COVID-Infected Allen West Goes on Unhinged Anti-Vax Rant--From Hospital

[Zorro]

The unvaccinated ex-congressman seemed to learn nothing from being sent to the emergency room with COVID-related pneumonia and low oxygen.

Right-wing firebrand Allen West on Sunday followed up the previous day’s news that he contracted COVID-19 and was hospitalized with an off-the-rails Twitter rant against vaccination.

The former congressman, who is not vaccinated, wrote that he and his wife Angela received monoclonal antibody treatments at an emergency room in Dallas on Saturday. “The results were immediate,” he claimed before noting that his wife, who is vaccinated, was allowed to go home while he stayed at the hospital due to concerns over COVID-related pneumonia and low blood oxygen levels.

The far-right figure, who has increasingly adopted QAnon-adjacent rhetoric and recently quit his post as Texas GOP chairman, praised the hospital for “not forcing any harmful protocols on me” and for “making me grits for breakfast!!!”

And then, despite the burden placed on hospital staff by people like West who refuse to get vaccinated, he pivoted to attacking vaccines.

“I can attest that, after this experience, I am even more dedicated to fighting against vaccine mandates,” he tweeted. “Instead of enriching the pockets of Big Pharma and corrupt bureaucrats and politicians, we should be advocating the monoclonal antibody infusion therapy.” (Monoclonal antibody treatments, of course, are largely manufactured by pharmaceutical giants like Regeneron and GlaxoSmithKline.)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/allen-west-goes-on-anti-vaxx-tirade-amid-covid-diagnosis

His is one obituary I look forward to reading soon.

[niyad]

1. Covid take you, quickly and painfully, you arrogant asshole.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. West in an idiot

Link to tweet

[lame54]

7. The vaccine is free

[ColinC]

8. I hope they make his unvaxxed ass pay for it himself

[roamer65]

9. Dr Murray just owned him.

West is a stupid fucking idiot.

It was an easy job for her.

[demtenjeep]

3. Softly and Tenderly Herman is Waiting

waiting to take him to HELL

[roamer65]

12. +10000

[bottomofthehill]

4. Someone should ask him what monoclonal antibodies are and how they differ from the vaccine.

Fucking nut

[Thomas Hurt]

5. If I am seeing this correctly, monoclonal antibodies are given via IV.

Same as a vaccination, just longer, fn idiot.

[Crunchy Frog]

30. Vaccines are not given IV.

An IV infusion is far more complicated and lengthy to set up and administer, and takes up far more resources and highly trained medical workers.

Vaccination is a quick and simple intramuscular injection.

[Thomas Hurt]

35. same difference, the christofascists are bitching about putting medicine in their bodies....

what West got is no different. Still ends in his system with a needle. His complaints are bee ess.

[CanonRay]

6. My obituary list grows daily

[CanonRay]

10. My obituary list grows daily

[RKP5637]

11. The Grim Reaper likely waits. Such ignorance. n/t

[C_U_L8R]

13. Please, God

[bottomofthehill]

14. Someone should ask him what monoclonal antibodies are and how they differ from the vaccine.

Fucking nut

[Wounded Bear]

15. You know, stress is not really good for the immune system, there Allen...

[malaise]

16. Those may be famous last words

Caining time

[artemisia1]

17. You mean the EX Lieutenant Colonel who advocates for secession? /nt

[AZSkiffyGeek]

26. Don't forget war criminal as well!

[struggle4progress]

18. Psycho killer

[Roland99]

19. Regeneron isn't meant for those already hospitalized

[LisaL]

22. He got it before ending up in the hospital.

NT

[Mariana]

34. Some animals are more equal than others.

If he threw a temper tantrum and demanded that it be given to him, they might have done it just to shut him up.

And here he is saying the hospital isn't "forcing" treatments on him. Of course they aren't. He is free to decline any treatment, and he may leave the hospital at any time.

[Retired Engineer Bob]

20. Stunning ignorance

“Instead of enriching the pockets of Big Pharma and corrupt bureaucrats and politicians, we should be advocating the monoclonal antibody infusion therapy.”

So he’s taken the locally grown, fair trade, small batch, organic monoclonal antibodies.

[spanone]

21. just another moronic wingnut

[tavernier]

23. My daughter and SIL were diagnosed last week

with Covid despite both being double vaccinated with Pfizer. They had pretty heavy symptoms and therefore received monoclonal antibody treatments. The results were not immediate, if anything, 48 hours before a turn to the better, and still suffering from cough and weakness as of tonight even though fever has subsided. So it’s not the quicky wonder drug that they are trying to make out.

[panader0]

25. Here's hoping they both recover quickly.

[tavernier]

27. Thank you.

They went to get tested when they first noticed some symptoms and both tested negative so they figured it was the flu. But then three days later they lost smell and taste and went to get retested, this time coming up positive. I was scared to tears until finally they started seeing some positive signs.

[blogslug]

28. I'm so glad they're on the mend

❤️❤️❤️

[LetMyPeopleVote]

24. Monoclonal antibodies are great but they are no substitute for vaccinations

Link to tweet

See https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210826/monoclonal-antibodies-vs-vaccines-vs-covid-19

How is it different from a vaccine?
A vaccine helps stimulate and prepare your immune system to respond if or when you are exposed to the virus, Petty says. “Your immune system is ready to create all these antibodies before they are needed.”

Monoclonal antibodies boost the immune system after you are already sick, speeding up your immune response to prevent COVID-19 from getting worse. “But a vaccine does this much easier and much better,” Petty says.

You can think of monoclonal antibodies as guided missiles that target and neutralize the virus, Fales says. But they don't stick around. While monoclonal antibodies are effective for about a month, they are long gone 6 months later, when a vaccine still offers significant protection.

[chowder66]

29. Pull out your IV's and open up a bed to someone who needs it then.

[viva la]

31. His wife, however, is vaxxed

and had just a mild case. You'd think he'd be glad of that.

[bluestarone]

32. Again i gotta ask here, why the motherfuckers

Don't STAY HOME and treat this disease? Dirty Son of a Bitch needs to Fucking DIE at home!

[OhioChick]

33. What a fucking idiot n/t

[Javaman]

36. just another sociopath in a position of power to play to his moron followers.

he knows they are rubes and he laughs all the way to the bank.

[Deep State Witch]

37. Come on, Rona!!!

I hate to cheer for the virus. But in this case, I'll make an exception.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

38. This NBA player does an amazing job explaining why you need the vaccine

Link to tweet

[Pool Hall Ace]

39. According to his latest Twitter post, he's already home??

After being diagnosed with Covid pneumonia only two days ago??

Gee whiz, I guess he really did have the “non-serious” variety.

[LeftInTX]

40. Darn...I was really hoping......

[LuckyCharms]

41. Allen, don't count your chickens before they've hatched.

Covid is weird like that. It might still kill you. And then you will feel fucking stupid.

Oh wait, no you won't. You won't feel anything anymore, you goddamn idiot.