COVID-19: After losing six members within 10 days, Pastor begs people to get vaccinated

A Florida pastor has begged for higher vaccination uptake after losing six members of his Jacksonville church in just 10 days as the state emerges as a current Covid-19 hotspot.

“In the last 10 days, we’ve had six members of our church who have passed away from Covid; four of them were under the age of 35. All of them were healthy,” Rev George Davis told local NBC affiliate WFLA.

“The only thing they had in common? Each of them were not vaccinated. These were people that I know, that I’ve pastored,” he said. “One 24-year-old kid, I’ve known him since he was a toddler.”

The unfortunate reality at Impact Church is, tragically, not unusual. Florida recorded its highest daily count this week since the beginning of the pandemic, with 22,783 new cases on Thursday, 1,100 more than the state’s previous single-day case count recorded last Saturday, according to CDC figures.

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