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Roland99

(53,342 posts)
Mon Aug 2, 2021, 10:05 AM Aug 2021

Roll the tape, Johnny. How it started....How it's going! [View all]

How it's going:

‘COVID is real and it is very dangerous.’ Lawmaker details 8-month battle with virus, urges vaccinations
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/covid-is-real-and-it-is-very-dangerous-lawmaker-details-8-month-battle-with-virus-urges-vaccinations

“For 55 days, I was in an intensive care unit on a ventilator. Although ventilators save lives, the sobering reality is that the overwhelming majority of intubated Covid-19 patients do not survive,” Byrd said.

He described his bout with the virus by saying, “everything that can go wrong with Covid did,” adding that he continued to get sicker and sicker – eventually needing a liver transplant.

“Just when it seemed like I was improving, suddenly I wasn’t. My liver began to fail. I developed jaundice and was later diagnosed with Covid Cholangiopathy. I was told I would need a liver transplant or else I would die. Again, my family prepared for the worst,” he wrote.

Byrd says he received a new liver on June 12, and says, while he still has a long way to go, he’s getting stronger every day.




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BUT WAIT! Here's how it started!

Last June, Byrd joined many of the House GOP caucus in approving a resolution that declared the news media “sensationalized the reporting on COVID-19 in the service of political agendas.”




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Your Graphic Is Most Apt, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2021 #1
the flip side of the coin WhiteTara Aug 2021 #7
Conservatives destroy everything they touch..... HUAJIAO Aug 2021 #2
+1 If these born again QOP representatives want to make a difference, they should switch parties ffr Aug 2021 #11
Your graphic is 100% fact - they lied because it was politically expedient. Probatim Aug 2021 #3
When this is over enough that we can wnylib Aug 2021 #10
10 quid says he still campaigns for this batshit crazy asshole in 2024: Celerity Aug 2021 #4
Cornpone Queen czarjak Aug 2021 #12
"the Mind of a Conservative Woman" - Lord that must have been a very short book rurallib Aug 2021 #15
tiny too! Celerity Aug 2021 #16
Makes me think of when Homer Simpson was on a jury. Probatim Aug 2021 #17
10 pages with coloring and connect the dots. Caliman73 Aug 2021 #20
Must be an abundance dweller Aug 2021 #5
Not as abundant as willful ignorance and criminal derangement Roland99 Aug 2021 #6
Yeah, I was thinking ... frazzled Aug 2021 #9
If all of Traildogbob Aug 2021 #13
I believe the technical term for this is "fuck around and find out". Initech Aug 2021 #8
I'm totally out of fucks to give for these deniers of reality. Canoe52 Aug 2021 #14
That black and white graphic is perfect. liberalla Aug 2021 #18
Thanks. I don't like to generalize or stereotype but geeeez...they just keep reinforcing it! Roland99 Aug 2021 #21
Hey Roland - your graphic is needed in kpete's post! I think it matches the topic of liberalla Aug 2021 #23
Kick....n/t Upthevibe Aug 2021 #19
Deniers shouldn't get bumped to the top of Neema Aug 2021 #22
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