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Man who declined COVID-19 vaccine speaks out after undergoing double lung transplant
ABC News, via MSN ^ | 17 June 2021 | ABC News

Posted on 06/17/2021 2:57:15 PM PDT by BeauBo

Joshua Garza had a chance to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in January but he passed it up, thinking he didn't really need it.

Now, the 43-year-old Texan is hoping to inspire others to get the shot after he became so ill following his COVID-19 diagnosis that he needed a rare double lung transplant to survive.

"COVID ended up attacking my lungs," Garza, of Sugarland, told ABC News.

After testing positive for COVID-19 in late January, Garza's health deteriorated rapidly. On Feb. 2, when he ended up falling while trying to walk, his wife called for an ambulance to take him to the hospital. He was ultimately transferred to Houston Methodist, where he was put on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine to pump and oxygenate his blood for him.

"It was quick, it was within three weeks, the lungs were already shot," said Garza, who works in the oil and gas industry.

Garza was put on the lung transplant list, and on April 13, successfully underwent surgery. He spent several more weeks recovering and rehabilitating to regain his strength after two months on life support before being released from the hospital on May 27...

"It's much easier to get the vaccine than to go through something like this," Huang said of Garza's case. "He's extremely lucky. Most people in this situation don't make it to the transplant. You can't count on this outcome."

For Garza, he's sharing his story in hopes of helping prevent others from experiencing what we went through.

"If I knew what I know now," he said, "I would have definitely went through with the vaccination."

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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To: House Atreides
I don’t know but he apparently thought he did but decided against the shot β€” to his later regret.

Haha, okay Mister Double Down on Stupid.

Prove that he 'apparently thought he did'.

Do you ever get tired of making stuff up?


241 posted on 06/17/2021 7:07:39 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: bagster

What am I not paying attention to?


242 posted on 06/17/2021 7:07:55 PM PDT by firebrand ( )
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To: bagster

πŸ‘


243 posted on 06/17/2021 7:10:36 PM PDT by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: firebrand

Bullshiite. Your fear has emboldened the communist bastards that are taking over our country. Grow a pair of balls a quit pissing yourself. We’re in an existential fight against leftists, not coughing viruses


244 posted on 06/17/2021 7:11:13 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: firebrand
You guys embarrass this forum with your misuse of vocabulary and statistics.

You guys embarrass this forum with use of doctored statistics and the manipulation of vocabulary for your evil vax agenda and the towing of the derp government line.

So there.


245 posted on 06/17/2021 7:11:55 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: firebrand

β€œ What am I not paying attention to?”
β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”

To the conspiracies.

The Q drops.

The vaccines changing your DNA in a reptile.

To bodies being stacked up by 6 months time, oops one year, naw, 3-5 years, even 10 years!

Black helicopters.

People being paid by the Chicoms spreading false information right here on FR.

Just a sample of things you’re failing to pay attention to.

#The12DaysOfConspiracies

#OnTheFifthDayOfConspiraciesMyTrueLoveGaveToMe5VaccineDeaths


246 posted on 06/17/2021 7:14:23 PM PDT by David Chase
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To: bagster

Also....what a coinydink that Mr Garza had his lung transplant at HOUSTON METHODIST.....one of, if NOT the largest hospital systems pushing these shots.

Same hospital who demanded all employees be given the experimental shot, or be fired.

FTA....

...Houston Methodist continues to see patients with severe illness from COVID-19, many of whom have not been vaccinated, Huang said. It’s difficult to say for sure, but Huang believes that had Garza gotten the vaccine when he was able to, “it’s likely that we would have never gotten to this point.”...

πŸ€”

πŸ™„


247 posted on 06/17/2021 7:17:33 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation πŸ™πŸ»πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ)
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To: mass55th
Have they tried putting fish gills into people instead of lungs? Surely someone has worked on that, since the Chi-com military were equipping mice with humanized lungs.

Read 'Old Man's War' for more on this subject.

Genetic engineered soldiers are not outside the realm of possibility and the idea lives in 'serious' people's minds, and you can rest assured there are mad scientists (like Fauci) working on it as we speak.

No doubt about it.


248 posted on 06/17/2021 7:18:11 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: firebrand
When right-wingers are actually abetting disease and death, and therefore making our other ideas suspect by association. If we cut out the ignorance, hysterical paranoia, and purposeful deception, we are therefore helping the cause of freedom.

Awesome quote, and oh so true.

But are you aware it applies to YOU and your fellow vax-bots?

Were you also aware that you people are close cousins to the Mask Karen tribe?

#SeparatedAtBirth

#BornOfFear


249 posted on 06/17/2021 7:20:59 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: bagster
Careful, GW. She might follow you home. That's exactly how I got my grey 'Sh*t Kitty'.

I'm not scared.

250 posted on 06/17/2021 7:23:08 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: greeneyes; David Chase
Don’t bother posting to me ever again. You are the one that is disgusting.

Yea, but GE. Did you know he's a male nurse?

Its best we listen to him on all things covid and vax because...medical community.


251 posted on 06/17/2021 7:25:57 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: firebrand
Evil people can ride on any issue if they’re clever enough. We’re not evil just because we are in synchrony with eugenicists on this one issue, for completely different reasons, but let’s not be stupid either. Facts are facts.

Ha. Another quote that applies to you vaxtards.

I like how you say you're in 'synchrony' with eugenists (sic: proper term 'eugenicist') while lambasting and dismissing those who are speaking out against your precious poison vax.

You people will simply say ANYTHING.


252 posted on 06/17/2021 7:29:55 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: bagster

Male Nurse - not smart enough to get into Med. School and become a real Doctor?

Unwilling to see problems cause he knows he couldn’t figure out what to do about them?

Snort - Lord save the patients cause that type sure wouldn’t.


253 posted on 06/17/2021 7:31:34 PM PDT by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: greeneyes

Disregard the LYING, vax-pushing n00b troll.

His lying mouth writes checks that REALITY can’t cash.

He claimed I lied about a family friend who passed on the night of his first shot.

Disgusting, is right.


254 posted on 06/17/2021 7:32:43 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation πŸ™πŸ»πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ)
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To: bagster

Thanks Bagster!!


255 posted on 06/17/2021 7:36:47 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Jane Long

πŸ‘Yep. Didn’t take long to figure that out.


256 posted on 06/17/2021 7:38:03 PM PDT by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: firebrand; blu
What am I not paying attention to?

Yay. Somebody finally asked.

Do a little study up on Bill Gates and his derp friends and what they think about the world population. You know, the Bill Gates who interestingly used his computer money to take over the world's 'health' industry. Why? Because he loves people?

I can't take you to school, you must learn for yourself in order for you to absorb the information and make it your own. It is the way of the Q.

The info is out there and easy to get to. Ya just gotta free yourself from mental slavery. It will require you to use your brain and 'connect the dots'.

And Now For Your Listening Pleasure Because I Like You

257 posted on 06/17/2021 7:42:03 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: mass55th

πŸ˜ƒ


258 posted on 06/17/2021 7:46:41 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Jane Long

β€œβ€¦From the first sentence of article....he didn’t think he needed it. What makes YOU think he needed it?”
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Well, as a Monday morning quarterback, considering the results of his COVID-19 infection, I’d definitely say he would have been far better off had he been vaccinated in early January.


259 posted on 06/17/2021 8:00:36 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: BeauBo

Winning an argument against a nut doesn’t matter to the nut!
But everyone else sees.


260 posted on 06/17/2021 8:23:18 PM PDT by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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