‘This is not a hoax’: family reveals tragic last words of anti-vaxxer, 28, who died of Covid

The family of a 28-year-old anti-vaxxer who died from Covid revealed how he regretted not being vaccinated in his final days in an intensive care unit, and admitted it was “not about a hoax”.

Curt Carpenter, of Pell City, Ala., Reportedly told his family the illness was “not a hoax” after believing in the fringe plot and falling ill in March. Her mother, Christy Carpenter, also believed the virus was not real.

“It took watching my son die and I suffered the effects of Covid for us to realize we needed the vaccine,” she said. The Washington Post in a recent interview. “We did not get the vaccine when we had the chance and regret it so much now.”

Ms Carpenter said she and her son were anti-vaccine because “it took years to create other vaccines.” The family eventually caught Covid and Curt was taken to an intensive care unit in Birmingham, Alabama. He died on May 2 after 51 days on a ventilator.

“Curt thought Covid was a hoax and didn’t take it seriously, until he couldn’t breathe without oxygen,” she added in an interview. Montogomery Advertiser in Alabama. Among his last words were: “This is not a hoax, this is real.”

“I know if Curt had survived he would have made sure everyone knew how bad this disease is and how important the vaccine is,” she added, and said it was its “mission” to inform Alabamans of the importance of getting vaccinated against covid.

The story, which circulated on social media this weekend, is one of many amid a wave of Covid in Alabama and a swathe of Republican-leaning southern states where vaccination rates are among the lowest in all of the United States.

Last week, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey told reporters in Birmingham, Alabama, it was time to “start blaming unvaccinated people, not ordinary people” for an increase in infections and hospitalizations in his condition.

According to the CDC, as few as 39.8% of Alabamans aged 12 and over have been fully vaccinated against Covid, compared to a US average of 48.8%.

Reluctance to vaccinate has been seen widely among Republicans and is the reason the Biden administration failed to meet the July 4 goal of vaccinating 70% of adults. In the meantime, fringe plots about Covid have spread online.