A Florida man who initially dismissed the coronavirus pandemic as a “fake crisis” that was “blown out of proportion” has been hospitalized along with his wife — and is now warning others about the deadly virus. “I thought it was maybe the government trying something, and it was kind of like they threw it out there to kinda distract us,” Brian Hitchens told WPTV from his hospital bed. “I’d get up in the morning and pray and trust in God for his protection, and I’d just leave it at that.