Conservative Radio Host Phil Valentine Dies After COVID-19 Illness
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Valentine was an outspoken skeptic of coronavirus vaccines, saying he had a low risk of catching the virus. His message changed once he was hospitalized.
A conservative radio host and vaccine skeptic, who said he wouldn’t get vaccinated because he had a “low risk” of getting COVID-19 and dying from it, has died after being hospitalized with the virus, his employer said. Phil Valentine’s death at age 61 was announced Saturday by Nashville radio station SuperTalk 99.7 WTN. The Tennessee-based talk radio host was first hospitalized in late July with the virus. A statement from his family at the time of his hospitalization said his illness led him to have second thoughts and regrets about the vaccines’ significance and encouraged people to “go get vaccinated.”
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