'They're all gone': Florida woman loses fiance, mother and grandma in 5 days to COVID-19

[JoanofArgh]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —

A Florida woman is devastated after losing her fiancé, mother and grandmother all in the course of five days to COVID-19. Tiffany Devereaux and her family live in the Jacksonville area about 30 minutes south of the Georgia/Florida border. Devereaux lost her grandmother last Saturday, her fiancée last Monday and her mother last Wednesday.

“I had to skip going to my Meemaw’s funeral yesterday so I could get to the hospital to say goodbye to my Momma,” Devereaux told WJXT through tears.

Devereaux’s fiancé, 35-year-old Britt McCall, worked for the Duval County school system with his father, 60-year-old Mark McCall. Family members told CNN Mark McCall also became infected and died early Friday. His mother is still in the hospital.

Devereaux told WJXT that her 85-year-old grandmother was vaccinated, but already in poor health. The rest of the family was not. She also tested positive for the virus, but had mild symptoms. Devereaux said she now plans to get vaccinated and is encouraging everyone else to as well.

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[liberal N proud]

1. It's not like it was preventable or anything

They call liberals sheep while being led to their deaths

[jimfields33]

3. Her grandmother was vaccinated and still died. That's very tragic.

[Dream Girl]

7. 85 year old. Did she even die from Covid?

[jimfields33]

8. I believe so. Three close members to this young lady did.

[Horse with no Name]

12. More than likely yes she did

After the rest of the unvaccinated members of the family brought it to her

[Botany]

9. Did she even die from C-19?

Lots of 85 year old people die but the #s of people who have been vaccinated and
still die of the disease is very very small.

[maxsolomon]

19. A different year, it would have been the Flu.

any respiratory disease when you're at the edge can tip you over.

[LanternWaste]

37. Yo man, her mother and fiance died from what preventable issue?

That's tragic too, no? However, I can certainly understand why you would wholly ignore that.

[Ilsa]

4. In the grandmother's case, it wasn't preventable, given her age

and health problems. Even the vaccine couldn't save her. It should be a lesson to everyone that people are still at risk.

[Mariana]

22. It may have been preventable, if her family had been vaccinated.

She might never have been infected in the first place. There's no way to know for sure, of course - she may have caught it from someone else and spread it to her family members, rather than the other way around.

[liberal N proud]

26. This

[GulfCoast66]

30. Best post I've read all day.

[ananda]

2. Nothing like a lot of family death to wake you up.

...

[Solly Mack]

5. I got nothing.

Just overwhelming sadness at the avoidable tragedy of it all.

[Crunchy Frog]

6. Connected to the family that lost the father, 35 year old son,

And nearly lost the mother.

Lots of people regretting their vaccine "hesitancy".

[MissB]

10. I think that mother is still in the hospital?

That’s a whole lot of death between the two families. Very sad.

But getting vaccinated would’ve been good.

[Botany]

11. Fox News kills. As does pastors and Florida Governors too.

"Devereaux said she now plans to get vaccinated and is encouraging everyone else to as well."

[smirkymonkey]

36. I am glad that she was persuadable.

So many of them just dig in their heels even deeper even after a close call or deaths of family members and close friends. It's amazing.

[Hortensis]

13. Victims and victimizers, terrible tragedy regardless. nt

[Johnny2X2X]

14. The problem is Cons refuse to learn until it happens to them

If I was unvaccinated, these stories would have gotten me vaccinated, but Cons only pay attention when it's their family. So family by family, Covid is going to change their minds the hard way.

[wryter2000]

23. This is the problem in so many things

They're against "Obama" care until they need it. It's a lack of empathy. They're unable to put themselves in others' shoes. Once it hits them personally, they wake up. In general, this is why people become conservatives.

[roamer65]

15. Sucks to be you, Tiffany.

[Blue_true]

40. Really is a sad situation. She seems to have learned a lesson after so much loss. nt

[roamer65]

48. Common sense is becoming as rare as hen's teeth it seems.

These people are devoid of it.

[Blue_true]

51. Yes. I agree. Lots of people didn't wait for the loss. nt

[agingdem]

16. no sympathy for the stupid...

so it took the death of her fiancé and two close family members in addition to testing covid positive for this woman to have an epiphany moment?...so how many did she infect?

[rickyhall]

17. Floridians should march on De Satan's home.

[Dream Girl]

24. But if they do, people can hit them with cars!

No criminal penalties for hitting protesters. Or is that jus BLM?. I forget.

[wnylib]

32. Wonder if they could put a layer of nails

on the ground to puncture tires and protect themselves.

Or, better yet, have an armed guard posted to shoot out the tires of any car that approaches them - or the driver - and claim Florida's stand your ground law as defense.

[Dream Girl]

33. That it's a great plan. We don't even need armed guards cuz...Gunz! We can just shoot the tires

With our own.

[Blue_true]

41. In Florida, there are plenty of gunslingers.

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They don’t need an armed guard. I suspect that people that have a gun permit will start showing up at street protests to protect themselves against murderous motorists - and per the law, the shooter can claim that he stood his or her ground (since the stand your ground law allows a person to gun down another person anywhere). DeSantis and the republicans in the legislature simply opened a bloody can of worms.

[wnylib]

43. I suggested a guard because when you are

in the midst of an activity, you don't always see what"s happening in time to respond or to prevent something. Having someone as a lookout, alert to all signs of danger, gives an advantage of stopping a car before it can mow people down.

[maxsolomon]

18. Probably all stopped masking and social distancing when the CDC said the vaxxed could.

Who's gonna know?

snip: "Vaccination rates in Georgia counties near Jacksonville are some of the lowest in the state. In Charlton County, just over the state line, only 15.1% of the population is fully vaccinated. In nearby Camden County, 28.9% of people are vaccinated."

[BannonsLiver]

38. Lol

I don’t get a “listened to the CDC” vibe here.

Quite the contrary, actually.

[maxsolomon]

46. Well, that's when it stopped being mandatory, and

not required for vaccinated people. You learned about it that way even if you don't know what a CDC or NIH is.

I'm presume some % of the unvaxxed took that as permission to unmask in indoor conditions.

[BannonsLiver]

47. Point is, these don't seem like the kind of people who care about vaccines or whatever the CDC says.

[Mariana]

20. "I had to skip going to my Meemaw's funeral yesterday..."

Why the hell are these people putting on a funeral with this Covid-19 explosion going on? Are they trying to kill off the rest of their relatives and friends too, or what?

[BradAllison]

29. They've already proven they don't give a shit. n/m

[Chainfire]

21. So, she finally sees the light?

Isn't that amazing...

Knowing that a half million other Americans had already died of the virus, it took multiple deaths in the family to encourage the woman to get vaccinated? WTF is wrong with people.

[lagomorph777]

25. Exactly.

Could have made the same decision 5 months ago.

[NYC Liberal]

34. Lack of empathy. They only care when it affects them.

[Caliman73]

27. My 12 year old son was asking for the vaccine as soon as it was available for his age group.

So many stories of people, likely conservatives, who cannot understand the need to be proactive about a situation. They seem never to care until they or someone very close to them, suffer some grave consequence. They cannot seem to understand that we do what we do because we want to be protected and want to protect others.

[BradAllison]

28. Ask who everyone supported in the last election

And end the interview there.

[amuse bouche]

31. The video is devastating and the entire scenario is infuriating

The pandemic will never end, because of people like this

[Sgent]

39. I'm sorry

I get the schadenfreude, but this is truly sad and I feel for this woman. To lose your mother or grandmother is bad enough, but your fiancé and future FIL as well? I don't know if this is considered sociology, psychology, or rhetoric, but obviously what we are currently doing in terms of messaging is failing people like her and her family, and I hope we can learn to do better.

[Blue_true]

42. A "Pandemic of the unvaccinated" or "95% of the people dying are unvaccinated)

didn’t rouse them. I have no idea what could have.

[Mariana]

45. We didn't fail them.

There is nothing we can say that will make people like this listen to us.

[Shellback Squid]

44. too fuckin late, I hope her earlier decision haunts her to her last day

[spinbaby]

49. From a friend in healthcare...

I have a friend in healthcare in Florida who says that they’re regularly seeing entire families testing positive with many of them sick. She also says that sometimes one or two in the family will be negative because they sneaked out to get vaccinated.

[JoanofArgh]

50. Interesting. Thanks for the post.