Though young and healthy, unvaccinated father dies of COVID

Health officials in Mississippi say they are seeing a spike in cases among young adults and children as the highly contagious delta variant sweeps through unvaccinated populations

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Healthy and in their 30s, Christina and Josh Tidmore figured they were low-risk for COVID-19. With conflicting viewpoints about whether to get vaccinated against the virus filling their social media feeds and social circles, they decided to wait. On July 20, Josh came home from work with a slight cough initially thought to be sinus trouble. On Aug. 11, he died of COVID-19 at a north Alabama hospital as Christina Tidmore witnessed a doctor and her team frantically try to resuscitate her husband. “She would say, ’I need a pulse. ’I would hear, ‘no pulse,’ "Christina Tidmore said through tears. “They were trying so hard.” “Nobody should go through this. He was only 36 and I’m 35 and we have three kids.”