The regrets of the unvaccinated: why Covid-bereaved families are speaking out

The majority of those dying of Covid-19 in the UK and the US are have not been vaccinated. Bereaved relatives are telling their stories to try to convince others to get their jabs

Phil Valentine was a Tennessee-based conservative talk radio host who was sceptical about the US government's response to the coronavirus crisis. He was not completely anti-vax', but he did not think he was vulnerable to Covid and talked on air about his decision not to be vaccinated. He even performed a song called Vaxman, a parody of the Beatles' Taxman. Shortly after the song was released, he contracted the virus.

Before Valentine died, he sent a message to his brother Mark from hospital about his regret. He asked him to tell others to get the vaccine to make amends for the message he had spread on his show.