Excerpt from the Jamaica Observer Column published Monday, April 26, 2021
By Jean Lowrie-Chin
There seems to be hardly a family that has not been touched by COVID-19. Our turn came when our cousin, Delroy Campbell, was admitted to Savanna-la-Mar Hospital last month. As the days and weeks passed his condition worsened, despite the excellent care he received, and the fervent prayers said for his recovery. Sadly, we lost him two weeks ago and, like so many families all over the world, we will have to attend a virtual thanksgiving service.
He was only 59 years old; a gentle, steady family man who married his high school sweetheart Pamela and raised two lovely children.
This pandemic is causing so much heartbreak. We could feel the pain of Michael Sharpe’s colleagues in the RJRGleaner family. He was ever the gentleman and a thorough and daring journalist, but I did not realise what a great mentor he had been for others in the field, among them are Kirk Wright and Dadrian Gordon who remarked on his encouragement and guidance.
The threats to the nurse who gave Sharpe the COVID-19 vaccine, and other nurses, are shocking. How could we sink so low? Even in their grief, Sharpe’s family members have appeared on television appealing for good sense to prevail. Let us condemn anti-vaxxers and encourage vulnerable people to take the vaccine.
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