'I can respect people's choice to be able to CHOOSE to get some experimental drug if they want, but MANDATING this is absolute insanity,' the patient said.
During the phone conversation, the hospital staff member asked Connors if he is willing to get the COVID vaccine in order to be"active" on the transplant list, to which he responded,"I'd rather die of kidney failure."
"I even told the doctor I recently had COVID and got over it so why would I need a vaxx now? Oh that's because I might have had the Delta variant and now they are worried about Omicron," he added. . He said that he is"fighting this battle not just for myself, but for everyone, even the people who disagree with me. Because what they don't understand is today it's me, tomorrow it's you."contacted the hospital for comments but didn't receive a response before publication.
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