the numbers are extremely high for the past three weeks. Really, really struggling lisa. Wilson has been in and out of butts memorial chapel in belle Glade trying to wrap my brain around it. I don’t I don’t have no words for lisa is an aid to Palm Beach County Commissioner Melissa McKinley. But on this day she’s sitting inside the funeral home with her husband and brother planning another memorial service. It started with my uncle Tyrone lisa says her family’s nightmare began three weeks ago when her 48 year old uncle Tyrone Moreland was taken the Lakeside Medical Center. He died shortly after from COVID 19. Then my grandmother, um she was hospitalized. Also born and raised in belle. Glade lisa adored and admired her grandmother. She was the rock of the family. I was with her from birth from when I was born I was with my grandmother. So you know, she just bonded with her. Her porch was a place to gather. People would stop by just to chat with her, younger people, older people. But 89 year old lily Mae Dukes Moreland died two days after her son Tyrone was buried. This is just so unreal. Then lisa lost three more cousins. Yes, yes, all from the coronavirus and all of them were unvaccinated. You can’t grieve the death of one because then the next day or two, you know, somebody else has passed away. So it’s it’s been really, really, really hard to comprehend and try to to figure this all out, lisa says she spent months trying to convince her family to get vaccinated. But they were scared and fed into the misinformation on social media. But now my family that was dying on their deathbed. They also wanted me to let people know to get vaccinated. Lisa’s husband, Steve Wilson is the mayor of belle. Glade signs are posted around the city and he says his family will continue to advocate. The vaccine can save your life. We want to make sure that we do our part to ensure that people get the opportunity. There’s no excuse for them not being able to have an opportunity to get the vaccine, lisa only wishes her own family listened. Need for everybody to hear this message. You know, don’t trade places with me and my family where we’re going through. It’s not a good feeling in belle Glade Ryan Hughes WPTV News Channel five.
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Woman loses 6 unvaccinated family members to COVID-19 within 3 weeks
Updated: 3:46 PM EDT Sep 16, 2021
After months of knocking on doors in the neighborhoods of Palm Beach County, Florida, trying to convince members of the community to get vaccinated, Lisa Wilson said she lost six members of her family to COVID-19 in a three-week span.”I work side by side with the communities and constantly push the message to get people vaccinated,” Wilson explained, “but I couldn’t convince my family members to get vaccinated.”Wilson, an aide to Palm Beach County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay and wife to Belle Glade Mayor Steve Wilson, said she received a call in August that her uncle, Tyrone Moreland, was sick and going downhill quickly. “It started with my uncle. He was feeling so bad. He wasn’t eating, and he was coughing a lot,” she said. After paramedics transported him to the hospital, they discovered there wasn’t an ICU bed available.”We were checking other hospitals and there was not a single bed available in Palm Beach County. They had to transport him to a hospital an hour and a half away,” she said.Within days, Wilson’s grandmother, Lillie Mae Dukes Moreland, became ill. “She went to the hospital, was tested, and had COVID and pneumonia,” Wilson said. “First my uncle died, then my grandmother died and the day after her death, my cousin died.” Three more cousins died within the next two weeks, Wilson said.In the midst of her grief, Wilson has not stopped trying to convince others to get vaccinated. “My family is going through a hard time, and I wouldn’t wish that on any family member anywhere,” she said. “If my family was vaccinated, they would be here today.” Wilson explained that fear and misinformation were big factors in why her family members refused to be vaccinated. “They were just scared,” she said. “Everything was new, and they were just scared.””Lisa is a quiet force of nature,” McKinlay said. “She is a boots-on-the-ground person who has gone door-to-door encouraging people to get tested, wear masks and get vaccinated in a district that is a hotspot,” McKinlay explained.More than 56% of the population of Palm Beach County is fully vaccinated, slightly ahead of the U.S. average, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, the CDC also describes the county as having a high rate of community transmission.”I really hope that people are encouraged by her telling her story and encouraged in a way that they won’t want their family to go through this and be vaccinated,” McKinlay said.Following the loss of her family members, Wilson continues to encourage others, including members of her family, to get a vaccine. “I think I have now convinced ten members of my family to get a vaccine. If I can just save one person with my story … We are at a critical time. People are dying.”
After months of knocking on doors in the neighborhoods of Palm Beach County, Florida, trying to convince members of the community to get vaccinated, Lisa Wilson said she lost six members of her family to COVID-19 in a three-week span.
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“I work side by side with the communities and constantly push the message to get people vaccinated,” Wilson explained, “but I couldn’t convince my family members to get vaccinated.”
Wilson, an aide to Palm Beach County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay and wife to Belle Glade Mayor Steve Wilson, said she received a call in August that her uncle, Tyrone Moreland, was sick and going downhill quickly. “It started with my uncle. He was feeling so bad. He wasn’t eating, and he was coughing a lot,” she said. After paramedics transported him to the hospital, they discovered there wasn’t an ICU bed available.
“We were checking other hospitals and there was not a single bed available in Palm Beach County. They had to transport him to a hospital an hour and a half away,” she said.
Within days, Wilson’s grandmother, Lillie Mae Dukes Moreland, became ill. “She went to the hospital, was tested, and had COVID and pneumonia,” Wilson said. “First my uncle died, then my grandmother died and the day after her death, my cousin died.” Three more cousins died within the next two weeks, Wilson said.
In the midst of her grief, Wilson has not stopped trying to convince others to get vaccinated. “My family is going through a hard time, and I wouldn’t wish that on any family member anywhere,” she said. “If my family was vaccinated, they would be here today.” Wilson explained that fear and misinformation were big factors in why her family members refused to be vaccinated. “They were just scared,” she said. “Everything was new, and they were just scared.”
“Lisa is a quiet force of nature,” McKinlay said. “She is a boots-on-the-ground person who has gone door-to-door encouraging people to get tested, wear masks and get vaccinated in a district that is a hotspot,” McKinlay explained.
More than 56% of the population of Palm Beach County is fully vaccinated, slightly ahead of the U.S. average, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, the CDC also describes the county as having a high rate of community transmission.
“I really hope that people are encouraged by her telling her story and encouraged in a way that they won’t want their family to go through this and be vaccinated,” McKinlay said.
Following the loss of her family members, Wilson continues to encourage others, including members of her family, to get a vaccine. “I think I have now convinced ten members of my family to get a vaccine. If I can just save one person with my story … We are at a critical time. People are dying.”
