According to the British "Daily Mail" reported on the 17th, an anti-vaccine man in England, England, pleaded with people not to make "the same mistake" after almost dying of the new crown virus, and now he has been vaccinated and discharged home.
Andrew Pew Image source: Foreign media
Andrew Pugh, 52, from England, a father of three, initially refused to be vaccinated after being "brainwashed" by conspiracy theories about COVID-19 vaccines on social media. He even prides himself on not being vaccinated, boasting of being a "hero" despite his wife pleading with him to take the coronavirus seriously.
Last December, when Pew found out he had contracted the coronavirus after having trouble breathing, he finally realized its seriousness. On December 5 last year, he was rushed to the hospital and admitted directly to the intensive care unit, and his family was told he had a 50 percent chance of surviving.
While hospitalized, Pew posted a heart-wrenching video of his fight against the virus on social media. After 6 weeks, Pew finally returned home and said he was happy to have been vaccinated.
Image source: Foreign media
"The first thing I did after I was discharged from the hospital was get vaccinated," he said. Getting the vaccine gives me a sigh of relief and I don't want other people to go through this sort of thing that I've made my family experience. If I had been given another chance, I would have been sure to get it as soon as the vaccine appeared. ”
Despite being vaccinated, Pew faces a difficult path in its long-term fight against the coronavirus. He added, "Every day is a struggle – it still makes it hard for me to breathe. When I got home, I had to learn breathing techniques to help myself through each day. You have to really calm yourself down. Even going up the stairs was a huge challenge for me and the doctor told me that I would feel better after about 4 to 6 weeks. I also have a ventilator at home because sometimes it's hard to breathe, and I'm coughing incessantly. ”
Still, Pew says it feels great to see his family again, and he wants to spend as much time with them as possible. In addition, he decided to use his experience to persuade others to get vaccinated. "My message is simple: Please get vaccinated, you don't want to end up like me," Pew said. When you're dead and your family is heartbroken, you can't go back and say, 'I wish I'd been vaccinated'. I let my family go through hellish pain. I was too selfish, and this (referring to the new crown infection) made me wake up. (Edit: HHJ)