Another reminder that coronavirus doesn't give a fuck what you think:
Phil Valentine, a Nashville-based conservative radio talk show host who had questioned whether it was necessary for all people to get Covid-19 vaccines, died on Saturday, his employer, WWTN Radio, announced on Twitter. Valentine was 61 years old
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His death comes more than a month after the host first announced he had been diagnosed with Covid-19. On his program, Valentine had repeatedly downplayed the importance of getting a vaccine against the virus, saying last December that he believed his personal odds of dying from Covid-19 were ?probably way less than one percent.?
Well, he might've been right about the odds, who knows? But I assume the odds change a lot if you get the vaccine, have good personal hygiene, and don't increase your risk by spending a lot of time in bars, restaurants, churches, indoor sporting events, etc.
Mark Valentine told CNN?s Alisyn Camerota in a July 26 interview his brother was doing better but was ?still very deep in the woods? and breathing with assistance.
?He recognizes now that him not getting the vaccination has probably caused a bunch of other people not to get vaccinated,? he said in the interview. ?And that he regrets.?
?This is a real threat, it is a real public health crisis and it is something that if he had to do over again ? his cavalier attitude wouldn?t have been what it was and he would have gotten vaccinated and encouraged everybody to get vaccinated,? he added.
Well... at least he wasn't still in denial to the end.
His brother tried to say he wasn't "anti-vaxx" but it sure sounds like he was