Photo Courtesy of Stephen Harmon/ Instagram
Stephen Harmon of California reportedly passed away from the COVID-19 virus this past Wednesday, July 21. The 34-year-old previously sent out a since-viral social media post to his followers, apparently showing that he wasn’t too worried about getting the coronavirus vaccine while also referencing an old Jay-Z rap verse. According to CBS Los Angeles, he tweeted prior to his recent hospitalization and death, “If you’re having email problems, I feel back for you, son. I got 99 problems, but a vax ain’t one,”
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Harmon was under hospital care before his death and recently shared with his Instagram followers that he had pneumonia and was experiencing low oxygen, according to CBS Los Angeles.
The California man was a known member of the popular, star-studded Hillsong Church in California. Church founder Brian Houston honored him in an Instagram post while also mentioning his views on the COVID-19 vaccination, stating, “Stephen’s thoughts on vaccines were his own. They do not represent the views and thoughts of Hillsong Church. Many of our pastors, staff, and congregation are fully vaccinated,”
According to ABC 7, Harmon was apparently still refusing the idea of a vaccine while in the hospital, reportedly writing on Instagram that he “will not be getting vaccinated once I am discharged and released.”
CBS Los Angeles reported that the California man tweeted an update on his health this past Wednesday, writing, “I’m choosing to go under intubation, i’ve fought this thing as hard as i can but unfortunately it’s reached a point of critical choice & as much as i hate having to do this i’d rather it be willingness than forced emergency procedure. don’t know when i’ll wake up, please pray.”
He died that same day.