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Ted Nugent has tested positive for COVID-19, after referring to the pandemic as a “hoax” on several occasions.
The staunch Trump supporter, 72,took to Facebook Liveon Monday toreveal he was diagnosedearlier that day, while perpetuating anti-vaccine conspiracy theories and racist language toward the AAPI community.
“I was tested positive today. I got the Chinese s—,” he said in the video.
“Everybody told me I should not announce this, but can you hear it?” he added, pointing out his hoarse voice. “I have had flu symptoms for the last 10 days that have just, I thought I was dying.”
He referred to his symptoms as a “clusterf—”, detailing the “stuffed-up head” and “body aches” he’s experienced. “My God, what a pain in the ass,” Nugent continued. “I literally can hardly crawl out of bed the last few days. But I did, I crawled.”
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Nugent has been known to spread false information about the pandemic,referring to the virusas a “leftist scam to destroy” Trump. “It’s not a real pandemic and that’s not a real vaccine, I’m sorry,” hefalsely arguedin another video posted on Christmas.
He continued to dig his feet in with false claims about the vaccine in Monday’s Facebook Live.
“Nobody knows what’s in it,” he argued. “If you can’t even honestly answer our questions of exactly what’s in it and why are you testing it on human beings and forcing it on people in such a short period of time?”
Trump finally urged his followers to get vaccinated last month, during an appearance onFox News.
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As of Tuesday, more than half of U.S. adults had received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine,according to NPR.
source: people.com
