'I MESSED UP'
Anti-vaxxer who thought he was ‘invincible’ begs Americans to get Covid vaccine as he’s hooked to breathing machines
AN ANTI-VAXXER hooked up to a respirator is pleading with Americans to get the vaccine and learn from his "mistake" thinking he was "invincible" as he's holding onto life after contracting Covid-19.
Travis Campbell is currently hanging onto dear life in a hospital in Bristol, Virginia after he contracted the Delta variant of the coronavirus because he refused to get the vaccine, thinking the virus was a hoax.
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"This is the first day of a new day," Campbell cheekily told CNN's New Day host John Berman. "I feel prayers. I feel energy. I feel love. I feel like I had another chance. And I hope that's the case."
"I've never been more humbled in my life for all people across the world, praying for me but I'm just so thankful. And I pray that people just really stop and evaluate what is the value of your decisions on your life."
Campbell was interviewed by CNN after his videos taken from his hospital bed went viral on social media, telling people to immediately get vaccinated because he too thought the virus would never hit him - until it hit him personally.
"Would your children want you to get vaccinated? Or would your wife or your mom? Get vaccinated so you are there on Christmas and not with your hospital buddies and family caring for you."
Campbell's videos were a testament to how rapid the Delta variant of the coronavirus has spread, with the Virginia man saying he was still an anti-vaxxer even as people he knew contracted Covid-19 - but said they never got as sick as he is now.
"It's the delta variant. It's so fast, and it's so aggressive and it attacks," he said, adding people with "diabetes and arthritis, it tears down faster, more people are not vaccinated than they are vaccinated. And we got to have the value of life."
Campbell said "contracting the coronavirus" was easy, it's now breathing that's the hardest. "I feel like a fish out of water," he said as he gasped for air.
In one of Campbell's videos, he tells the world that he had to call his 14-year-old son to say he might have to walk his sister down the aisle in case Campbell didn't make it.
CNN brought on Campbell's daughter Madison onto the show, and Campbell immediately broke down into tears.
"It was heart-wrenching, you never want to hear your dad talk about not being there for those big moments in your life," she said. "But we've just had to have been really optimistic lately and focus on the good, try to see the good in things."
through tears, Campbell thanked his daughter and urged others to think of their family members.
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"Fathers and single moms and single dads. Single grandparents. Please evaluate your situation, like, get vaccinated for others as well. I love her so much."
Campbell ended the video with a plea with other anti-vaxxers and those who thought they too are "invincible" that they need to get the vaccine.
"I'm so sorry that I made the mistake to be able to not get vaccinated. Vaccinations are so important. And I could do better as a parent, as a human, and I hope to God, everybody else can."
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