“I’m admitting my wrong because I was being selfish by not getting vaccinated,” Mercer said. “It really changes your outlook on life when you almost feel like, I may be called home.” Mercer, a Glenarden resident, had told her whole family not to get vaccinated against COVID-19. She knew they would listen to her. “They’re gonna follow my decision. Grandma not getting it, we not getting it,” she said. A few days ago she could hardly breathe and was rushed to a hospital by ambulance. “It’s something that I really wouldn’t wish on anybody. This has been a rough ordeal for me,” Mercer said.