A conservative talk show host who said 'you're probably safer not getting' the vaccine is now seriou

[Demovictory9]

A conservative talk show host who said 'you're probably safer not getting' the vaccine is now seriously ill with COVID-19 and his family is asking people to 'PLEASE GO GET VACCINATED!'




Phil Valentine, who hosts "The Phil Valentine Show" on Nashville, Tennessee's WWTN-FM station, contracted COVID-19 more than a week ago "and has since been hospitalized and is in very serious condition," his family said in a statement Thursday.

Valentine, 61, is suffering from "COVID pneumonia and the attendant side effects," said the statement, which added, "He is in the hospital in the critical care unit breathing with assistance but is NOT on a ventilator."

Now that the radio host has become ill with the coronavirus he has "regrets" about past comments he has made about the vaccines for the virus, his family said.

"Phil would like for his listeners to know that while he has never been an 'anti-vaxer' [sic] he regrets not being more vehemently 'Pro-Vaccine', and looks forward to being able to more vigorously advocate that position as soon as he is back on the air, which we all hope will be soon," the family said.
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"Unfortunately for the haters out there, it looks like I'm going to make it," he wrote. "Interesting experience. I'll have to fill you in when I come back on the air. I'm hoping that will be tomorrow, but I may take a day off just as a precaution. It'll be a game-time decision."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/a-conservative-talk-show-host-who-said-you-re-probably-safer-not-getting-the-vaccine-is-now-seriously-ill-with-covid-19-and-his-family-is-asking-people-to-please-go-get-vaccinated/ar-AAMtVUg?ocid=msedgntp

[SoCalDavidS]

1. I Am Now Waiting For The Shoe To Drop

Any day now.

[exboyfil]

2. He says you are safer not getting the vaccine

but then says he wasn't an anti-vaxer. This two positions seem mutually exclusive.

[Aristus]

3. I've never wished anyone dead.

But I have read some obituaries with great satisfaction.



Thank you, Mark Twain.

[ZonkerHarris]

4. oh well. what's for lunch?

[The Roux Comes First]

5. This Story Indeed Encompasses Plenty of Evidence of Hatred,

But the reality is this is part of the overriding right-wing epidemic of projection. The premise of his show and their entire clown circus is hatred of the Other and owning the libs. I realize "looking inward" is anathema to these selfish swine, but still . . .

[dalton99a]

6. Goddamn liar

"Phil would like for his listeners to know that while he has never been an 'anti-vaxer' [sic] ... As recently as July 15, he shared doubts about the vaccine

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

7. Epitomizes the "I don't care until...

...it affects me" mindset of conservatives.

[Johnny2X2X]

8. I hope he dies

If he lives he'll just say, "see, I told you so, don't get vaccinated people!" If he dies less people will die. If he's dead, not only will he not be able to persuade more people not to get vaccinated, but his death can be used as a lesson to people who don't want to get vaccinated.

So a dead Phil Valentine, means that more people will live, so I'm all for that.

[dalton99a]

9. +1. "I beat it. It wasn't that bad."

The guy is a destructive RW propagandist asshole. No loss.

[lagomorph777]

10. I've heard of many people posting things like that,

just before they get intubated and die.

Hopefully that's what happens here.

[LiberatedUSA]

13. Even if he lives...

...it wrecks havoc on the body.

[Thomas Hurt]

11. Voter suppression of conservatives through self inflicted stupidity.

[snort]

12. Ahh Jeez

Go fuck yourself, Phil.

[Boomerproud]

14. Go look in the mirror or listen to one of your shows Valentine.

Hate begets hate. Too stupid to figure that out and he's 61.

[greenjar_01]

15. One of the interesting trends in this discourse is the claim that they were never "anti-vaxxers"

There must be some terrible polling on the term "anti-vaxxer" that they're looking at. They are all now saying "Listen, I have never been an anti-vaxxer." It's an interesting consistency.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Darwinism at its finest.