccine,” Linder said. “I don’t want to see the families of my patients suffer the grief and guilt if they played a role in their family’s decision not to get the vaccine.”

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