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'Believe the science': Unvaccinated father asks family to get vaccine before dying from COVID-19

'Believe the science': Unvaccinated father asks family to get vaccine before dying from COVID-19
WAS NOT VACCINATED AND AWES SH 2’S CLAIRE METZ REPORTS, REGRETTED DISMISSING THE SCIENCE AT THE END. >> I JUST HEARD HIM SAY I LOVE YOU GUYS. >> MICHAEL HUDZIK, HIS THROAT RAW, HIS EYES RED FROM DAYS OF CRYING, HADN’T SEEN HIS FATHER IN WEEKS BEFORE HEARING THOSE LAST WORDS OVER THE PHONE MTI -- PHONE. TIM HUDZIK WAS IN ICU AT HALIFAX HEALTH IN DAYTONBEA ACANDH PASSED ON SUNDAY. THE FAMILY SAYS THE HUSBD ANAND FATHER OF THREE WAS A HEALTHY 63-YEAR-OLD WITH NO UNDERLYING CONDITIONS BEFORE CONTRACTING COVID. MICHAEL SAYS HIS FATHERS POLITICAL VIEWS THOUGH LED TO A STUBBORN ANTI-VACCINATION ANST THAT HE ULTIMATELY REGRETTED. >> FORGET DEMOCR, ATREPUBLICAN JUST LISTEN TO WHOEVER, WHAT THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TELLS Y AND GET THE VACCINE. BELIEVE THE SCIENCE. >> WHILE STILL STRONG ENOUGH TO SPEAK, MHAICEL SAYS HIS FAERTH REPEATEDLY TALKED ABOUT HOW WRONG HE’D BEEN TO IGNORE COVID PRECOTTIONS AND ENCOURAGED THE REST OF HIS FAMILY, HIS WIFE AND ADULT CHILDREN, WHO ARE SOAL UNVACCINATED, TO DO IT IMMEDIATELY. >> RIGHT BEFORE TO MY MOTHER TOO, RIGHT BEFORE HE DIED HE SAID TELL HER TO TAKE THE SHOT AND MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THE SHOT. >> MICHAEL HUDZIK SAYS THOUGH HE TOO CONTRACTED COVID BUTAD H ONLY MINOR ISSUES. THE FAMILY WILL DO AS HIS FATHER ASKED HIS DAD ALSO ASKED HIM TO SHARE HIS MESSAGE WITH ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN. ERICA IF YOU ARE NOT VACCINAD,TE PLEASE GET VACCINATED.
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'Believe the science': Unvaccinated father asks family to get vaccine before dying from COVID-19
“I just heard him say ‘I love you guys,’” Michael Hudzik said.Hudzik hadn't seen his father in weeks before hearing those last words over the phone. Hudzik’s father, who was in the ICU at Halifax Health in Daytona Beach, Florida, died on Sunday.The family says the husband and father of three was a healthy 63-year-old with no underlying conditions before contracting COVID-19. Hudzik says his father’s political views led to a stubborn anti-vaccination stance that he ultimately regretted.“Forget Democrat, Republican. Listen to what the scientific community tells you and get the vaccine. Believe the science, believe the science,” Hudzik said.While still strong enough to speak, Hudzik says his father repeatedly talked about how wrong he'd been to ignore COVID-19 protections and encouraged the rest of his family, his wife and adult children, who were also unvaccinated, to do it immediately.“Right before he died, he said ‘Tell (my wife) to take the shot. Make sure you guys take the shot,’” Hudzik said.Hudzik says though he also contracted COVID-19, he only had minor issues. He says the family will do as his father asked and get vaccinated.Hudzik says his father also wanted him to share the following message: “If you are not vaccinated, please get vaccinated.”Watch the video above for more on this story.

“I just heard him say ‘I love you guys,’” Michael Hudzik said.

Hudzik hadn't seen his father in weeks before hearing those last words over the phone. Hudzik’s father, who was in the ICU at Halifax Health in Daytona Beach, Florida, died on Sunday.

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The family says the husband and father of three was a healthy 63-year-old with no underlying conditions before contracting COVID-19.

Hudzik says his father’s political views led to a stubborn anti-vaccination stance that he ultimately regretted.

“Forget Democrat, Republican. Listen to what the scientific community tells you and get the vaccine. Believe the science, believe the science,” Hudzik said.

While still strong enough to speak, Hudzik says his father repeatedly talked about how wrong he'd been to ignore COVID-19 protections and encouraged the rest of his family, his wife and adult children, who were also unvaccinated, to do it immediately.

“Right before he died, he said ‘Tell (my wife) to take the shot. Make sure you guys take the shot,’” Hudzik said.

Hudzik says though he also contracted COVID-19, he only had minor issues. He says the family will do as his father asked and get vaccinated.

Hudzik says his father also wanted him to share the following message: “If you are not vaccinated, please get vaccinated.”

Watch the video above for more on this story.