Colorado fitness coach regrets not getting COVID-19 vaccine after 2-month hospital stay

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Kelly Reinke
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Aug 23, 2021
Left: Fitness coach Bill Phillips pre-covid

Right: Bill, 70 pounds lighter, barely surviving COVID-19 after deciding not to get the vaccine.

He’s getting discharged from St. Anthony Hospital on Wednesday with a new outlook on life and the shot. #9News
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Colorado fitness coach regrets not getting COVID-19 vaccine after 2-month hospital stay
Bill Phillips lost 70 pounds during his time in the ICU and is now urging the unvaccinated to get the shot.
9news.com
9:11 AM · Aug 24, 2021 from Denver, CO

LAKEWOOD, Colorado — He was once a fitness coach and the epitome of strength – now after two months in the hospital, Bill Phillips is a changed man.

The 56-year-old didn't think he needed the COVID-19 vaccine and that decision almost killed him.

Phillips said he caught the virus the first time in January 2020. A test found he had antibodies so he decided to not get vaccinated. He caught COVID-19 again in June 2021.

At first, he and his wife, Maria Phillips, thought he had a sinus infection. Then he developed a terrible cough. He got so sick that he went to the emergency room at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood.

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[orwell]

1. Boo Hoo...

...Darwin's Gym gets another trainer.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

2. Some

Some of the weight loss is also because he was not taking PEDS during his hospitalization.

[lagomorph777]

3. Wait, so having bulky steroid muscles is NOT as effective as getting vaccinated?

Who knew?

[BeerBarrelPolka]

4. Right

I'm not buying he lost 70lbs either. He was not that big to begin with. He's not skeletal in the current picture. He's just lost muscle tone. His stomach got much bigger as well. All signs of PED withdrawl.

[viva la]

5. 70 pounds his muscles are probably like tissue paper now.

Do these people refuse other vaxxes too? Did he get the shingles vax (recommended for over-50s)?

[Aviation Pro]

6. From Not Natty to Natty

PEDS suck.

[Jim__]

7. Geeze. And Bill Maher told me I didn't need to worry about Covid unless I was obese.

Could Bill Maher have been wrong?

[Ace Rothstein]

8. He looks like he aged 15 years as well.

[gratuitous]

9. A hard way to learn a lesson

But at least Bill survived the ordeal. Hopefully he can persuade others by his near-death experience.

[MagickMuffin]

10. It looks as though it took years off his life

As he sure doesn't look 56 but more like 66/76ish.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Yep, He Looks Older Than Me

And, I turn 65 next month.

[MagickMuffin]

17. What date if you don't mind me asking?

I'm a Virgo 4th and I share a birthday with Beyonce and Patricia Tallman.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. 23rd

I share a bday with:
Augustus Caesar
Kublai Khan
Ray Charles
Bruce Springsteen
Jason Alexander (Costanza)
John Coltrane
And, others. (Those are the names I remember.)
Also, the famous baseball gaffe "Merkle's Boner" happened on that date in 1908. And, Neptune was discovered in 1846 on 9/23.
I think you can probably tell I've looked this up in the past.

[Casady1]

12. He will probably

never be the pre covid Bill again.

[LiberalFighter]

13. Gee. I lost just over 40 lbs without getting Covid. On purpose.

[roamer65]

14. What a dumb ass.

You catch it once, that means you are very susceptible to it.

That should put the fear of God into you over the Delta variant and u get the shots.

Stupid ass.

[Kingofalldems]

15. Should have taken a lesson from Stewie:

[RANDYWILDMAN]

16. Hate these stories

Something is wrong in this mans brain

Only after Covid nearly kills him and now it's bad, what about the 500k americans who died before you and the hundreds of 1000's who got sick before you ???????

He ran 20 STOP signs and then says what is the issue ????

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Extending The Analogy

He went around the safety arms 20 times then realized it was a bad idea after he got hit by the train!

[dalton99a]

20. Are people supposed to feel sorry for him?

Enjoy your hospital bill