Friends say Merridith Mongone was full of life until she contracted COVID-19. Now, she's lost her life to the pandemic.
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APEX, N.C. — Friends say Merridith Mongone was full of life until she contracted COVID-19. Now, she's lost her life to the pandemic
Mongone, 43, a fourth-grade teacher at Scotts Ridge Elementary School in Apex, died Thursday at UNC Medical Center, in Chapel Hill.
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Before Mongone went on a ventilator, she sent Vereckey a very emotional text.
"One of her last texts to me was, 'I was so dumb. I should have gotten vaccinated. It was my belief. I was worried, wanted to do more research. But I was wrong. I should have gotten vaccinated,'" Vereckey said. "It broke my heart because I just knew she was really, really sick."
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