Please get the shot, people.

   Here is an article from usatoday(dot)com, written by Hadley Hitson:

  The family of a man who died of heart issues in Mississippi is asking people to get vaccinated for COVID-19 after 43 hospitals across three states were unable to accept him because of full cardiac ICUs. 

 Ray Martin DeMonia died last week in Meridian, Mississippi. He was three days shy of his 74th birthday and a well-known native in Cullman, Alabama, his family said.  

 DeMonia suffered from a cardiac event, and emergency staff at Cullman Regional Medical Center had to bring him to the nearest available bed, which was nearly 200 miles away at a Mississippi hospital.

 In his obituary, DeMonia’s family urged people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. 

 “In honor of Ray, please get vaccinated if you have not, in an effort to free up resources for non-COVID related emergencies,” the obituary read. “He would not want any other family to go through what his did.”

 “Ray DeMonia was like no other,” his obituary read. 

 

  This is the true cost of not getting vaccinated:  people tying up beds in hospitals, that should be open for people who really need them. You can argue about "Well, COVID patients need them, too!", but I'd argue that if they took the proper precautions, they wouldn't need either as many, or none at all. Refusing to protect yourself and others around you because of arrogance and stupidity is inexcusable. 

  My condolences to Ray and his family. Not so much to the people who prevented him getting help.