COVID19 Family Experience: Janet: 'My family knows exactly why we should be afraid.'

   This is the  3rd and final in several stories shared by people whose lives were changed (not for the better) because of the Coronavirus 19.  Janet's story hammers an important point. NOT everyone has access to the same medicines and care. 

DISCLAIMER:   I know you're "sick" of hearing about the COVID19 virus, but it's NOT going away, and there's no chance for a vaccine until 2021, so grow up, stop whining, and protect yourself and others. This IS something to fear if you care for family, friends, colleagues, or anyone, and for yourself.  Americans need to take the COVID19 virus seriously and it's bound to affect us through a good part of 2021, too.  (Why? Because stupid people won't wear a mask and social distance).    

READ THIS STORY... if you have an ounce of compassion in you, it will affect you:

'My family knows exactly why we should be afraid.'

Janet Kennedy McLiverty

"I was beyond enraged when I saw the president tweet, 'Don’t be afraid of COVID.' My family, along with the 210,000+ others who helplessly watched their loved ones die from complications due to COVID-19, know exactly why we should be afraid. My father died on May 5, 2020. He died after being admitted to the hospital on April 20th alone and afraid. He died after only getting to see his children and grandchild over FaceTime because the nurses were so compassionate. He died after most doctors only saw him via Telemed because there wasn’t enough PPE. He died without the option of receiving Remdesivir or plasma because there wasn’t any available. He died after being sedated on a ventilator for 10 days while his body was ravaged from the virus. He died with a swollen brain and body, lungs full of holes, heart enlarged, organs rendered useless. He died with a hero nurse who held his hand, the only thing I could think of asking her to do because we couldn’t be there. We couldn't have a wake or funeral. Couldn't be with our family and friends and mourn together. This is why I am afraid of COVID-19." -- Janet Kennedy McLiverty from New Jersey