A conservative Georgia city councilman who previously railed again the COVID-19 vaccines is now urging others to get jabbed after his own battle with the virus.
Jim Sells, 71, of Grantville, Georgia, was hospitalized for 16 days due to the virus last month.
He told Newsweek that he was 'hardcore anti-vaccine' before he had to deal with the virus himself.
Sells even urged others to not to get vaccinated, as he did not trust the shots himself.
Now, after experiencing the virus himself, and realizing what the current virus outbreak is doing to local hospitals, he is urging the people he once told not to get vaccinated to get jabbed.
Jim Sells (pictured) was ant-vaxx before he personally contracted COVID-19 in August and was hospitalized for 16 days. Now, he is pushing for others in his Georgia community to get vaccinated
Sell (pictured) is the city councilman of Grantville, Georgia. He hopes more residents get vaccinated to alleviate the current capacity issues in hospitals across the state. More than 96% of Georgia ICU beds are currently in use
Sells said surviving his bout for the virus was a gift from God, and now he would not waste the gift 'and not try to do something to pass the word to my group of hard-headed conservatives.'
After his experience, he said he planned to 'change everything'.
'I prayed for recovery, and all my friends prayed, and the doctors and nurses worked on me,' he told 11 Alive news in Atlanta.
'I said "if you can recover from this, you have to change
