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QAnon Anti-Vaxxer Called COVID a Hoax Even as His 'Lungs Stopped Functioning'
Steele, who was among the earliest QAnon promoters and helped the conspiracy theory move from the fringes of the internet into the mainstream, was hospitalized with symptoms of COVID-19 earlier this month. But he continued to spread anti-vaccine and COVID-denial conspiracy theories until the end.
I will not take the vaccination, though I did test positive for whatever theyre calling COVID today, but the bottom line is that my lungs are not functioning, Steele wrote in his final blog post on August 17, accompanied by a picture of him hooked up to what appears to be a ventilator.
We will never be the same because now we know that weve all been lied to about everything, Steele added. But, now we also know that we can trust each other. Im alive today because I had a network that put me into a good hospital in Florida.
Steeles death was confirmed by his friend and fellow conspiracy theorist Mark Tassi in a video posted to Instagram on Sunday evening. In the video Tassi says he was in touch with Steele in recent days and claimed the hospital had prevented the former CIA officer from using hydroxychloroquine tablets.
I will not take the vaccination, though I did test positive for whatever theyre calling COVID today, but the bottom line is that my lungs are not functioning, Steele wrote in his final blog post on August 17, accompanied by a picture of him hooked up to what appears to be a ventilator.
We will never be the same because now we know that weve all been lied to about everything, Steele added. But, now we also know that we can trust each other. Im alive today because I had a network that put me into a good hospital in Florida.
Steeles death was confirmed by his friend and fellow conspiracy theorist Mark Tassi in a video posted to Instagram on Sunday evening. In the video Tassi says he was in touch with Steele in recent days and claimed the hospital had prevented the former CIA officer from using hydroxychloroquine tablets.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93yjzp/qanon-anti-vaxxer-called-covid-a-hoax-even-as-his-lungs-stopped-functioning
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QAnon Anti-Vaxxer Called COVID a Hoax Even as His 'Lungs Stopped Functioning' (Original Post)
BlueWavePsych
Aug 2021
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Botany
(70,281 posts)1. "I will not take the vaccination, though I did test positive for whatever they're calling 'COVID'"
"Steeles death was confirmed by his friend ..."
"Robert David Steele, a former CIA officer turned conspiracy theorist who claimed to be
the first person to call COVID-19 a hoax, has died from COVID-19."
The mother fucker was big on info wars and selling the "pizza gate" crap.
I'm glad he is dead.
nykym
(3,063 posts)2. Love the graphic
OK if I use it from time to time.
Botany
(70,281 posts)4. The mug or the dying guy? Take 'em. I stole them from the internet.
n/t
viva la
(3,224 posts)3. What does he even mean? "I had a network?"
We will never be the same because now we know that weve all been lied to about everything, Steele added. But, now we also know that we can trust each other. Im alive today because I had a network that put me into a good hospital in Florida.
He made it sound like his "network" of antivaxxers somehow got him into a special Florida hospital that no one else could get into?
Angry to the last.
He made it sound like his "network" of antivaxxers somehow got him into a special Florida hospital that no one else could get into?
Angry to the last.
tanyev
(42,354 posts)5. Covid doesn't really care what you call it.
If youre not vaxxed and not diligently wearing a mask, it will find you.
JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)6. He took a hospital bed
From someone who needed heart surgery, cancer surgery, recovering from a stroke, etc. etc.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)7. Excellent - another prominent Qanut bites the dust.
Or...gargles his own blood...
Zorro
(15,691 posts)8. Killed by a hoax
That's quite a powerful hoaxy hoax.
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,717 posts)9. Say hi to Rush and Rummy, dipshit.