“I should not have waited.”
Within the final video posted on her TikTok account, Megan Alexandra Blankenbiller begs her followers to not make the identical mistake she did – ready to get a COVID-19 vaccine – which ended up paying together with her life.
Megan Alexandra Blankenbiller fell ailing earlier than she may get a COVID-19 vaccine. She spent her final days within the hospital attempting to avoid wasting others from making the identical mistake.
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Megan Alexandra Blankenbiler fell ailing earlier than she may get a COVID-19 vaccine. She spent her final days within the hospital attempting to avoid wasting others from making the identical mistake.
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Blankenbiler, or @atasteofalex on TikTok, died of COVID-19 final month after documenting her journey with the virus by a sequence of brief movies. She first introduced that she had obtained COVID-19 on August 13 with a video of herself within the hospital. Within the caption, she urged others: “DO NOT WAIT TO BE VACCINATED! Go now!!”
It is a sentiment she echoes in her subsequent three movies.
In a video, she dispels the misperception that individuals who get vaccinated cannot get COVID-19 and explains that it helps your physique struggle the virus should you get it. Subsequent, she stated she was afraid to get vaccinated. She additionally stated that since being within the hospital, she has heard “the groans and screams of these in ache” – the ache of those that have seemingly misplaced family members.
In her closing video, filmed on a hospital mattress like everybody else, she admits it is getting tougher and tougher to speak however shares her personal story: She’s not in opposition to vaccines, however has spent analysis and needs to get vaccinated similtaneously her household – a call she says she regrets.
“I actually suppose it was a mistake. I should not have waited,” she stated. “If you happen to’re 70% positive you need the vaccine, go get it. Do not wait. Go get it as a result of hopefully should you get it, you will not find yourself within the hospital like me, OK?”
Blankenbiler died 9 days after her final video was posted on August 15, CNN reported. She was 31 years previous. Earlier than her demise, she made an appointment together with her mom and sisters for vaccinations however fell ailing earlier than she may get the shot, in response to WebMD.
Blankenbiller’s story is much like many tales which were shared in current months about individuals who weren’t vaccinated however, after contracting COVID-19, wished that they had. A few of these individuals have begun encouraging others to get injections. Well being officers hope that these tales will elevate vaccination charges and save lives.
