Unvaccinated 28-year-old husband dies of COVID, wife survives because she had vaccine

A 28-year-old man who did not get vaccinated after reading conspiracy theories online urged others not to make the same mistake before he died of COVID-19 this weekend.

Braderick Wright died Saturday night after being admitted to an Atlanta hospital on July 30.

He and his widow, Brittany Wright, 25, fell ill after contracting COVID last month.

However, Brittany Wright survived because she had already received a dose of the vaccine, doctors said. She’s about to get her second shot soon.

The widow said her husband was reluctant to get the shot because of conspiracy theories he had read online. “He was immersed in TikTok conspiracy theories and, for him, he just didn’t want to get [the shot]Wright told WSBTV. “He didn’t trust the government.”

After falling ill, Brittany Wright said her husband had changed his mind about the vaccine but it was too late. Instead, she said he wanted to make sure other people didn’t make the same mistake.

“That’s his message: ‘Get vaccinated. Because I would hate for people to be like me, ”said Brittany Wright.

On Saturday August 7, Braderick Wright was incubated and he was able to speak one last time with his wife.

“He told me he didn’t want to lose me. I told him I didn’t want to lose him,” said Brittany Wright. “I told him I loved him.

Hours after their last conversation, Braderick Wright’s heart stopped. His widow said he had pre-existing health issues such as diabetes and high blood pressure, but she didn’t think he would die so young.

“I’m 25. And I mean, I didn’t expect to be a widow at 25,” his widow said. “I expected that we would grow old together, have kids, have grandchildren, and just live life, you know? But unfortunately I’m here today, planning. his funeral.”

“My husband was really, really awkward. He understood that life is always an adventure. We had trips planned, and now I don’t know what to do. He was literally the light of my world and that light is gone.”

Last week, a COVID-19 patient made a passionate plea from her hospital bed, admitting that she “was wrong not to get the vaccine” and urged others not to make the same mistake.

“I was wrong not to get the vaccine. Now I am hospitalized and very sick from COVID,” said Maria Paola Grisafi, 56, from Ribera Hospital in Agrigento, on the Italian island of Sicily.

Grisafi, who was wearing an oxygen mask, explained that she, like the other patients around her in the COVID ward, decided not to get the vaccine. “We were all wrong. Go there immediately and vaccinate,” she said.

Vaccination hesitation remains a major problem in the United States, even though about half of the population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Cases also continue to rise as the Delta variant, first identified late last year, spreads. The strain has spread faster than any previous variant of COVID-19. It has increased infection rates in all states in the United States, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to recommend universal mask wear again.