Talk show host who said people safer without vaccine now seriously ill with Covid-19

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A conservative talk-show host who said 'you're probably safer not getting' the vaccine is now seriously ill with COVID-19, and his family is asking people to 'PLEASE GO GET VACCINATED!'

A conservative radio talk-show host who had told followers that they were "probably safer not getting" the COVID-19 vaccine if they weren't at high risk is now hospitalized in serious condition with the coronavirus, his family said.

Phil Valentine, who hosts "The Phil Valentine Show" on WWTN-FM in Nashville, Tennessee, contracted COVID-19 more than a week ago and "has since been hospitalized & is in very serious condition," his family said in a statement on Thursday.

Valentine, 61, is "suffering from COVID pneumonia and the attendant side effects," the statement said, adding, "He is in the hospital in the critical care unit breathing with assistance but is NOT on a ventilator."

Now that he's become ill with the coronavirus, he has "regrets" about his comments about the vaccines, his family said.

"Phil would like for his listeners to know that while he has never been an 'anti-vaxer' he regrets not being more vehemently 'Pro-Vaccine', and looks forward to being able to more vigorously advocate that position as soon as he is back on the air, which we all hope will be soon," the family said.

More here:

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/medical/a-conservative-talk-show-host-who-said-youre-probably-safer-not-getting-the-vaccine-is-now-seriously-ill-with-covid-19-and-his-family-is-asking-people-to-please-go-get-vaccinated/ar-AAMtVUg?li=AAggNb9

I hate to say it but I think it looks good on him!