Their Loved Ones Died From Coronavirus. Here's What They Want You To Know.
Randy Narvaez worked at King Soopers grocery store in Denver, Colorado, before he died in May from the coronavirus. Prior to his death, Narvaez posted on Facebook about how people needed to wear masks when out in public.
“He was super vocal about it, so pissed off that customers coming into the store he felt did not care enough to put on masks to help protect everyone,” Narvaez’s sister Nicole Trujillo said. She took him to the emergency room on May 4 after he developed a fever, a cough, body aches and difficulty breathing. Narvaez, 51, was placed on a ventilator May 6 and he died May 17.
“These are the essential employees going into work every single day to help put food on people’s tables. The least people could do is put on a mask to prevent spreading it,” Trujillo said. Narvaez, who worked at the Kroger-owned grocery store for 30 years, leaves behind a 32-year-old daughter.
As coronavirus cases mount dramatically in the US, family members of COVID-19 victims are urging the federal government to respond more urgently to the virus and pleading for the public to also take their personal responsibility seriously.
There have been more than 2.6 million confirmed COVID-19 cases in the US and over 127,000 dead so far. After several states began reopening businesses and activities starting in early May — earlier than experts recommended — many have had to backtrack in recent days as cases ballooned. On Tuesday, the US reported more than 48,000 new cases ― a new record. Hospitalisations have increased dramatically in Arizona, Florida, Texas and other states.
“This virus needs to be taken seriously. Even if it was very far away, still one person catching it and having complications and passing away is too many,” said Sanya Lawrence, 46, whose husband, Charles Lawrence, died from COVID-19 complications on May 2 while incarcerated in Pendleton state prison in Indiana. “Why take that chance when you don’t have to?”
Sanya Lawrence, who lives...
