Samantha Wendell was worried the vaccine would affect her fertility. Instead of attending her wedding, her family is now planning her funeral.
Wendell decided they should hold off on their vaccinations. It was a choice that cost her her life: Instead of attending her wedding, which was supposed to be on Aug. 21, her family is now planning her funeral.
Wendell’s fiancé, her mother and a cousin told NBC News they were sharing her story because they were certain she would have wanted other people to learn from her mistake. She and Eskew got vaccination appointments for the end of July. In the meantime, wedding preparations continued: dress fittings, menu tastings, and a bachelorette party in Nashville, Tennessee.
Doctors tried with limited success to stabilize her. On Aug. 16, five days before she was supposed to get married, she was put on a ventilator. The wedding was postponed, with hopes it could happen later in the year. “She had so much influence in everything that I do,” he said, recalling a time when he went to buy groceries earlier this week, and found himself unsure what to get, since it had always been a joint task he shared with Wendell. “We didn’t really ever do anything without the other in mind.”The myth that Covid vaccines can affect fertility is pervasive.
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