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ItsjustMe

(11,230 posts)
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 08:00 AM Jul 2021

'I'm at Breaking Point': Radio Host Who Regrets Mocking Vaccines Is 'Fighting for His Life'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i-m-at-breaking-point-radio-host-who-regrets-mocking-vaccines-is-fighting-for-his-life/ar-AAMwrey

A conservative radio host in Tennessee who repeatedly spread misinformation about coronavirus and mocked vaccines but changed his tune after falling seriously ill, was still “fighting for his life” on Saturday, weeks after contracting the virus.

Phil Valentine, who hosts a talk radio show on 99.7 WWTN-FM in Nashville, is hospitalized and is receiving supplemental oxygen while in critical care battling COVID pneumonia, his family said in a statement Friday.

“They say he is still not getting well.. please pray for me,” his wife, Susan, told the station on Saturday morning, according to a tweet. “I am at a breaking point.”

On Saturday afternoon, Julia Campbell Shirley declined to comment on her son-in-law’s condition before hurriedly telling The Daily Beast: “I certainly think people should be vaccinated.”
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'I'm at Breaking Point': Radio Host Who Regrets Mocking Vaccines Is 'Fighting for His Life' (Original Post) ItsjustMe Jul 2021 OP
What's that thing about sowing YoshidaYui Jul 2021 #1
One concern, one concern only. How many people did it infect? It no doubt was responsible for brewens Jul 2021 #2
His wife is the one saying she's at her breaking point. Croney Jul 2021 #3
Any residual John Ludi Jul 2021 #4
I feel for the people he spread it to, and the people he convinced not to get vaccinated. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #5
Some of the comments try to write the vaccine off as genetic manipulation Clash City Rocker Jul 2021 #6
Serves him right. (nt) Paladin Jul 2021 #7
culling the rethug hurd, sad that so many Beachnutt Jul 2021 #8
So die already CanonRay Jul 2021 #9
Hurry up and die already and stop straining the system Ferrets are Cool Jul 2021 #10
Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me. (Linda Ronstadt) Firestorm49 Jul 2021 #11
Mocking the pandemic was probably the most fun he ever had in his life. Judi Lynn Jul 2021 #12
Oh, no. He had a blast with his Lars39 Jul 2021 #13

YoshidaYui

(41,831 posts)
1. What's that thing about sowing
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 08:03 AM
Jul 2021

What you reap? At this point in the game, those who spread misinformation about a deadly disease deserves to get it. Sayonara Baka Yaro!!

brewens

(13,566 posts)
2. One concern, one concern only. How many people did it infect? It no doubt was responsible for
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 08:04 AM
Jul 2021

a great many infections. Choke on it shitstain! Oh, and in case I miss the news, good riddance in advance!

Croney

(4,657 posts)
3. His wife is the one saying she's at her breaking point.
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 08:13 AM
Jul 2021

She doesn't say if she's vaccinated... If not, she's looking at what might be her own fate soon. No wonder she's scared shitless.

John Ludi

(589 posts)
4. Any residual
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 08:15 AM
Jul 2021

compassion I had for people like this dissipated into the ether a while ago..and I've given up on the notion that others will learn from his example, as that is something that many people just don't do.

Clash City Rocker

(3,396 posts)
6. Some of the comments try to write the vaccine off as genetic manipulation
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 08:59 AM
Jul 2021

And claim that it might have some long term health risks. They don’t seem to realize how long people have been getting vaccinated for various things and surviving.

Beachnutt

(7,311 posts)
8. culling the rethug hurd, sad that so many
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 10:18 AM
Jul 2021

are so gullible and believe the nonsense, the deniers which are rethugs will die off and the rest of us will carry on with life.
Sad that these selfish pricks pass it on to others before they pass on.

Lars39

(26,109 posts)
13. Oh, no. He had a blast with his
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 09:06 PM
Jul 2021

honkathon campaign protesting against a state income tax in Tennessee. He’s been rotten a long time.

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