Unvaccinated comedian, father texted brother before dying: 'I really regret not ...

An unvaccinated comedian who died of COVID-19 last weekend had texted his brother two days before dying to tell him how much he regretted not getting the vaccine.

Christian Cabrera, 40, of California, who went by the social media handle and stage name of 'Chinese Best Friend,' tested positive for COVID-19 sometime after Christmas.

However, the father of a three-year-old son had been 'skeptical of the science behind the vaccine and always claimed he "never" gets sick,' and did not receive the coronavirus vaccine, according to his brother, Jino Cabrera. 

'I can't breathe again,' Cabrera wrote last Thursday. 

'I really regret not getting the vaccine. If I could do it all over again I would do it in a heartbeat to save my life.' 

Cabrera died on January 14 after succumbing to pneumonia from both lungs caused by the coronavirus, a day after making the regretful Instagram post where he wished he had gotten vaccinated.  

He leaves behind a wife and his three-year-old son, Noel. 

'Been here almost a week in ICU now not breathing on my own with Covid Pneumonia infection on both lungs!' Cabrera had previously posted to his Instagram account, alongside a photo of him in the ICU with an oxygen mask affixed to his face.

'This has to be the worst pain I ever had in my life!'

Cabrera's friend, fellow comedian and frequent collaborator Michael Blackson, expressed his grief on Twitter after losing his podcast partner to COVID-19.

'This is absolutely the worst day of my life. Rip @Chinesebestfrnd' fellow comedian Michael Blackson tweeted on January 22. 

Jino also logged onto the comedian’s Instagram account to announce the death of Cabrera to his followers.