Vaccinated man dies in Florida, daughters share their anger and urge people to get vaccinated — The Hill
“A fully vaccinated man who resided in a Florida retirement home died from COVID-19. His daughters wrote an obituary urging people to get vaccinated and blame the state for his life ending.
Clark Allen died on July 22 after contracting a breakthrough case of COVID-19, a “one-in-a-million” chance, according to the man’s doctor.
The surviving daughters of Clark Allen, Danielle and Nicole Allen-Gentile,
expressed their anger in an obituary about how their father could have been infected and said his death was preventable,
The Washington Post reported.”
“During the pandemic, Clark Allen's two daughters — along with their five siblings — debated whether their father should be in an assisted living home in Florida or Connecticut. The daughters received a blunt message from a Connecticut home: “You need to get him out of Florida. He will die in Florida,” The Washington Post reports.
The daughters speculate that he contracted the virus from an unvaccinated person at Carlisle Palm Beach, an assisted living facility in Lantana, Fla. Allen reportedly took the virus very seriously, paying close attention to public health measures as he had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that could make a possible infection more severe, according to the
Tampa Bay Times, which first shared the story.”
Was he in the assisted living or independent living area?
Was he taking meals in his room and not eating in the main dining room?
Did he wear a mask every time he left his room/apartment? Especially indoors around others?
Did only fully vaccinated people visit with him indoors?
Did he go to doctors and other appointments via a daughter or other relative? Or utilize the center’s bus?
I would think mixing unvaccinated and vaccinated in an independent living environment where people congregate indoors without masks is risky.
How do you know who is vaccinated and who isn’t? How do you keep a loved one safe under those conditions?
