A man who claimed coronavirus is a government hoax has changed his mind - after he and his wife were hospitalised with the disease.
Brian Hitchens previously said he didn't think Covid-19 was real, and stated that "God is bigger than this virus will ever be." But just a few weeks later, Brian and his wife were both hospitalised after contracting coronavirus.
From his hospital bed, Brian, a rideshare driver from Florida, is now urging people to take the virus seriously. He told WPTV : "I thought it was maybe the government trying something, and it was kind of like they threw it out there to kinda distract us." Brian took to Facebook in April to play down any concerns about the virus, which has so far killed almost 89,000 people in the