Hospitalized Allen West claims he has "natural immunity"

[struggle4progress]

By Juwan J. Holmes
Sunday, October 10, 2021

Longtime anti-LGBTQ conservative and former Texas GOP chair Allen West declared today that he has “natural immunity and double the antibodies” in his battle against COVID-19. Except his “natural immunity” didn’t come ‘naturally,’ but due to monoclonal antibody infusion therapy ...

West issued the statement in a series of tweets from a hospital bed in Plano, Texas, where he landed after trying to treat his illness with ivermectin (an anti-parasitic drug for humans and animals) and hydroxychloroquine (arthritis medication that also treats malaria.) Meanwhile, his wife, Angela, who has been vaccinated, went home after also being treated, while West remains hospitalized with COVID-related pneumonia and low blood oxygen levels ...

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/allen-west-claims-natural-immunity-covid-19-hospitalized/

[True Dough]

1. Natural immunity

and natural stupidity aren't the same thing. West definitely has the latter.

[struggle4progress]

23. "Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-made proteins that mimic

the immune system’s ability to fight off harmful antigens"

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-additional-monoclonal-antibody-treatment-covid-19

[struggle4progress]

2. Hospitalized Allen West rails against vaccines

Andrew Stanton - 6h ago

Allen West .. unvaccinated .. railed against "dangerous" COVID-19 vaccines while hospitalized with the coronavirus on Sunday.

West, a Republican, announced Saturday that he was taking hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, which has not been approved to treat the virus. At the time, he said he was experiencing a low-grade fever and light body aches.

By Sunday, he was hospitalized with possible COVID-related pneumonia ...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/texas-gov-candidate-allen-west-rails-against-vaccines-while-hospitalized-with-covid/ar-AAPlxZm?li=BB141NW3

[GPV]

36. Raging against the dying of the light?

[No Vested Interest]

3. Let's see a price comparison - vaccine vs. hospitalization, monoclonal antbody infusion treatment,

etc.
Then publicize the difference - widely.

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. Why is he taking up a bed in the hospital then?

Should be happy to whether the non-storm in the comforts of his home.

[struggle4progress]

8. +

[SheltieLover]

5. 📣📣📣Karma, clean up in Plano, pls!

[struggle4progress]

6. Hospitalized Allen West says his 'COVID Pneumonia' is not serious

Bruce C.T. Wright

... Hours after announcing that he and his wife had contracted COVID-19, West tweeted Saturday afternoon that the two of them had “completed the monoclonal antibody infusion therapy and are in the observation period” ...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2021/10/10/anti-vaxxer-allen-west-says-he-has-covid-pneumonia-but-that-its-not-serious/

[Larissa]

24. West is a medical doctor?

It's been reported that West's wife is fully vaccinated. She is at home.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. This is short term protection and may not last long

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.

[Marcuse]

10. What do you have to lose?

[texasfiddler]

11. Maybe he can secede ... From planet earth

[The Magistrate]

12. If He Had A Natural Immunity To The Virus, Sir

He wouldn't be in hospital....

[struggle4progress]

25. "They weren't crazy enough in Florida -- so I moved to Texas!"

[TimeToGo]

30. He's actually from Georgia

Funny thing about a lot of crazies in Florida. Many, but not all, come from elsewhere.

[struggle4progress]

32. He's on a ever-continuing search for even-crazier people!

[TimeToGo]

37. He will continue to find them

Unfortunately

[orleans]

13. i've been meaning to post this on du--here's a good spot to do it

Link to tweet

“My chest X-rays do show COVID pneumonia, not serious. I am probably going to be admitted to the hospital,” West announced Saturday.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

18. If his pneumonia wasn't serious, then why did the hospital admit him?

Or more to the point, why did he even bother to go to a hospital. I really, really wish hospitals and doctors would refuse to treat the unvaccinated.

[Larissa]

29. His chest x-ray is lit up

The virus is busy replicating itself and eviscerating the air sacs in the lungs. Few things are more terrifying than Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2?

[LudwigPastorius]

31. Sure, Pal.

Everybody with a "not serious" pneumonia gets admitted to hospital.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210112/research-reveals-why-covid-pneumonia-is-more-deadly

As Melanie Cain said when her father was first admitted to the hospital, “...the reports were similar to what you hear for other patients. You know, oxygen issues with the lungs, just things like that. Those things sounded, relatively speaking for COVID, normal.”

"Normal"..."not serious"...

[Thunderbeast]

14. I will know he is serious about fighting Covid

when he demands a flashlight be inserted deep in his colon.

[Corgigal]

15. Can't have natural immunity

against a novel virus. Body has never seen it before, which is why we have a delay in mounting a defense. See vaccine.

[Larissa]

20. The virus decides

The New York Times: "An overwhelming majority of Americans who have died in recent months, a period in which the country has offered broad access to shots, were unvaccinated."

[Corgigal]

22. Yep,

which is why it’s not a novel virus it you encounter it again. You have taught your body to see it and fight it.

[Generic Brad]

16. He misspelled "stupidity" as "immunity"

Auto correct can get wild when you’re texting weakly.

[SarcasticSatyr]

17. I've tested negative for sympathy ...

I hope he gets to enjoy the full covid experience ...

[ShazzieB]

19. So vaccine-generated immunity is somehow unnatural...

...but monoclonal antibody infusion is natural as sunshine (or something like that)?

My brain hurts now. Thanks heaps, Allen West.

[Mr. Evil]

21. Hey Allen,

Herman Cain is calling!

[Gore1FL]

26. I don't see myself mourning him when he passes. nt

[Jon King]

27. Truly amazing how many stupid people there are in America.

Every single day they amaze you of going deeper and deeper and deeper into the stupid.

[Bristlecone]

28. The perfect epitaph for him.

[cstanleytech]

33. I offer him the same heartfelt prayers that I am sure he and other Republicans offered RBG.

[Equomba]

34. This is a Win-Win.

If he doesn't make it, then c’est la vie and good riddance.

If he pulls through, then a fierce and bloody primary between West and Abbott.

[RockRaven]

35. I hope, whatever happens, that he's never able to hurt anyone else in the world.

Whatever that looks like, I'm fine with as an outcome.