Vincent Konidare (pictured), 58, died of COVID-19 on September 19 despite being fully vaccinated and having no comorbidities
A fully vaccinated Florida father has died from COVID-19 despite having no underlying conditions, according to his family.
Vincent Konidare, 58, of Palm Beach, Florida, passed way on September 19 after spending a month in the hospital battling the disease.
This in spite of the fact that Konidare had received the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in March.
His family is heartbroken and shocked that over his death.
'He did what he was supposed to do,' Jamie Konidare, Vincent's wife, told WPBF.
'He did what he was told to do. He was trying to protect his family, and he just felt like it was the right thing to do. He felt that if he did get Covid, he would not die, that it would save him.'
Cases like Konidare's are extremely rare.
Just 6,617 fully vaccinated people have died of Covid in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
That's equivalent to one out of every 25,000 of at least 185 million people who are fully vaccinated in America.
Many of the deaths are among people who are seriously vulnerable to the virus for reasons such as being older than age 65, having underlying conditions or being immunocompromised.
Vincent's wife Jamie (right) is urging others to still get vaccinated after her husbands death.
Vincent Konidare tested positive for Covid in early August. He was late hospitalized and placed on a ventilator. Jamie, Vincent's wife, said her husband enjoyed fishing, motorcycling and going to the beach
Konidare's family told WPBF that he had no comorbidities, and at only
