'Fedora Guy' Jerry Messing on Ventilator with COVID-19
Jerry Messing, an actor known as the face of the famous "Fedora Guy" meme, has COVID and is fighting for his life in Florida.
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Freaks and Geeks actor and man behind Fedora Guy meme is on a ventilator with COVID-19 (UP: survived)
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That's awful. Hoping he pulls through and recovers.
Honestly didn't know Fedora Guy was an actor, always thought it was just a photo of a random person. And I watched Freaks and geeks when it was on tV, haha
Honestly didn't know Fedora Guy was an actor, always thought it was just a photo of a random person. And I watched Freaks and geeks when it was on tV, haha
It's confusing how it's phrased with the paragraph before, but it seems like he only had the 1st dose.
Don't understand the article, it says both fully vaccinated but at the same time says jerry received his first dose and was waiting for the 2nd.
Also if he was waiting it means his first dose was pretty recent (less than 3 weeks) so may e not even enough time to build up antibodies from even first dose
The quote from OP says fully vaccinated doesn't it?
e: nvm, article is weird
Oh shit, you're right. The Jerry and James stuff really messed with my reading comprehension.
But just getting your first shot makes this a lot more likely, yeah.
Edit: at least I'm not the only one who sucks at reading. Yay!
So was he fully vaccinated or not? There is quite a contradiction here.
Ok. But the way it was worded made it seem Jerry had received both doses.
Anyways, hope he gets better.
Yep. This is why you get the second damn shot. I think the best estimates I have read is that the first shot is only like 50% effective.
Why risk it, when you are alread high risk.
Fucking sad though, he at least got the first which is a lot better then some. He might have been like me and suffered some pretty intense reactions at the first shot so much I was basically in bed for two days. Still though, you have to weigh things, better than dying.
I literally just saw somebody use his meme yesterday here on era.
Edit: Ok so he got the shots late. It was too late basically from what I am reading.
I just completed a rewatch of Freaks & Geeks a couple weeks ago and did not realize Gordon was the fedora guy. I hope he pulls through.
James and his mom are fully vaccinated. Jerry only got one dose and it may not have had enough time to do much before he contracted the virus.
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He was getting vaccinated. Both his parents were fully vaccinated and he had just gotten his first dose.
He is overweight, so I'm sure that didn't help him.
and he is extremely overweight, that's prob the bigger risk for him. Looks very unhealthy
I'm aware that he had just gotten his first dose, but vaccines have been readily available in the US since May. A lot of people seemingly had and still have no urgency about it and the results are severe illness and possibly death, all for nothing.
So he was within the 3 week period before he could get his 2nd dose? Sadly that probably was not enough time for his body to develop antibodies. Remember the US is advising waiting 2 weeks after your 2nd dose before you can consider yourself fully vaccinated.
Probably could have been avoided if he would have got vaccinated even just a month or so earlier.
Delta is no joke. People need to get fully vaccinated now.
Probably could have been avoided if he would have got vaccinated even just a month or so earlier.
Delta is no joke. People need to get fully vaccinated now.
Yeah, I had to re-read it a couple times. Hope he gets better as well.
If he only got 1 shot, his immune is going to have a hard time fighting off delta variant. Wish him the best.
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Update: Jerry survived but is partially paralyzed now.
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'Fedora Guy' Jerry Messing Battling Paralysis After COVID, But Out of ICU
'Fedora Guy' Jerry Messing is battling paralysis after his bout with COVID, but thankfully he's out of ICU.
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According to the original article, he did have one dose at least and was waiting on the second. Hard to say how effective the first dose would be at that stage, but it may very well have saved his life. Hope he can fully recover, so many people who end up on ventilators don't come off them.
Thankfully he still has his life, hopefully he isn't permanently paralyzedUpdate: Jerry survived but is partially paralyzed now.
'Fedora Guy' Jerry Messing Battling Paralysis After COVID, But Out of ICU
'Fedora Guy' Jerry Messing is battling paralysis after his bout with COVID, but thankfully he's out of ICU.
Needing assistance to stand and walk sounds about right. My mother and sister were picking me up and dragging me around until May and sometimes I still need help moving about.
Update: Jerry survived but is partially paralyzed now.
'Fedora Guy' Jerry Messing Battling Paralysis After COVID, But Out of ICU
'Fedora Guy' Jerry Messing is battling paralysis after his bout with COVID, but thankfully he's out of ICU.
Thankfully he survived.
I hope the physical therapy works and he eventually can move and walk normally.
I was expecting the worst with the thread bump. Glad he's recovering and hopefully he can get back on his feet with some therapy.
Glad he survived but a month on a ventilator is going to have serious lasting effects. I'm glad they mentioned his paralysis because most stories completely gloss over the risks of surviving COVID. Anti-vaxxers love to use the death rate to dismiss the virus without ever considering other poor outcomes