While many local news reporting is around these victories and around reporting these good news,

other news outlets are going to have to cover tragic stories like this. Take a look.

George Watts Jr. was a college student. Described as a homebody, he loved playing video games and being with his family.

He's funny.

Kind of shy.

You get to know him and he's a joke stirred, quick-witted kid.

He wanted to take classes in person. To do that, he needed to be vaccinated, so he scheduled his COVID vaccine appointment.

His first dose in August, his second in September.

He wanted to get that one because that one was Beth the approved.

George Jr. started to feel sick.

I noticed he was starting, wanting to start to get a puffy in the face like a sinus issue.

So, and plus he had a cough and I decided to take him to the emergency room to see what was going on.

That's where he was given antibiotics to treat a sinus infection.

But a week later, George Jr. was still sick, so they went back to the ER.

After that second visit, his symptoms got worse.

Another week goes by and he's getting worse. He's cough is getting worse. He's coughing up blood.

He's his feet are hurting, his hands are hurting, his eyes is teeth are hurting.

And you know, it didn't like the light, the sunlight.

But then, the unthinkable.

And I told him that I was just going to take him to the emergency room the next day after I got out of work.

We never made that trip to the emergency room.

George Jr. collapsed in his room on October 27th and was pronounced dead later that morning.

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