AdvertisementIntimate portraits of a hospital COVID unit from a photojournalist-turned-nurseDecember 26, 2021Victoria HansenfacebookEmail"Don't suffer like me, get the vaccine immediately. It's not only protecting yourself, it's protecting people like me," says 72-year-old Joel Croxton. Croxton was fully vaccinated but had a weakened immune system. He died of COVID-19 on Sept. 14. (Alan Hawes/Medical University of South Carolina)