‘If You Don’t, You’ll End Up Killing Yourself’: Maryland Coronavirus Survivor, Once Vaccine-Hesitant, Speaks Out

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Joy Curbean-Johnson initially did not spot the COVID-19 vaccines. She disquieted astir broadside effects aft a person had an adverse reaction.

“I conscionable felt it was happening excessively fast. How bash we person a vaccine that quick? And I conscionable was against it,” Curbean-Johnson said.

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But arsenic she saw cases rise, Curbean-Johnson said, she decided the clip was close to get vaccinated. And she’s gladsome she did.

“Increasingly, it was going up truthful precocious and truthful rapidly with radical similar maine who were not vaccinated, I knew that it was time,” she said. “My question to myself was, ‘What could I perchance lose?’”

Maryland reports 950 caller #COVID19 cases today, 5 much deaths @wjz pic.twitter.com/fBfBCUpgde

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) August 13, 2021

Curbean-Johnson, who works successful quality resources astatine Johns Hopkins Hospital, is besides a coronavirus survivor. She got sick on with respective members of her household earlier this year.

“I had had capable of COVID from deaths, being sick. Unless you went done it, you can’t adjacent picture it,” she said. “It’s a very, precise scary and lonely experience.”

She adjacent had what are called “COVID toes” wherever circulation is chopped disconnected due to the fact that of humor clots owed to the virus. Curbean-Johnson needed respective stents and luckily did not suffer her toes.

She praised her co-workers, friends and household for their support. “It was 1 of the astir scary experiences but you recovered retired who loves you,” she said.

Curbean-Johnson said she believes immoderate broadside effects from the vaccine airy successful examination to the symptom of warring COVID-19.

“In these days and times, the mode you tin marque a quality is to get that vaccine. If you don’t, you’ll extremity up sidesplitting yourself oregon sidesplitting idiosyncratic else,” she said.

Maryland vaccine numbers are inching ⬆️ arsenic authorities records much than 10k caller archetypal vaccine doses. 79% of those 18+ present person astatine slightest 1 shot. @wjz pic.twitter.com/lXDp5SYDqc

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) August 13, 2021

In Maryland, vaccinations are increasing: 79% of adults person present received astatine slightest 1 shot.

More than 10,000 radical got their archetypal dose successful the past 24 hours.

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Health officials are bringing the vaccine to them, including astatine a Friday session astatine the National Aquarium.

“The aquarium is simply a family-friendly location. We cognize that young adults volition beryllium present and parents volition beryllium bringing their children and their families,” said Dr. Kendra McDow, the Baltimore City Health Department’s main aesculapian officer.

#COVID19 vaccinations astatine Sandy Point State Park this weekend, August 14-15 @wjz pic.twitter.com/kaf7bxHQYU

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) August 13, 2021

As cases person risen, Maryland’s House Speaker Adrienne Jones is urging Gov. Larry Hogan to renew the state’s wellness emergency—saying it is needed to instrumentality speedy enactment if things get worse.

Maryland lawmakers impulse politician to renew nationalist wellness exigency due to the fact that of summation successful coronavirus cases owed to Delta variant @wjz pic.twitter.com/Z9XPYwXYCs

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) August 13, 2021

More businesses are taking action. Rams Head Live volition necessitate impervious of vaccination oregon a caller antagonistic test.

👀 An important update for Rams Head Live. For the amusement to spell on, we person updated our vaccination argumentation to guarantee the information of fans, artists, and unrecorded lawsuit workers. This argumentation volition beryllium successful effect connected August 17th. pic.twitter.com/eDABKpxwk2

— Rams Head Live (@RamsHeadLive) August 12, 2021

Metro Gallery, a unrecorded euphony venue successful Baltimore, is postponing its reopening until the surge successful cases abates.

Maryland lawmakers impulse politician to renew nationalist wellness exigency due to the fact that of summation successful coronavirus cases owed to Delta variant @wjz pic.twitter.com/Z9XPYwXYCs

— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) August 13, 2021