An Unvaccinated Couple Died Of COVID After Family Members Begged Them To Get The Vaccine “Kevin's last words to his mother were, ‘Mom I love you, and I wish I had gotten the shot.’”
on September 23, 2021, the same day Kevin was admitted to the hospital for severe complications from the virus. Kevin died a couple weeks later on October 8. The Virginia couple left behind five children and one grandchild: Riley, 17; Leah, 14, and twins Taylor and Aiden, 11. Kevin also had one daughter, Angel, from a previous relationship, who is 22 and has a son, Lincoln.
“I knew how deadly COVID could be so I went to my brother and asked him to please get vaccinated,” Kevin’s brother Mike Mitchem told“His response to me was to show different memes and stuff that he found on Facebook. He believed all that to be gospel truth and I could not change his mind.” “The heartbreaking part was while [Kevin] was in the hospital, he asked the medical staff to give him the shot. They had to tell him it was too late,” Mitchem continued. Kevin’s last words to his mother were, “Mom I love you, and I wish I had gotten the shot.”
Kevin’s father Don also recalled repeatedly begging his son and daughter-in-law to get the vaccine. “We’d just say, ‘Hey, Kevin let’s get the shot, buddy. It’s not going to hurt you.”Kevin and Misty Mitchem, both in their 40s, refused the COVID-19 vaccine, despite their family urging them to get the shot. They tragically leave behind four children 11 to 17, parents and siblings.
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