As we all know by now, there are still substantial shares of the adult population who have not received the COVID vaccine and many do not plan on getting vaccinated. The 54-year-old father reportedly changed his mind about the COVID-19 vaccine after spending 35 days at hospital with Coronavirus, including 6 days in the critical care unit. He said that he is no longer an anti-vaxxer and asks those who don’t want to get vaccinated or wear masks to take themselves out of the equation.
The 54-year-old man from Maryland, Brent Whalen, said: “You face your own mortality. It’s right there – you just don’t know if you can hang on for another five or 10 minutes.”
Few days before his diagnosis, the 54-year-old father played golf and moved his daughter into his college dorm room. He then got offered concert tickets that required a vaccine or negative test, so he decided to get the shot.
Brent Whalen reportedly said: “I thought it was like some kind of conspiracy; that 10 years from now a hundred million Americans are going to die of some kind of rare disease because of the long-term studies haven’t been there as far as what the vaccine was going to do.”
Just one day after getting the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, the 54-year-old man didn’t feel well and thought it was side effects from the vaccine. Unfortunately, things got even worse.
The 54-year-old man reportedly said: “By the time I got to Express Care, I was so sick they actually called the ambulance right from there. When your lungs shut down it’s not gradual … I’m like all of the sudden I can’t breathe.”
The man was then put on oxygen and into a prone position and said he thought he was going to die.
Brent Whalen says that he is much better. Unfortunately, his lungs are permanently scarred. He does respiratory therapy at home.
Brent Whalen reportedly said: “Learn the facts, weigh the consequences because the thing I tell people is maybe there are some long-term effects down the road, but I know that this virus will kill you now and you won’t have down the road.”
The 54-year-old man said that he is no longer an anti-vaxxer and asks those who don’t want to get vaccinated or wear masks to take themselves out of the equation.
Whalen also said: “Think about the people that depend on you and love you and care about you and think about what would happen if you’re not here. That’s the message.”