An unvaccinated Washington man is apologizing to the medical staff who treated him during his month-long hospital stay due to Covid complications.
Richard Soliz, 54, of Seattle, Washington, spent a month battling the virus from late August into September.
He is now remorseful about not getting the vaccine, and subjecting himself to hospital treatment because to his decision.
Soliz also said he feels badly about the effort and stress doctors went through having to treat him, while also noting that they saved his life.
Richard Soliz, 54, spent a month hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center. He is unvaccinated, and apologized to staff for 'fueling' the nation's Covid crisis
'In hindsight, I felt bad,' Soliz told the The Washington Post about his battle with Covid.
'And I knew in my heart, in my mind and my consciousness, that it all could've been avoided.'
He said he decided to not get vaccinated for Covid after he saw information in social media posts that contradicted what he was seeing about the jabs in the news, he told the newspaper.
Misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines on social media has become a major issue for health officials.
A survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) finds that 78 percent of Americans - even those who have received the vaccine - believe at least one falsehood about it.
Soliz said he started feeling sick in August, but believed it was the flu until he developed a severe headache.
'I can't even explain to you the intensity of that headache...I've never experienced a headache like that before ever in my life,' he said.
Soon after, he checked into Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with
