Tim Zook’s last post on Facebook brimmed with optimism. “Never been so excited to get a shot before,” he wrote on Jan. 5, above a photo of the Band-Aid on his arm and his COVID-19 vaccination card. “I am now fully vaccinated after receiving my 2nd Pfizer dose.”

Zook, 60, was an X-ray technologist at South Coast Global Medical Center in Santa Ana. A couple of hours later, he had an upset stomach and trouble breathing. By 3:30 p.m. it was so bad his colleagues at work walked him to the emergency room. “Should I be worried?” his wife, Rochelle, texted when she got the news. “No, absolutely not,” he texted back. “Do you think this is a direct result of the vaccine?” she typed. “No, no,” he said. “I’m not sure what. But don’t worry.”

There were suspicions of COVID and a diagnosis of congestive heart failure. Zook was put on oxygen, then — just four hours later — a BiPAP machine to help push air into the lungs. Multiple tests came back negative for COVID.

Shortly after midnight on Jan. 7, the hospital called. Zook was in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator to help him breathe. But his blood pressure soon dropped and he was transferred to UC Irvine Medical Center. “On Friday I get a call, ‘His kidneys are failing. He needs to be on dialysis. If not, he could die — but there’s also a chance he might have a heart attack or stroke on dialysis because his blood pressure is so low,’ ” Rochelle Zook said.

By 4 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, Zook had gone “code blue” twice and was snatched back from the brink of death. There was a third code blue in the afternoon. “They said if he went code blue a fourth time, he’d have brain damage and be a vegetable if he survives,” Rochelle Zook said.

Later that day, Tim Zook died.

From his wife, Rochelle Zook
"He believed in vaccines. I’m sure he would take that vaccine again, and he’d want the public to take it. But when someone gets symptoms 2 1/2 hours after a vaccine, that’s a reaction. What else could have happened? We would like the public to know what happened to Tim, so he didn’t die in vain."

Other deaths post-vaccine

Zook’s death comes on the heels of a Florida doctor who died on Jan. 3, weeks after getting his first Pfizer shot. Gregory Michael, a 56-year-old obstetrician and gynecologist in Miami Beach, suffered idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a rare immune disorder in which the blood doesn’t clot normally. His death is under investigation.

In California, Placer County officials said a man died shortly after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 21. They did not identify the vaccine or the person, but said he had tested positive for COVID in late December and that the vaccine was not given by the Placer County Public Health Department. Facebook posts say the man was a 56-year-old aide in a senior living facility. That death is under investigation as well.

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another one smh rip

didn't some of y'all take it already

it’s controversial to say but i still believe the vaccines were too rushed and not fully ready for the public

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it’s uncertain, but it’s possible you can still infect people with covid even if you are vaccinated

Do the Covid vaccines prevent you from spreading the virus, or do they just protect you from getting sick?
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Scientists don’t know yet—and the uncertainty has big implications during the rollout of the vaccines.
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Pfizer and Moderna, the companies that developed the vaccines authorized in the U.S. so far, say their vaccines are about 95% effective at preventing people from getting sick with Covid symptoms. But there’s not enough evidence yet on whether the vaccines also prevent asymptomatic infection and transmission.

wsj.com/amp/articles/can-you-still-spread-covid-19-after-you-get-vaccinated-11610379107

and if that’s the case, what is the point of the vaccine if you can still spread it?

those details are horrifying
RIP

it hasnt even been a year

vaccines take at least a half decade of test trials, to put it out this quick was a gross misjudgment

i’m not anti vax (i’m up to date on all my vaccines) but i won’t be taking this one any time soon

but also i work from home, only see 1 person (who i live with) and they also work from home and i am not in healthcare work so i don’t pose much of a risk as a spreader

OP is getting to the bottom of this scourge cast upon the ignorant public by the liberals

ktt2.com/norway-links-pfizer-vaccine-to-elderly-deaths-and-australia-seeking-108325

imagine if all the people we tried to protect first, started dying

dumb f***s itt talking about covid vaccine like theyre all the same

please do some research before talking bc yall sound dumb as fucckkk ! Yikes !

Rip to the man but no need to scare people from the vaccine. 9 million have been vaccinated. How many have died?
Maybe he got an allergic reaction?

i’m scared as hell of this. we were trying to get my grandfather an appointment and after reading about norway idk anymore

please no common sense here !

also this

There are millions of people who have taken it that are fine

an allergic reaction that causes your kidneys to fail and lungs to stop working?

no thanks

and they spend 90% of that time looking for funds and volunteers

bigger chance to get permanent lung damage from covid than this from the vaccine

no thanks

No it was obviously rushed and not ready!!

I agree but what were our other options? The lockdown took a heavy toll on businesses which led to massive layoffs and people's mental health from that and being inside all day.

It's only controversial because a lot of people are vocal in making the vaccines seem flawless and writing off every death so far. Everyone at my work is skeptical which is a good thing given the rushed production. We can't even talk about it without being labeled anti vax

Maybe we should make a post for every death COVID causes for you all to realize how much more safe this vaccine is compared to COVID.

Would you guys like that?

Obviously we need more info before anyone can say this was because of a vaccine.

Y’all anti-vaxxers being disrespectful using his death to push your misinformation agenda.

like i said i work from home and the only other person i see works from home and we live together and never leave (by choice because of the pandemic)

i’m fine with personally not getting the vaccine. not worth the risk for me

i can see why others need to get it, but with my risk of catching covid low, the potential risk of negative effects from the vaccine outweigh the benefits for me

with this logic who needs the vaccine
if you die you die!