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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnti-Vaccine Cartoonist Ben Garrison Says He's Got Covid-19, Won't Go to Hospital
Ben Garrison, a right-wing cartoonist known for his opposition to vaccines and his extremely flattering drawings of former President Donald Trump, told Gizmodo late Sunday that he contracted covid-19 and has been sick for about two weeks. But allegedly getting covid hasnt changed Garrisons mind about modern medical science.
Garrison, who lives in Montana, believes that he got covid-19 while dining out at a restaurant a couple of weeks ago. Montana has seen a disturbing rise in coronavirus cases in recent weeks, with about 900 new cases each day.
Yes, its definitely Covid and weve had all the symptoms. My wife and went out with a couple to a restaurant and the next day all four of us were sick. One of us went to see a doctor and was told she had Covid, and that was the clincher, Garrison told Gizmodo via email. (Garrison has been banned from Twitter for supporting the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.)
Were taking Ivermectin and various vitamins including a lot of Zinc, Garrison continued, explaining what hes doing to treat the disease. The cartoonist also notes hes taking beet root juice. None of this has been proven to treat or prevent covid-19, with monoclonal antibodies and vaccines being the only real ways to fight this pandemic, which is still raging in many parts of the world.
Garrison has promoted ivermectin in his various cartoons, including the illustration above, where a horse is seen kicking Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nations top infectious disease expert. The cartoon horse appears to have a cents symbol on his hooves as he shouts, get some horse sense! and kicks Dr. Fauci, whos holding a droopy needle with dollar signs.
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/09/anti-vaccine-cartoonist-ben-garrison-says-hes-got-covid-19-wont-go-to-hospital/
Not only is this ass clown anti vaccines, anti masks, and anti Dr. Fauci but he pro QAnon too. I wish the virus well.
Ray Bruns
(4,020 posts)Botany
(70,281 posts)..... of man. Dr. Fauci is 80+ years old and he is still busting his ass in trying to save 100s of
people world wide. He is also promoted the 1/6/21 coup-riot with his drawings.
Good luck to the virus w/his staying home and taking vitamins & zinc.
malaise
(267,789 posts)pwb
(11,204 posts)He should.
Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)Ain't no bigger idjit than Benny.
bbernardini
(9,934 posts)Timewas
(2,174 posts)Anti-vaxer idiot announces to the world. " I am even stupider than you thought"
Hong Kong Cavalier
(4,571 posts)That's too bad.
NH Ethylene
(30,793 posts)Botany
(70,281 posts)I have a friend who is a nurse and has C-19 patients* on his ward and he said by the time
they have to put a breathing tube down your throat and your lungs have stopped working
on their own you are going to die.
* Some of whom refuse to believe they have the disease.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)maxsolomon
(32,975 posts)the DU shame-shamers will be along shortly...
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)But I have zero guilt for celebrating self-imposed justice.
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)And, I don't care about the tsk tskers, either.
Botany
(70,281 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 27, 2021, 02:59 PM - Edit history (1)
Ben Garrison is a racist, anti semitic, QAnon, Hitler lover. aka Trump's base.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)No eye of newt or toe of frog? How about a necklace of garlic or a stake through the heart will do the trick.
Tanuki
(14,893 posts)suspicious in this story. He does not say he was actually tested for covid. Covid symptoms usually don't appear until 3 to 5 days after exposure.
hatrack
(59,439 posts).
liberal_mama
(1,495 posts)exposure. Very suspicious.
CTyankee
(63,768 posts)I think y'all know what I mean...
LonePirate
(13,386 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,261 posts)He will claim it is because of the treatment he took when the reality is it had nothing to do with his survival. I love to tell these nots that if you drink your own urine and eat your own shit you will get natural immunities. Some then realize how stupid they sound.
bottomofthehill
(8,261 posts)He will claim it is because of the treatment he took when the reality is it had nothing to do with his survival. I love to tell these nots that if you drink your own urine and eat your own shit you will get natural immunities. Some then realize how stupid they sound.
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)Find an illness for which a good number of cases resolve on their own, and sell a cure.
Odds are that Garrison will survive.
lindysalsagal
(20,433 posts)Botany
(70,281 posts)Anti-Vax MAGA Cartoonist Says Hes Treating Severe COVID With Beet Juice
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ben-garrison-the-anti-vax-maga-cartoonist-says-hes-treating-severe-covid-with-beet-juice
CanonRay
(14,036 posts)roamer65
(36,739 posts)Sits in a hallway till the end.
Lunabell
(5,919 posts)But at least the anrivaxxer isn't taking up hospital space that a rational person deserves.
Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)He depicts dim donny as some sort of Angry God with six-pack abs and anime hair, courageously battling (and draining) the Swamp. He's an absolute Flavor-Aid guzzler.
Here's my personal favorite, as it depicts ineffectual cretins Pax Dickinson (just read it out loud slowly) and Charles C Johnson (the stalker, not the Little Green Footballs guy) shooting everyone, even the Republicans. That anyone still publishes the obnoxious bastard's garbage after this is pathetic.
Liberal In Texas
(13,452 posts)He should stay home and keep mainlining those horse pills and not clog up a Montana ICU.
Paladin
(28,202 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(143,998 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(143,998 posts)Link to tweet
Garrison, who lives in Montana, believes that he got covid-19 while dining out at a restaurant a couple of weeks ago. Montana has seen a disturbing rise in coronavirus cases in recent weeks, with about 900 new cases each day.
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Were taking Ivermectin and various vitamins including a lot of Zinc, Garrison continued, explaining what hes doing to treat the disease. The cartoonist also notes hes taking beet root juice. None of this has been proven to treat or prevent covid-19, with monoclonal antibodies and vaccines being the only real ways to fight this pandemic, which is still raging in many parts of the world.