“One of the last things they do before they are intubated is begging me for the vaccine” – HotAir

“I’m admitting healthy young people with very serious COVID infections to the hospital,” Cobia, a hospitalist at Birmingham’s Grandview Medical Center, wrote in a moving Facebook post on Sunday. “One of the last things they do before they are intubated is begging me for the vaccine. I hold their hand and tell them I’m sorry, but it’s too late. “…

“A few days later when I call the time of death,” Cobia continued on Facebook, “I hug their family members and tell them that the best way to honor their loved one is to ‘go get the shot and encourage everyone they know to do the same. “

“They cry. And they tell me they didn’t know. They thought it was a hoax. They thought it was political. They thought because they had a certain blood type or a certain skin color. , they wouldn’t get that sick. They thought it was “just the flu.” But they were wrong. And they wish they could go back. But they can’t. So they thank me and they go get the shot. And I go back to my office, I write their obituaries and I say a little prayer that this loss will save more lives.