Days after calling it BS, Ted Nugent says hes been battling COVID-19: I thought I was dying – MLive.com

Just days after he went on a video rant of debunked COVID-19 myths, Ted Nugent says hes tested positive for COVID-19 and his symptoms have been pretty bad.

The Michigan rocker went on Facebook Live on Monday, saying thats when he tested positive after battling flu symptoms for nearly two weeks.

I have had flu symptoms for the last 10 days and I thought I was dying, Nugent said in his live video. I was tested positive today. Ive got a stuffed up head, body aches. My God, what a pain in the a--. I literally could hardly crawl out of bed the last few days. But I did. I crawled.

Nugent then went on to use racist language about the virus before giving debunked reasons why he hasnt taken the vaccine.

Nugents Facebook video announcing he has COVID-19 comes after he posted a video on his Facebook page on April 7 saying he wasnt scared of COVID-19 as he ranted about one debunked myth after another, including why the country didnt shut down for COVIDs one through 18.

I aint scared of nothing, Nugent said on Facebook on April 7. This years tour is cancelled again. Dirty lying scam. Smoke and mirrors. COVID-19 freaks.

I guess I would ask you, because Im addicted to truth, logic and common sense and my common sense meter would demand the answer to. Why werent we shut down for COVID one through 18? COVID 1-18 didnt shut anything down, but whoa, COVID-19, even though its 99.8% survivable. Why didnt we shut down for the AIDS epidemic or the flu or influenza every year?

Theyve claimed 500,000 people have died from COVID-19. BS!

Nugent went on to say that medical professionals have been made to put COVID-19 as the cause of death no matter what the cause of death was, which has also been debunked.

COVID-19 was named by The World Health Organization for the disease which is causing the novel coronavirus outbreak. COVID-19 stands for corona, VI (for virus), and D (for disease). The 19 is for 2019, the year in which the virus was first identified. There is no COVID one through 18.

According to the CDC, more than 564,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States.

Michigan is averaging 6,598 new COVID-19 cases per day and 56 new deaths per day over the last week. The state has reported 793,881 confirmed cases and 16,901 deaths related to COVID-19. Additionally, the state has reported 88,990 probable cases and 1,095 probable deaths.

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Days after calling it BS, Ted Nugent says hes been battling COVID-19: I thought I was dying - MLive.com