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'COVID destroyed my lungs': Racine pastor/organizer was healthy before coronavirus, now may have 5 years to live


Long before COVID-19 was ever even identified, Pastor Prentiss Robbins, Jr. speaks during a Racine Interfaith Coalition vigil on Racine Street near 24th Street to pray for Ty Rese West and his loved ones after West was shot and killed by a Mount Pleasant Police officer in June 2019.
Caitlin Sievers
RACINE — Six months ago Prentiss Robbins Jr. felt the healthiest he’d been in his life. His days were busy, filled with feeding the homeless, pastoring, and speaking about equity and social justice. Now he spends his time doing physical therapy, tethered to an oxygen tank. He hopes to qualify for a lung transplant. ....

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