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<\/p>\nA man who did not believe Covid-19 was real and refused to wear a mask has sent an emotional plea from his hospital bed, where he is currently fighting the virus.<\/p>\n
Struggling to breathe, Chuck Stacey warns people in the video to believe the dangers of Covid-19.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t wear a mask. I should’ve. I didn’t,” Stacey says while struggling to breathe.<\/p>\n
“I believed this was just the flu, that it was all going to go away, that it was political. I didn’t think a mask would help,” he added.<\/p>\n
“You don’t want to end up like me. I’m having trouble breathing. I may have to be intubated if I get any worse.”<\/p>\n
The footage was shared by his friend earlier this week and shows the man in his hospital bed, struggling with coronavirus.<\/p>\n
He says he was wrong to downplay the Covid-19 pandemic, which has now killed more than 1.86 million people all over the world.<\/p>\n
“My friend didn’t wear a mask because he believed the lies from our leaders. Now, he’s close to being intubated. He asked that I share this,” his friend, Daniel Uhlfelder, who shared the footage, said.<\/p>\n
The man urges sceptics to protect themselves and those they love.<\/p>\n
“If wearing a mask can reduce your chances of getting this even by five per cent, just wear a mask,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Do it for your children, your loved ones. Do it for yourself.”<\/p>\n
Back in May, Stacey attacked employees at a doughnut store for wearing masks.<\/p>\n
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“I have to say I have had it with the masks that the employees are being forced to wear,” he wrote on Facebook then.<\/p>\n
“It’s just another example of the continued over-reaction to this situation \u2026 Please stop so when we come to eat we can enjoy our meal without feeling sorry for the employees.”<\/p>\n
He said he had chosen to wear a face shield because he suffers from claustrophobia.<\/p>\n
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“Nothing is 100 per cent on this virus and even if I would’ve wore a mask I could’ve still gotten it,” he said.<\/p>\n
“But the fact of the matter is we have to do everything that we can do to protect ourselves and to protect the people that are really at risk.”<\/p>\n
“I just thank God that I haven’t given this to someone and taken a life. I would not be able to handle that,” the man adds in the video.<\/p>\n
He also revealed that, since speaking about his Covid-19 fight, he has received death threats.<\/p>\n
“I was wrong, can’t be more wrong. But to wish me death? To say I don’t deserve to be treated? What’s wrong with you people? We’re supposed to love one another, pray for one another,” he said. “I pray for all y’all. I pray you don’t get it.”<\/p>\n