Amanda Perry, Cosmetologist

23Oct

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Amanda Perry, Cosmetologist

Amanda Perry, Cosmetologist A Dickson County, Tennessee mother died of COVID-19 this week after giving birth to a baby, both victims of a homicidal social policy of herd immunity which has allowed the deadly virus to spread far and wide. Amanda Perry, had been admitted in mid-September to a local hospital emergency room with COVID-19. She was 32 months pregnant at the time and an emergency C-section was preformed. Put on life support, she was then eventually airlifted to Richmond, Virginia for increased COVID-19 support and treatment in hopes of saving her life. The 36-year-old's partner, Billy, had driven to Richmond and rented an apartment to be near his wife who died October 18. The baby, Nolan, remained in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for a month and is reporte...

22Oct

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Sandra Jacobs, Saleswoman

Sandra Jacobs, Saleswoman The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine brought about the April 21 death of Tatum Strieter-Byron's mother, 60-year-old Sandra Jacobs of Saline, a grandmother, a friend, an employee. Rationalizing or logically explaining this as rare doesn’t help Strieter-Byron, who still finds herself picking up the phone, without even thinking, to contact the first person she always called or texted with important news: her mother. “She was a real person. She is not a piece of just like fictitious political propaganda, where they’re saying it doesn’t exist. It’s not true. It does exist. She was a real person with a real life.” Jacobs died 13 days following the time she received the single-shot at a CVS pharmacy on April 8, just five days prior to the federal healt...

21Oct

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Emily Robinson, Pregnant Woman

Emily Robinson, 22-Year-Old Pregnant Woman ICU nurse Ashlee Schwartz arrives at work at Mercy Hospital in Arkansas and immediately checks their COVID-19 stats. She says the cases had surged in the summer – and most of the patients were unvaccinated. One August day, a patient stood out to Schwartz – Emily Robison, who was just 22 years old. The CDC says battling COVID-19 while pregnant can lead to severe complications. They request all people over the age of 12 to get vaccinated – including pregnant women. Robison's husband, Eric Robison, had mentioned to the reporters that neither of them were vaccinated when his wife was admitted to the hospital. Being aware of Robison's condition, Schwartz was concerned for her and her baby, who would be named Carmen. "I knew that, more th...

21Oct

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Michael Haberstumpf, Sailor

Michael Haberstumpf, Senior Chief Master-at-Arms Another sailor has passed away because of COVID-19 complications, at least the second sailor to die from the virus this month, the Navy announced on Wednesday. Senior Chief Master-at-Arms Michael Haberstumpf, died of COVID-19-related complications Oct. 10 at the UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, after testing positive for the virus Sept. 2. He was hospitalized Sept. 9. The 42-year old was assigned to Joint Special Operations Intelligence Brigade at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. “We will continue to support his family and shipmates during this difficult time,” a Navy news release mentioned. Around 70 service members have died from COVID-19 complications, according to Pentagon data, and at least 15 of those hav...

20Oct

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Marrisha Kindred Jenkins, Young Mother

Marrisha “ReRe” Kindred Jenkins, Young Mother A Georgia mom is requesting others to get vaccinated after her beloved daughter passed away of COVID-19 complications — and tragically before she got the chance to hold her new baby. According to ABC affiliate WSB-TV, Marrisha "ReRe" Kindred Jenkins died on September 23, just two weeks following to giving birth to her third child, son Jaylen. The news came as a shock to Marrisha's family, who believed the 27-year-old mom was doing a lot better after being hospitalized for COVID-19 and pneumonia earlier in the month, the outlet reported. "She said, 'Mom, they said my lungs are clear,' and they sent her home," Marrisha's mom, Helena Kindred, recalled to reporters. "We said she has some issues but I wasn't expecting what happened to...

19Oct

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Robin Williams, Cancer Survivor

Robin Williams, Cancer Survivor At first it was hard to make out the caller's voice. Her words came slowly with a mechanical gasp in between. "Ma'am, I can't understand what you're saying," I interrupted, annoyed. "I think we have a bad connection." It wasn't a bad connection, Robin Williams was gasping for air. She was dying of COVID-19. She had called the WBIR newsroom to share her final words, and a reporter had answered the phone. "Robin Williams. 64 yrs. Parkwest hospital. Raised in Blount Co. On a BiPAP machine. Ventilator tomorrow. Vaccinated, cancer survivor." Another reporter Eric recorded the message she wanted broadcast: "I just want people to know that, even though I took all the precautions, it is still something that needs to be dealt with. It may not ha...

18Oct

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Victor Mercado, Bronx Prisoner

A Bronx man who was being held at the Rikers Island jail complex passed away on Friday following, his lawyer said, he contracted the coronavirus — the 13th death in custody during an especially deadly year in New York City’s jails. The man, Victor Mercado had been held on weapons charges since July after not being able to pay the $100,000 bail a Bronx judge set in his case when he fell ill last week, his lawyer, James A. Kilduff said. Mr. Kilduff said he had asked the judge to lower the bail last month, arguing that his client’s poor health — Mr. Mercado used a wheelchair and was overweight — made him especially susceptible to the virus. “I explained the family had limited resources, and they left the bail conditions as it was,” Mr. Kilduff said on Friday after learning of Mr...

Colin Powell, Former U.S. Secretary of State

18Oct

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Colin Powell, Former U.S. Secretary of State

Colin Powell, Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, the first black United States’ Secretary of State and top military officer, passed away on Monday at the age of 84 from COVID-19 complications, his family mentioned in a statement. "He was fully vaccinated. We want to thank the medical staff at Walter Reed National Medical Center for their caring treatment. We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American," Mr. Powell's family wrote in a post on his Facebook page. A four-star Army general, he was also the chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush during the 1991 Gulf War in which U.S.-led forces expelled Iraqi troops from neighboring Kuwait. Mr. Powell, a moderate Republican and a pragmatist,...

17Oct

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Ekundu, African Lion

Ekundu, African Lion The Honolulu Zoo declared on Friday that a 13-year-old African lion by the name of Ekundu died on Monday, October 11, 2021. Ekundu and another 12-year-old female lion, Moxy, initially showed signs of upper respiratory illness with some coughing. Both results had come back positive for SARS-CoV-2. However, they were only received after Ekundu’s death because the tests were performed at mainland laboratories. Despite continued treatment, Ekundu passed away one week after his signs firstly displayed. Zoo veterinarian Jill Yoshicedo shared that “while most SARS-CoV-2 infections in large non-domestic cats have been mild illnesses that respond well to supportive care, Ekundu was, unfortunately, one of the newer cases where COVID seems to be linked to severe pne...

16Oct

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Governor Davis, Musician

Governor Davis, Musician Muncie blues musician Governor Davis has passed away after battling COVID-19 for more than a month. According to the Governor Davis Band's Facebook page, the 73-year-old died on Wednesday, Oct. 13. A 1977 Ball State University graduate, Davis formed his own blues group, the Governor Davis Band. He went on to tour in Muncie, but in Fort Wayne, Bloomington, Indianapolis and beyond Indiana. In the beginning of September, Davis posted on his social media account that he had been admitted to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital due to COVID-19. From there, a GoFundMe was started for him and his spouse, Gina. Sight and Sound Music Center, where Davis had worked for about two decades, kept the public updated on his health via social media. By mid-September, Davis...