“I feel very blessed, thankful, grateful. I’m just happy to be alive,” Sosa said. Sosa hopes more people will take the virus seriously after hearing his story. “Quit pretending that it’s fake,” Sosa said during a virtual press conference at University Hospital. “Protect yourself, protect your family. Stay away from as many people as you can who are not in your immediate household.”

Source: South Texas man who received COVID-19 double-lung transplant urges public to take virus seriously