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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 days 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
(113,205 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,046 posts)lame54
(35,277 posts)ColinC
(8,284 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)West is a stupid fucking idiot.
It was an easy job for her.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)waiting to take him to HELL
roamer65
(36,745 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,325 posts)Fucking nut
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Same as a vaccination, just longer, fn idiot.
Crunchy Frog
(26,579 posts)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
(13,903 posts)what West got is no different. Still ends in his system with a needle. His complaints are bee ess.
CanonRay
(14,093 posts)CanonRay
(14,093 posts)RKP5637
(67,101 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,996 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,325 posts)Fucking nut
Wounded Bear
(58,618 posts)malaise
(268,844 posts)Caining time
artemisia1
(756 posts)AZSkiffyGeek
(10,997 posts)struggle4progress
(118,268 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)LisaL
(44,972 posts)NT
Mariana
(14,854 posts)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
(759 posts)So hes taken the locally grown, fair trade, small batch, organic monoclonal antibodies.
spanone
(135,802 posts)tavernier
(12,374 posts)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 its not the quicky wonder drug that they are trying to make out.
panader0
(25,816 posts)tavernier
(12,374 posts)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
(37,990 posts)❤️❤️❤️
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,046 posts)Link to tweet
See https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210826/monoclonal-antibodies-vs-vaccines-vs-covid-19
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
(9,065 posts)viva la
(3,280 posts)and had just a mild case. You'd think he'd be glad of that.
bluestarone
(16,894 posts)Don't STAY HOME and treat this disease? Dirty Son of a Bitch needs to Fucking DIE at home!
OhioChick
(23,218 posts)Javaman
(62,507 posts)he knows they are rubes and he laughs all the way to the bank.
Deep State Witch
(10,421 posts)I hate to cheer for the virus. But in this case, I'll make an exception.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,046 posts)Pool Hall Ace
(5,849 posts)After being diagnosed with Covid pneumonia only two days ago??
Gee whiz, I guess he really did have the non-serious variety.
LeftInTX
(25,201 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,421 posts)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.