Rock musician Ted Nugent announced that he has tested positive for coronavirus in a live Facebook video in which he repeatedly used racist insults to refer to COVID-19, spit on the ground and promoted conspiracy theories against vaccines.
“Everyone told me I shouldn’t announce it,” the Conservative rocker said in the video on Monday.
Nugent, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, previously called the pandemic a scam and has spoken out against public health restrictions.
“I have had flu symptoms for the last 10 days. I thought I was dying. I mean, just cluster shit, “Nugent said in the video.” I have Chinese shit. ”
Nugent said he had a “stuffed head” and “body aches.”
“My God, what a pain in the ass. Literally, I can hardly crawl out of bed in the last few days. But yes, I crawled, ”he said.
Nugent said he was now in his forties.
However, he reiterated his refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, a stance he first adopted last year to challenge regulatory approvals and public health experts around the world who have considered the traits they were safe and effective.
“No one knows what’s going on,” Nugent falsely said in the live Facebook video. “If you can’t even honestly answer our questions about what exactly is there and why do you prove it in humans and force it on people in such a short period of time?”
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