The Rodriguezs thought their bodies were immune enough to coronavirus as for vaccination and, although in United States everyone can access the biologicals against the Covid-19, They decided to continue with their daily lives without being immune.
A few months ago Lydia Rodriguez, 42, participated along with her children and other relatives in a camp organized by the Christian church which they attended in Lamarque, Texas, USA where, unfortunately, they were entrusted. Although her husband, Lawrence Rodriguez, did not attend the meeting for work reasons, she also contracted the virus.
This Monday, the woman died of complications from the coronavirus, two weeks after the death of her husband in the same intensive care unit at Sugarland Hospital, Texas, and for the same cause.
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Although a cousin of the couple, Dottie Jones, who is a neonatal nurse, warned them on several occasions of the risks they were exposed to from getting vaccinated, the Rodriguezes did not listen to her. However, Jones says that if they used mouthguards and were careful, only that they were carried away by the false information of the vaccines and decided not to be immunized.
Weeks later, the couple presented with several symptoms of covid-19, but preferred to keep it a secret until they had to be taken to the hospital for breathing difficulties. Once there, Lydia and Lawrence Rodriguez asked to be vaccinated, however, it was too late.
“Lydia never really believed in vaccines … She believed she could handle everything on her own, that she didn’t really need medicine,” Jones told The Washington Post.
Lydia’s pleas
When Lawrence died, on August 2, 2021, Lydia was connected to a fan and unable to communicate with her four children, who constantly called her to sing Christian hymns to her and lift her spirits.
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Still, and despite the efforts of the medical staff, Lydia became complicated and before being intubated asked her children to be vaccinated; the 18-year-old twins, the 16-year-old and the 11-year-old.
“Please make sure my kids are vaccinated,” Lydia begged her family.
Following the petition, the woman lost her life on August 16.
Currently, her older children have already been vaccinated, the middle child is waiting for the first dose and the girl is scheduled for when the vaccine for children under 12 is authorized.
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For his part, Jones had to use his social media to deny that his cousin had died from complications from the vaccine, false information that some anti-vaccine groups were spreading. In addition, it seeks to raise awareness about the pandemic and the importance of immunization.
“My 4 cousins probably wouldn’t be orphaned now if Lydia and Lawrence had been vaccinated. It’s a tragic story and I don’t want any other family to endure this. I don’t want more children to be orphaned by misinformation,” the nurse reflects in her Nets.
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