TED: EARLY ON IN THE PANDEMIC, WE GET A LOT OF STORIES ON FIRST RESPONDERS WHO CAME DOWN WITH COVID. MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN VACCINATED. THIS STORY IS ABOUT A FIREFIGHTER WHO CHOSE NOT TO SO OTHERS COULD. >> HE WISHED THAT HE COULD GO BACK AND GET VACCINATED. TED: STACY IS TALKING ABOUT HER SON BRETT. ,THE 20-YEAR-OLD — 23-YEAR-OLD EMT AND MEMBER OF THE PLAINVILLE FIRE DEPT IS NOW IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA AND ON VENTILATOR — BRETT CAME DOWN WITH COVID LAST WEEKEND. AS DID HIS GIRLFRIEND AND BROTHER, THEY ARE FINE BUT BRETT’S CONDITIONED WORSENED UNTIL HE WAS FINALLY HOSPITALIZED. >> HE SAID I AM YOUNG. TED: AS A FIRST RESPONDER, HE TURNED ON THE VACCINE SAYING HE WANTED OTHERS TO GET IT FIRST. HIS MOTHER IS A NURSE WHO IS VACCINATED AND HAS THIS MESSAGE >> THE VACCINES TO WORK. I DID NOT WANT TO RUN THE RISK BECAUSE IT IS LIKE PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE. WHO KNOWS WHO IS GOING TO END UP IN THE HOSPITAL ON A VENTILATOR. TED: HE IS NOT CONSIDERED A FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTER, SO A GOFUNDME PLATE HAS BEEN SET UP TO HELP THEM WITH MEDICAL EXPENSES. FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO OUR WEBSITE WCVB.COM
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23-year-old firefighter, EMT in coma attributable to COVID-19
Up to date: 7:48 AM CDT Apr 18, 2023
A 23-year-old first responder in Massachusetts is in a medically induced coma after he contracted COVID-19.Brett Bertram, a name firefighter and emergency medical technician with the Plainville Fireplace Division, got here down with the coronavirus final weekend.Bertram’s brother and girlfriend additionally examined constructive for COVID-19, however Bertram’s situation worsened to the purpose the place he needed to be taken to Brigham & Girls’s Hospital in Boston, positioned on a ventilator and, ultimately, in a medically induced coma.First responders in Massachusetts have been eligible to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine since Jan. 11. Bertram’s mom, Stacy Bertram, tells sister station WCVB, that her son determined to attend to get vaccinated as a result of he felt there have been many others who had been in better want of a vaccine.”He stated it a number of occasions: ‘I am younger. If I received COVID, I am certain I would be fantastic,'” stated Stacy Bertram, who’s a nurse and vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19. “The vaccines do work. I did not need to run the chance as a result of it is type of like enjoying Russian roulette. Who is aware of who’s going to finish up within the hospital on a ventilator, as a result of my son definitely did not assume that he would.”He wished that he might return and get vaccinated,” she added.
A 23-year-old first responder in Massachusetts is in a medically induced coma after he contracted COVID-19.
Brett Bertram, a name firefighter and emergency medical technician with the Plainville Fireplace Division, got here down with the coronavirus final weekend.
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Bertram’s brother and girlfriend additionally examined constructive for COVID-19, however Bertram’s situation worsened to the purpose the place he needed to be taken to Brigham & Girls’s Hospital in Boston, positioned on a ventilator and, ultimately, in a medically induced coma.
First responders in Massachusetts have been eligible to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine since Jan. 11. Bertram’s mom, Stacy Bertram, tells sister station WCVB, that her son determined to attend to get vaccinated as a result of he felt there have been many others who had been in better want of a vaccine.
“He stated it a number of occasions: ‘I am younger. If I received COVID, I am certain I would be fantastic,'” stated Stacy Bertram, who’s a nurse and vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19. “The vaccines do work. I did not need to run the chance as a result of it is type of like enjoying Russian roulette. Who is aware of who’s going to finish up within the hospital on a ventilator, as a result of my son definitely did not assume that he would.
“He wished that he might return and get vaccinated,” she added.
