Man behind viral tweet 'I got 99 problems but a vax ain't one' dies of COVID-19 in SoCal hospital Published article FILE PHOTO. SANTA MONICA, CA - DECEMBER 15: A patient was rushed to ICU to be intubated and be placed on a ventalator inside Providence Saint Johns Health Center on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 in Santa Monica, CA. LOS ANGELES - A man who mocked COVID-19 vaccinations died this week at a Los Angeles-area hospital after contracting the virus. Stephen Harmon was 34. Harmon died on Wednesday at Corona Regional Medical Center, about an hour's drive east of Los Angeles. Stephen Harmon posted photos of himself in his hospital bed, wrote that he had pneumonia and critically low oxygen levels and was going to be intubated. In a tweet Wednesday, Harmon wrote: "Don’t know when I’ll wake up, please pray."