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Nevilledog

(51,122 posts)
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 02:31 PM Oct 2021

Dennis Prager announces he has COVID-19 while ranting against vaccines...



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Dennis Prager announces he has COVID-19 while ranting against vaccines and declaring that he was trying to get infected
https://mediamatters.org/dennis-prager/dennis-prager-announces-he-has-covid-19-while-ranting-against-vaccines-and-declaring


10:35 AM · Oct 18, 2021


https://www.mediamatters.org/dennis-prager/dennis-prager-announces-he-has-covid-19-while-ranting-against-vaccines-and-declaring

DENNIS PRAGER (HOST): I'm broadcasting from my home because I'm not going into the station as I have COVID. I was tested positive last week and I have been steadily improving. At no point was I in danger of hospitalization. I have received monoclonal antibodies, that's Regeneron. I have, of course, for years -- a year and a half, not years -- been taking hydroxychloroquine from the beginning, with zinc. I've taken z-pack, azithromycin, as the Zelenko protocol would have it. I have taken ivermectin. I have done what a person should do if one is not going to get vaccinated.

It is infinitely preferable to have natural immunity than vaccine immunity and that is what I have hoped for the entire time. Hence, so, I have engaged with strangers, constantly hugging them, taking photos with them knowing that I was making myself very susceptible to getting COVID. Which is, indeed, as bizarre as it sounded, what I wanted, in the hope I would achieve natural immunity and be taken care of by therapeutics. That is exactly what has happened. It should have happened to the great majority of Americans.

The number of deaths in this country owing to COVID is a scandal which one day will be clear to Americans. The opposition of therapeutics on the part of the CDC is owing to the corruption of the belief in the value of vaccine and only vaccine. Whether it is because of all the money that goes into the CDC from the pharmaceutical companies or a simple unquestioning faith in vaccines, or both, only God knows. So, I have walked the walk on this matter and here I am.




If there WAS a God, this guy would join Herman Caine
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Dennis Prager announces he has COVID-19 while ranting against vaccines... (Original Post) Nevilledog Oct 2021 OP
Asshole rushed to get immediate expensive treatment FoxNewsSucks Oct 2021 #1
Fuck that guy BlueJac Oct 2021 #2
plus 1. He is an idiot Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #31
Regardless what happens to him, this idiot is helping to get other people killed ... Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #3
Regeneron is his idea of "natural immunity"? lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #4
I don't think that's the implication, no (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #6
Not an implication; it's exactly what he's saying. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #8
See post #7 ... I'm in a FB discussion group with a bunch of wingnuts I argue with all the time Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #12
Thanks for the lesson in Idiotspeak. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #18
Idiots do not understand that receiving monoclonal antibodies attenuates/halts the immune hlthe2b Oct 2021 #17
How can he claim he's relying on his 'natural immunity', not a vaccine, to fight covid Siwsan Oct 2021 #5
When these people say 'natural immunity' they mean the immunity they get from catching COVID Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #7
One of those substances actually works: Regeneron provides ARTIFICIAL immunity... lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #9
The jab was free you only had to get it twice jpak Oct 2021 #10
I got 3 paid days off... druidity33 Oct 2021 #23
Well...maybe two hours jmowreader Oct 2021 #25
I'm sure he spent more than few hours over a year and a half jpak Oct 2021 #29
Exactly!!! Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #32
So, this bigmouth asshole took all this flaky stuff to avoid taking... TreasonousBastard Oct 2021 #11
On a bright note by taking the de-wormer medication ChubbyStar Oct 2021 #14
Or he may have started. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #19
We need more of these blowhards to bite the dust from COVID. Sorry if that is harsh LiberalLovinLug Oct 2021 #13
There is no justice in this world. LonePirate Oct 2021 #15
You said it! Delphinus Oct 2021 #22
I believe he's lying kacekwl Oct 2021 #16
No, I believe him. He took all the worthless shit and it didn't work; he got COVID anyway. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #20
I agree TheRealNorth Oct 2021 #27
And how Delphinus Oct 2021 #21
"...the money that goes into the CDC from the pharmaceutical companies" Grins Oct 2021 #24
There's still time for the virus to render him in need of a ventilator lindysalsagal Oct 2021 #26
Do your thing this time karma SunImp Oct 2021 #28
He's railing against pharmaceutical companies and the CDC for pushing the vaccine, while taking JoanofArgh Oct 2021 #30
73 year old overweight smoker Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #33
"Get free quack advice from the man with a fake university!" struggle4progress Oct 2021 #34
$2100 per dose (to the government). That's to treat, not prevent. Buns_of_Fire Oct 2021 #35
HA HA RFCalifornia Oct 2021 #36

FoxNewsSucks

(10,434 posts)
1. Asshole rushed to get immediate expensive treatment
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 02:33 PM
Oct 2021

that isn't easily available to the rubes that are in his thrall.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
3. Regardless what happens to him, this idiot is helping to get other people killed ...
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 02:35 PM
Oct 2021

BTW, "belief in the value of vaccine and only vaccine" ... so is the CDC warning people away from taking the Regeneron that you got, Dennis, since it's clearly not a vaccine?

Yeah, I didn't think so.

Idiot.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
8. Not an implication; it's exactly what he's saying.
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 02:39 PM
Oct 2021

"I have received monoclonal antibodies, that's Regeneron. I have, of course, for years -- a year and a half, not years -- been taking hydroxychloroquine from the beginning, with zinc. I've taken z-pack, azithromycin, as the Zelenko protocol would have it. I have taken ivermectin. I have done what a person should do if one is not going to get vaccinated.

It is infinitely preferable to have natural immunity to vaccine immunity..."

The ONLY immunity he has is the artificial immunity provided by Regeneron. He probably would have gotten far more sick or died without it.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
12. See post #7 ... I'm in a FB discussion group with a bunch of wingnuts I argue with all the time
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 02:45 PM
Oct 2021

I know their lingo.

Read what he said in totality with this in mind, and you'll see what I'm talking about.

You just don't 'speak idiot' quite well enough

hlthe2b

(102,297 posts)
17. Idiots do not understand that receiving monoclonal antibodies attenuates/halts the immune
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 03:14 PM
Oct 2021

response that would normally occur in a concurrent active infection.

So, no. These people may survive just fine, but it does nothing to protect them in the future. Less than nothing.

Siwsan

(26,272 posts)
5. How can he claim he's relying on his 'natural immunity', not a vaccine, to fight covid
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 02:35 PM
Oct 2021

when he's been pumped full of a myriad of substances AND horse de-wormer.

What a moron.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
7. When these people say 'natural immunity' they mean the immunity they get from catching COVID
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 02:38 PM
Oct 2021

and their body mounting an immune response.

They apparently have 'scientifically' deduced that taking Regeneron doesn't interfere with the building of this 'natural immunity' ... don't ask me how, but that's what they seem convinced of.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
9. One of those substances actually works: Regeneron provides ARTIFICIAL immunity...
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 02:40 PM
Oct 2021

...very briefly, unlike the NATURAL immunity you get from a vaccine.

jpak

(41,758 posts)
10. The jab was free you only had to get it twice
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 02:44 PM
Oct 2021

A total of 30 minutes of your time.

Masks and social distancing work.

Dumbass

How many people did you infect?

druidity33

(6,446 posts)
23. I got 3 paid days off...
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 03:41 PM
Oct 2021

from work. So not only was it free, but i got a few free vacation days as well. I'll admit i had pretty bad side effects from both shots (Moderna) but they only lasted a couple of days (well the sore arm lasted a couple of weeks). I never stopped masking and i work in a HOT kitchen. My coworkers all thought i was crazy at first... now they ask me what i know before they make decisions. They have come to realize that i wear a mask to protect THEM! I have a toddler, so i live with an unvaccinated individual who goes to daycare. What sucks is that now everytime anyone gets a sniffle... no daycare, no work. Not to mention hand-foot-mouth is going around in the area.... and flu season is coming up! At least i have sports on tv...


jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
25. Well...maybe two hours
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 03:42 PM
Oct 2021

He’d have to drive to the vaccination site and stand in line for a little while. Still no big deal.

jpak

(41,758 posts)
29. I'm sure he spent more than few hours over a year and a half
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 05:14 PM
Oct 2021

Picking up his quack meds

And hospital stay

ChubbyStar

(3,191 posts)
14. On a bright note by taking the de-wormer medication
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 02:49 PM
Oct 2021

He's probably stopped dragging his ass around the back yard.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,174 posts)
13. We need more of these blowhards to bite the dust from COVID. Sorry if that is harsh
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 02:47 PM
Oct 2021

Especially Prager. He has almost singlehandedly broken our extended family down the middle. My sister and her husband listen to his broadcasts religiously. Now they will go on to crow about his wise decision and how he proved that vaccines are useless etc etc...

Can' t wait

LonePirate

(13,426 posts)
15. There is no justice in this world.
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 02:57 PM
Oct 2021

He wanted to be infected then he became infected and his body fights it off without help, like it does in many other people. He consumes a variety of unproven quack medical cures and one medically supported treatment that is even more experimental than a vaccine and he will likely survive.

Then we have plenty of Americans and people worldwide who have done as much as they could to prevent being. Infected and they have been vaccinated, yet some are still hospitalized and even die. They do everything right and it’s not enough. He does everything wrong and yet he lives to spread bullshit to more susceptible people. We are so fucked.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
20. No, I believe him. He took all the worthless shit and it didn't work; he got COVID anyway.
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 03:21 PM
Oct 2021

Then he took Regeneron and got better.

TheRealNorth

(9,481 posts)
27. I agree
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 03:47 PM
Oct 2021

Prager is full of shit. But it is a good point- he says he was taking horse dewormer, colloidal silver, and the like, but he still got Covid.

Grins

(7,218 posts)
24. "...the money that goes into the CDC from the pharmaceutical companies"
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 03:41 PM
Oct 2021

“…because of all the money that goes into the CDC from the pharmaceutical companies.”

Really? How does that work? They write the CDC a check? To whom was it made out?

(Yes, I understand lobbyists, to members of Congress, leading to appropriations, but that was not what he said.)

JoanofArgh

(14,971 posts)
30. He's railing against pharmaceutical companies and the CDC for pushing the vaccine, while taking
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 05:22 PM
Oct 2021

Ivermectin, Azithromycin, Regeneron and hydroxychloroquine, pharmaceuticals all.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,183 posts)
35. $2100 per dose (to the government). That's to treat, not prevent.
Mon Oct 18, 2021, 06:36 PM
Oct 2021
REGEN-COV currently authorized to treat certain infected patients to reduce risk of hospitalization or death from COVID-19, and for post-exposure prophylaxis for close contacts of infected individuals

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today (9/14/21) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) will purchase 1.4 million additional doses of REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab). The government will continue to provide REGEN-COV at no cost to patients.

"More than a year and a half into this pandemic, too many people are still being hospitalized and dying due to COVID-19," said Leonard S. Schleifer, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Regeneron. "While vaccination remains the first line of defense to decrease the burden of COVID-19, REGEN-COV is a key tool that reduces the risk of hospitalization or death by 70% in high-risk individuals when given early in the course of the infection. Recently there has been greater demand for REGEN-COV, and we will provide additional doses to the U.S. government as quickly as possible."

Under the new agreement, Regeneron will supply an additional 1.4 million 1,200 mg doses of REGEN-COV to the U.S. government by January 31, 2022, at a cost of $2,100 per dose. This new agreement follows two earlier agreements with the U.S. government announced in July 2020 and January 2021. (Bold mine)

https://investor.regeneron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/regeneron-announces-new-us-government-agreement-purchase

So, according to this fool, it seems we should just wait until we test positive and then clog up the medical system even more than it is now.
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