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Fully Vaccinated 21-Year-Old Student Dies of COVID-19 [View all] babylonsister Oct 2021 OP

:( sakabatou Oct 2021 #1

... SheltieLover Oct 2021 #2

This is so sad, and so perplexing FakeNoose Oct 2021 #3

Heart goes out to this poor family. Boomerproud Oct 2021 #4

I don't think I need to say it here, but Hav Oct 2021 #5

It will most likely be used by the antivaxxers unfortunately n/t hibbing Oct 2021 #14

They should let people in all age groups get boosters. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #6

I can't imagine... piddyprints Oct 2021 #7

Is there a way to test to see if a COVID patient has been vaccinated? There could be some who claim brewens Oct 2021 #8

Or what if he got a shot that wasn't effective OhioBlue Oct 2021 #11

How the vaccines are stored, transported, wnylib Oct 2021 #16

I think that happens also. There should be a record of his vaccinations though Maraya1969 Oct 2021 #74

Yeah. The state and the doctors would have that but can't say anything. n/t brewens Oct 2021 #77

Not much in the way of details. LiberalFighter Oct 2021 #9

Perhaps attended a football game? moondust Oct 2021 #10

I'm UGA faculty GAdem2016 Oct 2021 #13

Welcome to DU, GAdem2016. babylonsister Oct 2021 #17

I'm so very sorry. mzmolly Oct 2021 #18

Welcome to DU, GAdem2016. calimary Oct 2021 #19

Welcome to DU MustLoveBeagles Oct 2021 #21

Welcome to DU .... and as a Ga. Tech alum and the father of a Ga. Tech alum I must say..... groundloop Oct 2021 #22

Welcome to DU. StevieM Oct 2021 #30

:) Welcome, GAdem, from another GA DUer. Thanks for the input. Hortensis Oct 2021 #45

Waving from a Texan happily resettled in GA! Ilsa Oct 2021 #67

LOL re: thanking the Aggies GAdem2016 Oct 2021 #81

... MustLoveBeagles Oct 2021 #12

So very sad. mzmolly Oct 2021 #15

Oh they won't. My university overturned Faculty, Student, and Staff votes in support of a mandate. róisín_dubh Oct 2021 #38

Ugh. mzmolly Oct 2021 #72

So this is a FB story,,,,,,,,, geeez DU Cryptoad Oct 2021 #20

No, it's a Daily Beast story. babylonsister Oct 2021 #23

yes. originally ran in the student newspaper stopdiggin Oct 2021 #29

"geeez du?" really? orleans Oct 2021 #31

Thank you. babylonsister Oct 2021 #36

Link to the original Red & Black (independent UGA student newspaper, Athens, GA) article: CottonBear Oct 2021 #76

This really scares me! Duppers Oct 2021 #24

Come on now, 100 other things a kid that age would die of first. Jon King Oct 2021 #28

and the story still remains stopdiggin Oct 2021 #32

I'm guessing there must be some sort of comorbidity involved Poiuyt Oct 2021 #25

A Guy toughtony Oct 2021 #26

This. Plus, you really don't want to be sick, THEN get Covid on top of it. Hortensis Oct 2021 #46

Like getting struck by lightning, fit, 21 years old, and vaccinated, never die of Covid. Jon King Oct 2021 #27

It's possible he had a comorbidity he was unaware of. BannonsLiver Oct 2021 #79

Thought The Same ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #80

Why do I feel like something is being left out? PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #33

No, it's not. Pneumonia is actually the cause of most deaths Hortensis Oct 2021 #49

And THIS is exactly why we are taking NO chances. We double mask everywhere we go Ferrets are Cool Oct 2021 #34

Most colleges used J&J Bear Creek Oct 2021 #35

Family says he got Pfizer. LisaL Oct 2021 #37

UGA administers the Pfizer vaccine to students, staff, & faculty. NT CottonBear Oct 2021 #73

I read the other day that EVERY time you look closely at an incident of a fully vaccinated person retread Oct 2021 #39

The fact it makes the news shows how rare it is mainer Oct 2021 #40

Heartbreaking..I'm so worried about my son at a large university helpisontheway Oct 2021 #41

Glad to hear that 92%! Of course you're worried, but it sounds Hortensis Oct 2021 #51

Which vaccine did he receive? NurseJackie Oct 2021 #42

Per the family, he got two doses of Pfizer. LisaL Oct 2021 #48

Thanks. It's as we've always been told... NurseJackie Oct 2021 #52

Per the family, he also had covid previously, before getting vaccinated. LisaL Oct 2021 #55

Yes it is. If the person (or persons unknown) who passed it on to him had also been vaccinated... NurseJackie Oct 2021 #57

His father said helpisontheway Oct 2021 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author live love laugh Oct 2021 #70

COVID is not pneumonia speak easy Oct 2021 #44

You have got to be kidding. LisaL Oct 2021 #47

Pneumonia is not congested lungs. speak easy Oct 2021 #50

The point is, it was brought on by Covid. The article says so. Baitball Blogger Oct 2021 #53

The point is he died of a secondary infection. speak easy Oct 2021 #54

Or for crying out loud. LisaL Oct 2021 #56

Pneumonia is a medical term. speak easy Oct 2021 #58

Pneumonia is a known complication of covid. LisaL Oct 2021 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author Baitball Blogger Oct 2021 #60

I agree with your position Hav Oct 2021 #64

Cause and effect. No Covid, no pneumonia. Baitball Blogger Oct 2021 #62

Chill out, Lisa. I'm on your side. Baitball Blogger Oct 2021 #61

I can't believe that after all this time, we still have to argue that LisaL Oct 2021 #63

Right. Speakeasy's position feeds into the right-wing meme. Baitball Blogger Oct 2021 #65

Covid in itself wouldn't kill anyone if we don't count covid complications. LisaL Oct 2021 #66

Nope. speak easy Oct 2021 #69

Based on your "logic" everybody dies of heart failure then. nt live love laugh Oct 2021 #68

Actually, that's true. Although much or most of the time something else PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #71

My point exactly. Everybody's heart stops at death--but for different reasons. nt live love laugh Oct 2021 #78

He died of pneumonia Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #75

Means nothing really. It's just human interest at best. gulliver Oct 2021 #82