Unvaccinated COVID-19 Pneumonia- a family affair

Trilok Stead; Michael Hughes; Frank Fraunfelter; Vashun Rodriguez; Latha Ganti

doi:10.52965/001c.34153

Unvaccinated COVID-19 Pneumonia- a family affair

Health Psychol Res. 2022 Apr 26;10(3):34153. doi: 10.52965/001c.34153. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Trilok Stead¹, Michael Hughes², Frank Fraunfelter², Vashun Rodriguez³, Latha Ganti²

Affiliations

¹ Trinity Preparatory School, Winter Park, FL.
² Dept. of Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida and HCA Florida Hospital, Ocala, FL.
³ Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center, Lakeland, FL.

Abstract

The authors present the case of a 15-year-old boy who was infected with COVID-19 by his family and developed pneumonia severe enough to require hospitalization. He was one of several children who required hospitalization, and vaccination was considered by the parent to be "risky" despite this. This case illustrates the complexities of vaccine hesitancy and societal misinformation.

Keywords: COVID-19; Vaccine hesitancy.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

This research was supported (in whole or in part) by HCA Healthcare and/or an HCA Healthcare affiliated entity. The views expressed in this publication represent those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of HCA Healthcare or any of its affiliated entities.