passionate against a covid-19 vaccination and so were his relatives. then ten of them got sick and so did he. i was strongly against getting the vaccine barker said, through labored breathing. just because we re a strong, conservative family. barker, at just 31 years old, ended up in the intensive care unit fighting for his life. but just finding a hospital bed proved unbelievably difficult. according to the a.p. with his local hospital maxed out with covid-19 patients, doctors contacted a dozen hospitals in all corners of the state. all were at capacity. he arrived critically ill, placed on a ventilator. barker was given a 20% chance of surviving. the doctor told me he was going to let my wife and kid in so i could say my good-byes, because he didn t think i was going to
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