A fit and healthy 42-year-old father with a love of rock climbing and bodybuilding has died of Covid-19 after refusing the vaccine because he thought he would be OK if he caught the virus, his twin sister has said.
John Eyers, a construction expert from Southport, Merseyside, had been climbing the Welsh mountains and wild camping one month before his death last week, which came exactly four weeks after he tested positive.
His twin sister Jenny McCann from London said he was the 'fittest, healthiest person I know' and had thought he would only have a 'mild illness' if he contracted coronavirus, adding that he had a 'belief in his own immortality'.
Before going onto a ventilator in hospital, Mr Eyers told his consultant that he wished he had been vaccinated - and died in intensive care after suffering from an infection and organ failure, leaving behind a daughter aged 19.
Mother-of-two Mrs McCann, of Pinner, North West London, posted a series of tweets on Monday, saying: 'My 42-year-old old twin brother died in ITU of Covid-19 last week. He died exactly four weeks after testing positive.
'He was the fittest, healthiest person I know. He was climbing Welsh mountains and wild camping four weeks before his death. The only pre-existing health condition he had was the belief in his own immortality.
'He thought if he contracted Covid-19 he would be OK. He thought he would have a mild illness. He didn't want to put a vaccine on his body. His was pumped full of every drug in the hospital. They threw everything at him.
'But eventually the bedfellow of Covid-19, infection and organ failure, claimed his life. Before he was ventilated he told his consultant that he wished he had been vaccinated. That he wished he had listened. His death is a tragedy.
'It shouldn't have happened. He leaves a mum and dad, a sister (me), and a 19-year-old daughter. My two children have lost their fun uncle. The Uncle who would always play with them.
'The uncle that dressed up as Father Christmas on Christmas Day. My mum has lost her baby boy. My niece, her much loved and needed Dad. This shouldn't have happened. My mum wants people to know about John. For his story to save someone's life. For pain and loss to drive people to get a vaccine.'
