anti-vaxxer is pro-vax following his 49 days in the hospital with covid, incl 2 days on life suppor

[Demovictory9]

What an Unvaccinated Sergeant Who Nearly Died of Covid-19 Wants You to Know

CAMDEN, N.J. — No one thought Frank Talarico Jr. was going to live. Not his doctors, his nurses or his wife, a physician assistant who works part time at the Camden, N.J., hospital where he spent 49 days fighting to survive Covid-19.

A 47-year-old police sergeant, he was not vaccinated against the coronavirus. Unconvinced of the vaccine’s merits, he figured he was young and fit enough to handle whatever illness the virus might cause.

He was wrong.

“If it’s an eye opener for somebody — so be it,” Sergeant Talarico said recently at his home in Pennsauken, N.J., about five miles northeast of Camden. He plans to get the vaccine as soon as the doctors he credits with saving his life at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital give him final medical clearance.

“If I was vaccinated,” he said, “I have to think I wouldn’t have gotten as sick as I did.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-an-unvaccinated-sergeant-who-nearly-died-of-covid-19-wants-you-to-know/ar-AAWBxAd

After being rushed to the hospital the second time, he had a foot-long blood clot removed from his lung, a procedure that prevented certain death but caused his heart to nearly stop beating. He was placed on advanced life-support while still on the operating table. For two days a machine did the work of his heart and lungs.

[cloudbase]

1. Attitude adjustment.

Funny how that works.
He's no longer a true believer, so none of the remaining true believers will heed his words.

[MissB]

2. Foot long blood clot!

[Dorian Gray]

5. Yeah, that is shocking

as somebody with thrombophilia, I got my second booster as soon as they allowed us to!

A foot long blood clot is scary as heck.

I am happy that he is trying to get people to see the light. I am sorry that he resisted in the first place, but hopefully his story will convince some vaccine hesitant people to do what is best for their health.

[Johnny2X2X]

3. Doesn't always take

My mortgage broker who I know socially was an anti vaxxer. Late 30s, in great shape, successful with a wife and 2 or 3 kids. Caught Covid last year, was on a vent for 6 weeks, miraculously got out, but he lost 70 pounds and is still struggling day to day with normal life. Still posting anti vaccine memes on Facebook. It's insane!

[Dorian Gray]

6. sigh....

Some people will never be convinced. No matter what happens to them.

[Johnny2X2X]

7. Know another guy who's convinced that the vaccine is killing all of these people

Says these Covid deaths are really just people who died from a reaction to the vaccine and that nearly all the people who are dying are vaccinated.

[Demovictory9]

10. Yes. We cant point to covid deaths as proof they need vax cuz they claim people died from other thin

Its a no win argument

[Mariana]

8. Covid denial and anti-vax beliefs qualify as religious beliefs, in my opinion.

As such, they aren't rational, by definition. They are sustained by faith alone, even in the face of abundant evidence that said beliefs are wrong.

[Demovictory9]

11. Good point..difference between religion and science is that no proof can knock person off their reli

[Midnight Writer]

4. Wonder how many vulnerable people this cop infected during his day-to-day.

If you choose not to protect yourself, that is one thing.

When you decide you don't care if you are putting others at risk, that is a whole other level of depravity.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Right across the river from here (Philly)

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2022/03/31/frank-talarico-covid19-unvaccinated-cop-warning/

Unfortunately he has plans to (go from the frying pan to the fire) retire in Florida.