Georgia Republican says vaccine saved him during severe COVID bout
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Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder
August 25, 2021
Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods .........................
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Woods, a Republican who took office in 2015, contracted the illness during the summer after being vaccinated in March.
I personally experienced what thousands of our fellow Georgians have been through or are now going through," Woods said. I had a loved one, my wife, who was experiencing COVID during the same time I had it. Like others, she wasn't able to visit me in the hospital and we could only interact through phone calls and FaceTimes. I would not want anyone, or any loved one, to experience what I went through."
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Though my symptoms were severe, and I did experience a breakthrough case, my doctors fully believe that the vaccine assisted in mitigating the effects of the virus and kept me alive during the ordeal," he said.
I am not just speaking to you as State School Superintendent, but as a fellow Georgian, when I say: I encourage all who are eligible to consult with their doctor and prayerfully and thoughtfully consider getting vaccinated," he added................................................................
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I wish all would read this. He sounds sincere to me.
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Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)If I had the same name, I would definitely go by Dick Woods.
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