"Had my daughter been vaccinated, I think she would still be here with us.".

Thompson, 37, was unvaccinated, said her mother, Kimberle Jones.

"Had my daughter been vaccinated, I think she would still be here with us," Jones said.

Jones, speaking to ABC News as she prepared for her daughter's funeral, said she hopes their story will convince others, especially Black Americans, to get vaccinated.

"I just sit and cry thinking about my daughter and how much pain she was in," Jones said.

Jones said she's vaccinated, as is the rest of the family, and she wants to tell all Americans: "Don't be selfish