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Widow urges vaccination at funeral of St. Petersburg officer who died of COVID [View all]
Widow urges vaccination at funeral of St. Petersburg officer who died of COVIDTampa Bay Times, 8/31/2021
Standing in front of roughly 100 family members and officers in The Coliseum, the police officer’s widow offered a warning at her husband’s funeral Tuesday.
“I promise you,” Karen Weiskopf said of the coronavirus, “it’s grueling, dangerous — and it will destroy you.”
Her husband, St. Petersburg police Officer Michael Weiskopf, died Aug. 27 after about a month of battling COVID-19. He was 52.
“This was not Mike’s time,” Karen Weiskopf said. “He made a risky decision not to vaccinate.”
“I promise you,” Karen Weiskopf said of the coronavirus, “it’s grueling, dangerous — and it will destroy you.”
Her husband, St. Petersburg police Officer Michael Weiskopf, died Aug. 27 after about a month of battling COVID-19. He was 52.
“This was not Mike’s time,” Karen Weiskopf said. “He made a risky decision not to vaccinate.”
More: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2021/08/31/vaccines-offered-in-memory-of-st-petersburg-officer-who-rejected-them/
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