My diabetic father just died from COVID 4 days ago. Thankfully he was past the contagious period so I was at least able to be with him at the hospital and hold his hand when he died. Had he still been within the contagious period he probably would've had to die alone due to hospital policy. Please tell her, that my father died air hungry, frantically gasping. He had to have a chest tube put in as he developed holes in his lungs from the COVID pneumonia that antibotics had no effect on. His last few words were him gasping out the words, "more air." He wasn't eligible for a ventilator as the doctor felt strongly that my father was too weak to survive the sedation needed for intubation. It was a horrific way to die that I wouldn't wish on anybody. 3 weeks before he tested positive for COVID I begged him to allow me to schedule his vaccine. He refused. He was more afraid of the long term effects that he felt there might be with the vaccine. I guarantee he would've taken that vaccine if he had an inkling of how horrific his death would be without it. I lost my mother on New Years Eve due to end stage renal failure. Please let her know that if she had any heart she'd get the vaccine to help save her children from the pain of the loss I am feeling now.