KEY POINTS
- A 33-year-old Georgian man who refused to be vaccinated died last week in hospital after a battle with COVID-19
- He urged family and friends to get vaccinated in his latest posts on social media
- He said doctors at the hospital told him that so far they had not had to admit any vaccinated person
A 33-year-old man in Coweta County, Georgia, who died of COVID-19-induced pneumonia last week urged people to get vaccinated in one of his latest social media posts.
Kevin McKenzie of Senoia died Thursday at Piedmont Newnan Hospital, WSB-TV reported.
His three-week battle with COVID-19 “knocked down his lungs and the body could not fight [anymore]”McKenzie’s fiancée, Lori Minatree, wrote in a post on social media announcing her death.
In her second Facebook post, McKenzie, who had refused to receive the COVID-19 vaccine before her hospital stay, urged her family and friends to learn from her experience and get vaccinated.
“I’ve had a lot of people praying for me and asking if I need something and I’m grateful for all that. Please keep coming these prayers. But yes, there’s something I want everyone to do for me too damn stubborn to do it. , and if you haven’t already, go get the COVID vaccine, ”McKenzie wrote in his Aug. 24 post, along with a photo of him tied to a fan.
“When I was admitted to the hospital, there were four different doctors who told me they hadn’t had to admit a single vaccinated person. Trust me, you don’t want to be where I am. [am] now, and as soon as I get over it, I will get the vaccine, ”he added.
Minatree said she hopes her fiancé’s plea would help save other people.
“[The] the last message he made from the hospital said he was too stubborn to get vaccinated and asked everyone not to be vaccinated. You won’t even know how his story saved so many lives because [of] how many people get vaccinated after listening to their battle! Minatree said on Facebook.
McKenzie’s latest post on the social media platform, which was on Aug. 24, showed a note from the fortune cookie that he said came with the Chinese food Minatree had delivered to the hospital. The message said, “Good health is the best wealth of man.”
Family members described McKenzie as a fun-loving boy who loved to ride a motorcycle, visit amusement parks, go camping, and be an adoptive uncle of his friends ’children, according to WSB-TV. He was reportedly a paternal figure of Minatree’s two daughters.
McKenzie’s funeral was scheduled to take place Sunday in Peachtree City. According to reports, a group of fellow motorcyclists planned to escort his body to the funeral home.
The United States has reported 40 million cases of COVID-19 and 648,000 deaths as of Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
