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COVID-19: My brother said he 'regretted not taking the vaccine' as he lay dying

Sky, 06 Aug 2021
The sister of a fit and healthy man who died from COVID-19 says her brother was 'beating himself up' over his decision not to get vaccinated during his final days, as she issued a warning over jabs misinformation.

John Eyers, 42, from Southport, Merseyside died last week - exactly a month after catching the virus.

The 'fit' and 'adventurous' father-of-one had been climbing Welsh mountains and wild camping a month before he became seriously ill.

His twin sister Jenny McCann, from London, told Sky News her brother 'bought into' misinformation surrounding the safety of coronavirus vaccines and didn't believe he would die from the virus.

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