41-year-old returns home after battling COVID in ICU
James Owen sent this message to people while at UF Health North last week: ‘For yourself, for your loved ones, get vaccinated’
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41-year-old returns home after battling COVID in ICU
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Last week, James Owen thought he might end up dying as a result of COVID-19.
“For yourself, for your loved ones, get vaccinated,” the Navy veteran said Wednesday.
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James Owen, who has not been vaccinated, has since returned home, where he is now recovering with his wife, Ashely. Both contracted COVID-19 while at a Fourth of July party, although his wife did not have to go to the hospital.