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BlueWavePsych

(2,634 posts)
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 12:12 PM Aug 2021

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 they’re 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 we’ve all been lied to about everything,” Steele added. “But, now we also know that we can trust each other. I’m alive today because I had a network that put me into a good hospital in Florida.”

Steele’s 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 OP
"I will not take the vaccination, though I did test positive for whatever they're calling 'COVID'" Botany Aug 2021 #1
Love the graphic nykym Aug 2021 #2
The mug or the dying guy? Take 'em. I stole them from the internet. Botany Aug 2021 #4
What does he even mean? "I had a network?" viva la Aug 2021 #3
Covid doesn't really care what you call it. tanyev Aug 2021 #5
He took a hospital bed JustAnotherGen Aug 2021 #6
Excellent - another prominent Qanut bites the dust. lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #7
Killed by a hoax Zorro Aug 2021 #8
Say hi to Rush and Rummy, dipshit. The Unmitigated Gall Aug 2021 #9

Botany

(70,281 posts)
1. "I will not take the vaccination, though I did test positive for whatever they're calling 'COVID'"
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 12:16 PM
Aug 2021

"Steele’s 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.


viva la

(3,224 posts)
3. What does he even mean? "I had a network?"
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 12:35 PM
Aug 2021
“We will never be the same because now we know that we’ve all been lied to about everything,” Steele added. “But, now we also know that we can trust each other. I’m 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.

tanyev

(42,354 posts)
5. Covid doesn't really care what you call it.
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 01:15 PM
Aug 2021

If you’re not vaxxed and not diligently wearing a mask, it will find you.

JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
6. He took a hospital bed
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 02:16 PM
Aug 2021

From someone who needed heart surgery, cancer surgery, recovering from a stroke, etc. etc.

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