Allen West, Texas GOP gubernatorial hopeful, has COVID-19

GARLAND, Texas – Tea enactment firebrand Allen West, a campaigner for the Republican information for politician of Texas, said Saturday that helium has received monoclonal antibody injections aft being diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia.

The antibodies are utilized to dainty those successful the aboriginal stages of a coronavirus infection.

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

He besides said his wife, Angela West, besides tested affirmative and has received monoclonal antibodies. According to his Twitter account, Allen West did not get vaccinated against the virus, but his woman did.

Allen West connected Thursday said helium had attended a “packed house” Mission Generation Annual Gala & Fundraiser successful Seabrook, Texas. On Saturday helium tweeted that helium is “suspending in-person events until receiving an all-clear indication.”

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West is simply a erstwhile Texas Republican Party seat and Florida congressman. He announced successful July that helium would situation Republican Gov. Greg Abbot, who is moving for a 3rd word and has been endorsed by Donald Trump.

West's announcement came a period aft helium resigned arsenic seat of the Republican Party of Texas.

West won a U.S. House spot successful Florida successful 2010 and rapidly became a beverage enactment favourite and lightning rod, astatine 1 constituent accusing Democrats of having arsenic galore arsenic 80 communists successful their House caucus. He failed to triumph reelection successful 2012.

He aboriginal moved to Texas and mostly stayed retired of the spotlight until moving for president of the authorities GOP enactment past year.

West past began criticizing Republicans arsenic overmuch arsenic Democrats, calling the GOP talker of the Texas House a “traitor” for moving crossed the aisle, past starring a protestation extracurricular Abbott’s mansion implicit coronavirus restrictions.

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In October 2020, West took part successful a protest extracurricular Abbot's home, criticizing the Republican governor's enforcement orders — including a statewide disguise mandate and lockdowns owed to the coronavirus pandemic. Those restrictions are nary longer successful place.

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