An anti-vaxxer who thought himself a “hero” for refusing the Covid vaccine is looking on individuals to not make his mistake.
Talking from his hospital mattress, the place he now solely breathes with assistance from an oxygen masks, Andrew Pugh mentioned he now “needs he’d had the vaccine” after he was struck down with Covid earlier than Christmas.
The 52-year-old was so ailing that his household have been instructed that he had a 50/50 likelihood of surviving after he was rushed into intensive care. Talking from Worcestershire Royal Hospital, the place he’s now being handled, Mr Pugh mentioned: “I didn’t get the vaccine, I believed I used to be being the hero.”
Mr Pugh, who works as a binman, has now been moved onto a ward however stays on oxygen as he continues to get well from lengthy Covid. He has been in hospital since 5 December and was solely allowed one customer to spend an hour with him on Christmas Day.
He mentioned: “If it wasn’t for the nurses and the very fact I’m a non-smoker I wouldn’t be alive – they saved my life. I wish to say thanks to the employees within the ICU for giving me my second likelihood, it has been arduous and it nonetheless is.”
He urged individuals to “please get your vaccinations” and warned: “You don’t wish to find yourself like me.”
Andrew Pugh earlier than he had Covid
(Andrew Pugh/SWNS)
The daddy of three mentioned: “While you’re lifeless and all your loved ones are heartbroken you possibly can’t flip round and say ‘I want I had the vaccine’. That is very actual and folks must get their jabs.”
His niece, Sophie Pugh, has organised a set for the employees on the ICU as a thanks. She mentioned: “We managed 16 baggage, three bins, bottles of water and juice plus a number of vouchers.
“All of it has been donated to the intensive care unit at the moment caring for Andrew, they doubtlessly saved his life.
“To say they have been shocked was an understatement, thanks to each single person who helped make this occur.”
(Andrew Pugh / SWNS)
The newest knowledge from the Intensive Care Nationwide Audit and Analysis Centre confirmed that 61 per cent of sufferers admitted to essential care in December with Covid have been unvaccinated.
The proportion of unvaccinated sufferers in intensive care diversified by area, with the best charges – 66 per cent – recorded in London, the south west and the north west.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
