Jacksonville woman who lost godmother to COVID-19 urges others to get vaccinated

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A Jacksonville pistillate who mislaid her godmother to COVID-19 complications astir a twelvemonth agone is reminding others to beryllium vigilant erstwhile it comes to the virus.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville pistillate who mislaid her godmother past vacation play to COVID-19 complications wants others to support themselves.

“COVID took a large portion of my beingness distant from me,” Adeara Booth said, “so I decidedly privation to bring consciousness and marque definite radical enactment safe.”

Booth says, now, determination are much ways radical tin support themselves than erstwhile her godmother was archetypal diagnosed with COVID-19. She says she hopes others instrumentality precautions to support their ain families.

The grin connected Cheryl Bacon’s look is conscionable 1 happening her goddaughter misses the astir astir her. “I miss the joyousness that she had,” said Booth. “She was decidedly the glue for each of america and we decidedly miss her much and much each day.”

Last Christmas, Bacon was warring for her beingness successful the infirmary against COVID-19. Days later, the 50-year-old grandma passed. “I don’t privation that connected anybody. That was 1 of the hardest times of my life,” said Booth.

This vacation season, COVID-19 cases are climbing amid the omicron variant. Last year, Bacon was diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier vaccines were disposable to her. Booth believes a vaccine would person saved her godmother’s life.

“I conscionable truly privation everybody to beryllium safe. We’re astatine a spot successful clip wherever beingness is excessively short,” Booth said. “I would conscionable archer people, conscionable emotion connected the radical that you person successful beforehand of you. Love connected each azygous past 1 of your loved ones that travel astir for the Christmas holidays.”