Allen West, GOP candidate for governor, says he has pneumonia caused by COVID-19

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Texas Republican gubernatorial campaigner Allen West, who is not vaccinated against COVID-19, tweeted connected Saturday that helium whitethorn beryllium admitted to the infirmary aft a thorax X-ray showed helium has pneumonia caused by the virus.

“There’s a interest astir my oxygen saturation levels, which are astatine 89 and they should beryllium astatine 95,” West tweeted, adding successful a follow-up tweet, “My thorax X-rays bash amusement COVID pneumonia, not serious. I americium astir apt going to beryllium admitted to the hospital.”

Earlier successful the day, West’s run tweeted that his wife, who is vaccinated against COVID-19, had tested affirmative for the microorganism connected Friday. In that tweet thread, the run said helium was “experiencing a debased people fever and airy assemblage aches” and that helium was canceling in-person events until helium was successful the clear. In the aforesaid thread, the run besides said that West was taking hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said some drugs tin origin superior wellness problems for radical who instrumentality the drugs to effort to dainty COVID-19.

Hydroxychloroquine is an anti-malaria cause that the FDA has said has “no payment for decreasing the likelihood of decease oregon speeding recovery.” Ivermectin is simply a cause utilized to dainty parasites successful humans and animals; the FDA has said that “Currently disposable information bash not amusement ivermectin is effectual against COVID-19.”

West tweeted that helium and his woman some completed monoclonal antibody attraction and were "in the reflection period."

West’s run said successful the tweets that helium believes getting vaccinated against COVID-19 should beryllium a idiosyncratic choice.

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On Oct. 7, West tweeted a photograph from an lawsuit helium attended for Mission Generation, an evangelical organization, successful Seabrook, extracurricular of Houston, describing it arsenic “a packed house.” The 2 photos West shared depicted attendees without masks.

West represented Florida successful Congress from 2011 to 2013 earlier moving to Texas successful 2014 to go the CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a Dallas deliberation vessel that shuttered 3 years later.

Last year, West was elected to beryllium the authorities enactment chair, a presumption helium resigned successful June to situation Gov. Greg Abbott successful the Republican superior adjacent year.

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