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appalachiablue

(41,171 posts)
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 10:13 PM Aug 2021

Radio Host Who Spread Vaccine Disinformation Dies of Covid: 4th Infected

Daily Kos, Aug. 17, 2021.

Dr. Jimmy DeYoung, Sr., a conservative Christian radio host, has died in Chattanooga of Covid-19, according to his family. “Prophecy Today” was broadcast daily over several hundred stations.

www.thedailybeast.com/…

In February, DeYoung published an interview promoting the conspiracy theories that the Pfizer vaccine would make women sterile and that world governments were using the virus and vaccine to centralize power. DeYoung’s guest at the time, Sam Rohrer, said that very few people who were infected lost their lives, calling the vaccine only a “purported solution” and “not truly a vaccine.”

Jimmy DeYoung’s website:

“Jimmy DeYoung is a prophecy teacher and journalist who travels the country and the world educating the Body of Christ of the future events foretold in God's prophetic Word.”

It does not take a doctorate in prophecy to see most of his listeners will be suffering from the same infection.

- DeYoung is becoming part of a trend:

bangordailynews.com/…

- Dick Farrel, a longtime conservative radio host based in Palm Beach County, Florida, who was skeptical of the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic and refused to get vaccinated, has died of COVID-19.

- Phil Valentine, yet another conservative talk show host in Nashville, is in “grave condition” according to his family. Valentine had been skeptical of Covid vaccines, but his family is now encouraging others to get the shots.

- Marc Bernier, a Daytona Beach talk show commentator who has spoken against vaccinations, has been hospitalized for more than a week with Covid.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/8/17/2046565/-Radio-Host-Who-Spread-Vaccine-Disinformation-Dies-of-Covid

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Radio Host Who Spread Vaccine Disinformation Dies of Covid: 4th Infected (Original Post) appalachiablue Aug 2021 OP
It couldn't happen to better people. nt live love laugh Aug 2021 #1
Deadly cons, 2 TN, 2 FL: 2 out of 4- 50% appalachiablue Aug 2021 #4
Dupe/Deleted live love laugh Aug 2021 #2
Imagine that. 2naSalit Aug 2021 #3
Yuppers, that Jesus fella certainly has one hell of a sense of humor. Wouldn't be surprised 3Hotdogs Aug 2021 #17
I guess he didn't see THAT coming. Bristlecone Aug 2021 #5
Play stupid games. bottomofthehill Aug 2021 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author jimfields33 Aug 2021 #11
I wonder if their listeners will get the message thst this virus IS REAL & the vaccine just might napi21 Aug 2021 #7
Doubt it ailsagirl Aug 2021 #24
A few might. riversedge Aug 2021 #27
The Deep State/New World Order/George Soros/Bill Clinton had him murdered. Probatim Aug 2021 #29
Their last messages HighFired49 Aug 2021 #32
No - the show quietly disappears and they tune in to the next idiot. lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #35
Good. SamKnause Aug 2021 #8
Hey, it was God's will. sop Aug 2021 #9
Indeed. RussBLib Aug 2021 #28
Get them out of the hospitals where they kill others. Thunderbeast Aug 2021 #10
Great idea!!! SheltieLover Aug 2021 #14
Those liars need a permanent UpInArms Aug 2021 #12
The herd is culling itself. East-A-Squared Aug 2021 #13
How many others did he also kill? Jon King Aug 2021 #15
He totally owned the libs IronLionZion Aug 2021 #16
just callin' 'em home dianaredwing Aug 2021 #18
For DeYoung's program to be called "Prophecy Today" KS Toronado Aug 2021 #19
Dick's gonna have some 'splainin' to do. OMGWTF Aug 2021 #20
That Valentine is making his stay at the critical ward last dreamland Aug 2021 #21
Good riddance. dalton99a Aug 2021 #22
Things like this make me re-examine my atheism. Comfortably_Numb Aug 2021 #23
I know, right? lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #34
God is an athiest... Raster Aug 2021 #50
GOOD TomDaisy Aug 2021 #25
Was wondering how they were doing. Thanks! GPV Aug 2021 #26
I like this trend. Hope it continues. (nt) Paladin Aug 2021 #30
Alternate headline: "Anti-Vaxxer No Longer Spreading Misinformation." Aristus Aug 2021 #31
That should be the headline every time MyMission Aug 2021 #49
Glad to hear it. lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #33
While these asses deserve what happens to them, innocent children do not. We must keep Ziggysmom Aug 2021 #36
"It's beginning to look a lot like Karma..." The Unmitigated Gall Aug 2021 #37
+1 appalachiablue Aug 2021 #48
My sympathy is extremely limited these days Vogon_Glory Aug 2021 #38
At this rate, conservative radio hosts could be extinct by end of year. BlueWavePsych Aug 2021 #39
We can only hope. LiberalFighter Aug 2021 #42
Conservative radio hosts XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #40
Maybe they should tell their followers to get infected so they can go to heaven. LiberalFighter Aug 2021 #41
Thanks for the Great News!!! wolfie001 Aug 2021 #43
Like many others, his God is too weak to protect and save him. keithbvadu2 Aug 2021 #44
Why didn't his stupid god protect him? LiberalFighter Aug 2021 #45
How many more of these talk show hosts must die Moebym Aug 2021 #46
Another nominee for the Herman Cain Life Achievement Award jmbar2 Aug 2021 #47
Oh Well. COL Mustard Aug 2021 #51

3Hotdogs

(12,406 posts)
17. Yuppers, that Jesus fella certainly has one hell of a sense of humor. Wouldn't be surprised
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 12:15 AM
Aug 2021

if one night you see him on a Comedy Central special: "Laffin' With Jesus."

bottomofthehill

(8,346 posts)
6. Play stupid games.
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 10:22 PM
Aug 2021

Unlike the FOX crew, this bunch was too stupid to lie about getting the vaccine. They did not get it and have now sacrificed their lives on the alter of Donald John Trump.

Response to bottomofthehill (Reply #6)

napi21

(45,806 posts)
7. I wonder if their listeners will get the message thst this virus IS REAL & the vaccine just might
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 10:22 PM
Aug 2021

save their lives?

Probatim

(2,542 posts)
29. The Deep State/New World Order/George Soros/Bill Clinton had him murdered.
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 10:40 AM
Aug 2021

He was too close to the truth and had to be silenced.

That's the message they'll get from his death.

HighFired49

(351 posts)
32. Their last messages
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 11:18 AM
Aug 2021

Their last broadcasted messages should be the last 30-60 minutes of their lives on ventilators. Maybe that would work to wake up a few folks.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
35. No - the show quietly disappears and they tune in to the next idiot.
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 11:27 AM
Aug 2021

They'll probably never even know what happened.

Thunderbeast

(3,418 posts)
10. Get them out of the hospitals where they kill others.
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 11:02 PM
Aug 2021

Send them to their churches. Let the pastor empty their bedpans as the all pray to their invisible friend in the sky.

No kidding...

Public health triage DEMANDS that the voluntary infirm NOT limit access to those with uncontrollable health issues.

KS Toronado

(17,316 posts)
19. For DeYoung's program to be called "Prophecy Today"
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 12:24 AM
Aug 2021

Doesn't appear he was a very good prophet, otherwise he'd have gotten the vaccine.

dreamland

(964 posts)
21. That Valentine is making his stay at the critical ward last
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 12:30 AM
Aug 2021

Lucky man to be playing "Stayin Alive" with all the lying he's done. Not sorry to see them go. Just sorry they sent so many to their graves with their lies.

Ziggysmom

(3,412 posts)
36. While these asses deserve what happens to them, innocent children do not. We must keep
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 11:30 AM
Aug 2021

fighting for the innocent people out there. Words do not describe how vile these money grubbing preachers really are. I've never seen a radio or tv preacher who lived modestly or really lived out the teachings of Jesus they pretend to follow.

Vogon_Glory

(9,128 posts)
38. My sympathy is extremely limited these days
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 11:39 AM
Aug 2021

These right-wingers and televangelicals who have chosen to deny what COVID can do and deterred tens of thousands of people from getting vaccinations did untold damage while they were spry and healthy. Their hospitalizations or deaths are delivering effective rebuttals to the misinformation and lies they were peddling not so long ago.

So as ye sow, so shall ye reap.

keithbvadu2

(36,906 posts)
44. Like many others, his God is too weak to protect and save him.
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 06:57 PM
Aug 2021

Like many others, his God is too weak to protect and save him.

Moebym

(989 posts)
46. How many more of these talk show hosts must die
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 01:21 AM
Aug 2021

Before their listeners and the public at large finally get that this is deadly serious?

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