Another Sad COVID Family story.

[OAITW r.2.0]

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/11/29/salem-decelle-family-hospitalized-covid/

The family says Mike had promised his wife he’d get the vaccine before their son arrives in February. Mikayla, who turned 12 this weekend and was scheduled for her shot, is in the ICU.


Kylie, Mike, Mikayla, and Erica (from left to right) posing for a photo. Mike (second to left) and MiKayla (second to right) are currently in the hospital. (WBZ-TV)

“Without them here, everything is so quiet. As much as my sister annoyed me, I really do miss them a lot,” Kylie said.

Friends who have organized an online fundraiser say they’re overwhelmed by generosity from the North Shore, and they want to remind anyone still on the fence to make a selfless choice.

“I was so against getting the shot. I did my research. I didn’t do it for me, I did it because I didn’t want to bring it home to my kids,” said family friend Ryan LeMay. “You’ve got to suck it up. Get the shot.”

[LonePirate]

1. It's interesting how all of the people who do their own research never end up vaccinated.

What exactly are they researching because it definitely isn't efficacy of the vaccines?

[LisaL]

2. Conspiracy theories on social media would be my guess.

NT

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Not sure the friend is an anti-vaxxer....

"I did my research. I didn’t do it for me, I did it because I didn’t want to bring it home to my kids,”

I read this as deciding to get the vax to protect his family. Guess he was OK with getting COVID for himself, but infecting his kids was too big a chance for him to take. Not sure I understand the internal reasoning here, but he arrived at the right solution. Get the shot.

[Earth-shine]

4. A lot of them listen to quack anti-vax doctors on YouTube and more.

They can be hard to distinguish from real doctors and scientists.

[Ms. Toad]

5. That comment was from a friend of the family who IS vaccinated. n/t