While COVID deaths have dropped, they are still a leading cause of death, according to the CDC.
Originally from San Diego, he passed away in Virginia. His mother said he was a dedicated husband and father of two young children.
“How could it happen that my son would be sick and we wouldn’t think COVID right away?” asked Frommer. “We didn’t think about it because we had not been hearing about it.” Frommer and Dr. Tseng urge people who are sick with symptoms to go see the doctor and go to the hospital. “You need to go, you can die, you can die from this,” said Frommer. “He could have been treated with these new medications and this didn't have to be this way, it didn't have to be this way, which hurts the most," said Frommer, adding, “I just don't want it to happen to anybody else.
The family is collecting donations to help Anthony Reina's two young children, ages 5 and 8. Their mother is in the military and Anthony was a stay-at-home dad who, according to Frommer, was"Mr. Mom." "He was just fantastically close to his children, and you just never think that anything is going to happen," Frommer said.