OC health care worker dies after receiving 2nd COVID-19 vaccine shot; official cause of death pending
MIRROR SOURCE: Published January 27
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SANTA ANA, Calif. - Editor's Note: This story has been revised to clarify that Tim Zook received his second COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 5 and started feeling ill roughly two hours later. He did not die until four days later, on Jan. 9. His official cause of death is still pending.
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Editor's Note: This story has been revised to clarify that Tim Zook received his second COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 5 and started feeling ill roughly two hours later. He did not die until four days later, on Jan. 9. His official cause of death is still pending.
Family in shock after health care worker dies after receiving second shot of COVID-19 vaccine
FOX 11's Gina Silva spoke to the family of a man who died four days after receiving his second dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.
An Orange County health care worker has died days after receiving his second dose of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, it was reported Tuesday.
The coroner has said the cause of death is inconclusive for now, and further toxicology testing will take months.
Tim Zook, 60, worked as an X-ray technologist at South Coast Global Medical Center in Santa Ana.
On January 5, Zook posted a photo of his COVID-19 vaccination card with the caption, "Never been so excited to get a shot before. I am now fully vaccinated after receiving my 2nd Pfizer dose."
Just two hours after receiving his second dose he started experiencing abdominal pain and breathing difficulties. His health spiraled downward and he died four days later.
"The doctors believe that his body reacted to something after he took the vaccine and they called it an inflammatory reaction," said his wife of 27 years, Rochelle. "It was so intense that it started attacking major organs and he never had a chance to recover."
His family said he had high blood pressure and was slightly overweight, but other than that, he was quite healthy.
Zook's wife said her husband was a proponent of the vaccine and that she does not blame any pharmaceutical company.
"He believed in vaccines. I’m sure he would take that vaccine again, and he’d want the public to take it," she said.
