Michael Freedy, 39, a Las Vegas casino worker and father of 5, died from COVID-19 on Thursday. Three in ten unvaccinated adults say they want to “wait and see” the vaccine’s long-term effects. Those results may not be known for five years. Michael Freedy, known as “Big Mike” by coworkers and friends, died of complications from COVID-19 this Thursday, according to his family. Before passing, the father of 5 texted his fiancée Jessica DuPreez: “I should have gotten the damn vaccine.” Freedy began feeling unwell following a trip to the beach; they thought he had come down with sun poisoning. After testing positive for COVID-19, he was admitted to the ICU with double pneumonia and placed on a ventilator. “His numbers crashed and they were not able to bring them back up,” DuPreez wrote on the family’s GoFundMe page.
