Covid denier’s poignant message on deathbed: 'I didn't believe it'
A dad who said he once didn’t believe in Covid-19 has died imploring people to get vaccinated on his deathbed.
Kevin Smith-Chartree, 27, from Montreal in Canada, died on Friday after receiving a single dose of vaccine, CTV News reports.
Mr Smith-Chartree wrote on Facebook at one stage he did not believe in coronavirus.
“I didn’t believe in Covid-19. I was laughing. This morning, my heart was pumping at 234 beats per minute - my heart gave out twice. Thanks to my dad for calling the emergency room as I wouldn't have done it myself,” he wrote on Facebook, according to CTV News.
He was hospitalised on September 3 – two days after he was diagnosed with Covid-19. Mr Smith-Chartree’s dad Mario Smith told VAT News his son had a cough and a runny nose.
But instead of staying in hospital, Mr Smith-Chartree returned home on September 8.
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Mr Smith said his son signed a refusal of treatment form at the hospital and returned home with medication instead.
“He's not a hospital guy, he wanted to get out of there, but if he had stayed I'm sure he wouldn't be where he is today,” he said.
Later that night, the 27-year-old was rushed back to hospital.
Mr Smith said his son was intubated and placed in an induced coma. His family claim on his deathbed he implored people to get vaccinated.
He had one dose and was hoping to get a second one so he could travel.
A member of the family, who did not want to be named, told La Presse the young dad was not an anti-vaxxer.
"He was worried about the vaccine, yes, but all he wanted was to see how people were going to react to it to make sure it was safe for him and his loved ones before encouraging them to get the vaccine,” he told LA Presse.
The man added Mr Smith-Chartree told him to get vaccinated.
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