Kloots shared her husband’s long battle with coronavirus before he died in July at the age of 41.
She said in an Instagram post on Friday that she was grateful to be vaccinated against the virus that left her a single parent.
“I’m scared to death since Nick got the virus as a single mother and now I’m one step closer to safety,” she wrote.
Some criticized her for getting the vaccine because she was 38, but she explained that she waited in a long line and only got the remaining vaccine doses that would have expired after all the appointments for the day were filled.
She said that anyone else could do the same thing and that there should be no ‘vaccin shaming’. She believes that everyone who gets the vaccine should be celebrated.
In a response to her critics, she said the staff was “happy that people with willing arms are waiting there” and that she was prepared to be turned down, ABC News reported.
Kloots and Cordero shared a 1-year-old boy named Elvis who, according to Kloots, was with her when she received the vaccine when Cordero’s song was playing in the car.
On Sunday, the United States was on the verge of hitting 500,000 COVID-related deaths.
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