A healthy Sydney-based skateboarder is fearing for his life after he was rushed to hospital within hours of testing positive for Covid.
Jett Stanton, 21, was due to get his first Covid jab last week until he tested positive on Wednesday and then suddenly took seriously ill.
The following night he was admitted to hospital with terrifying chest pains, a hacking cough and agonising headaches, as well as nausea, fatigue and cold sweats.
But the Brisbane-born skateboarder fears his condition may deteriorate further and has begged everyone to get vaccinated before they suffer a similar fate.
Sydney skateboarder Jeff Stanton, 21, seen here, is fearing for his life amid fears his condition will worsen after he was rushed to hospital within hours of testing positive for Covid
‘I can’t stress this enough,’ he warned from his hospital bed. ‘Covid is NOT a joke and not to be played with.
‘I can 100 per cent assure you this is not just a flu like some of you say it is.’
Mr Stanton passed out twice in three hours during extreme panic attacks brought on by the disease and feared he was going to die.
From his bed in Liverpool Hospital, he revealed he had been a close contact of an infected case in Sydney’s south-west before testing positive.
His two unvaccinated housemates also tested positive but his vaccinated girlfriend escaped infection and returned a negative test result.
Despite his active healthy lifestyle as a semi-pro skateboarder, he rapidly became seriously ill and had to be rushed to hospital.
Jett Stanton, 21, was due to get his first Covid jab last week until he tested positive on Wednesday and then suddenly took seriously ill. He’s seen here in his Liverpool Hospital bed in a picture he posted to his Instagram page
‘Some people may only get small symptoms, others have their lives changed for good in such a negative way,’ said Mr Stanton on Instagram on Saturday.
‘Some people are at risk of dying.’
He said the symptoms hit him suddenly and then came in waves as his condition quickly deteriorated.
‘I am having uncomfortable cold sweats, throat and chest is blocked, intense headache, unable to sleep,’ he said.
‘My anxiety disorder has had me have panics attacks to the point I passed out twice within three hours – I feel like I’m going to die every time I have an attack.
Semi-pro Brisbane-born skateboarder Jeff Stanton fears his condition may deteriorate further and has begged everyone to get vaccinated before they suffer a similar fate. He posted this picture of his hospital room on Instagram as he battled the disease on Saturday
‘My body cramps and the list of symptoms go on…and I don’t even know if this is the worst of it yet.’
NSW broke another pandemic record with 830 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed on Sunday, with 94 in intensive care and 31 on a ventilator.
One quarter of Sunday’s total cases – 195 out of 830 – were aged 20-29.
So far, 58 per cent of people in the state have had one dose of a vaccine and 31 per cent have had two doses.
He begged his followers to stop putting others at risk and get vaccinated – and branded anti-vaxxers and lockdown protesters as ‘privileged dogs’.
Jeff Stanton begged followers to stop putting others at risk and get vaccinated – and branded anti-vaxxers and lockdown protesters, like those seen here who protested in Melbourne on Saturday, as ‘privileged dogs’
‘It’s not the government trying to control you,’ he said. ‘It’s so sad to hear about people not respecting others and putting other people at risk of catching this virus.
‘I have family in Indonesia that would do anything for the vaccine (that is studied and made by scientists and doctors) as it is killing hundreds.
‘Yet privileged dogs here “Don’t trust the government” and I don’t know who else you expect to get a cure from.’
He added: ‘I am generally a very healthy young person and I still feel like my life is on the line.
‘Please follow the lockdown rules as they are there for a reason and take care of one another.’