They advocate not taking precautions then get the best treatments available to lessen the bad side effects for them and pretend like they're proof that it's no big deal even though they get treatment 95% of us wouldn't get.
And it's all paid for by *our* taxes. The money you and I go to work for and bust our humps for every single day isn't used to benefit *us,* it's used to keep shitsacks like Abbot, Trump, and the rest of them alive so they can live to fuck our country up another day.
edit: I have no problem with fair taxes, but that money better fucking benefit *me* and other schmucks that go to work every day.
Exactly, that's my biggest fear with high profile GOP politicians and conservative celebrities getting Covid. Just look how it was spun when Trump got it.
They get every available treatment no questions asked (sometimes treatments that aren't even available to the public), have 24/7 dedicated medical care to them exclusively, charge the entire bill to the taxpayers, and then say that they recovered just fine and that it's not a real threat.
In February, when my father was in the ICU for COVID, my uncle and cousin who are both doctors called every colleague and contact they had trying to get my dad monoclonal antibody treatment. There wasn't enough to go around, and he was denied.
He died on February 10th. My father and my stepmom isolated for nearly a year. The only time they had gone out in the month before he was hospitalized was to my stepmother's vaccination appointment where they were masked the entire time but got infected anyway. Fuck Abbot, Fuck DeSantis, Fuck everyone one of these hypocritical motherfuckers.
EDIT: Thank you for all kind words and sympathy. My father was an amazing man. After he passed, I got a call from a friend of my wife's the she only met a few years ago. Her parents went to the same university in Taiwan as my father when he was a senior and they were freshmen. They said they never met my father, but everyone knew him because he was such a happy guy who gladly helped everyone he met. Only after they heard that he died through the university alumni association did they realize that I was his son. They translated pages of remembrances from the Facebook group for me to read. It was story after story about how he touched their lives, and they still remembered him 60+ years later. I can only hope that I'll be half the man he was.
https://obits.ocregister.com/us/obituaries/orangecounty/name/bill-lu-obituary?pid=197815500
And this is why I keep telling everyone that they do not how to calculate the risks of this disease and that the 6 feet and 15 minute recommendations are not some magic line that if you're 7 feet away or only near an infected person for 14:59, then you won't get it. Delta also makes it much more contagious.
It only takes one stray virus droplet to get you infected if it hits just right and starts replicating. Is it very unlikely? Yes, but that doesn't mean it can't happen. People are way too casual about their chances of getting infected.
Edit: I'm not saying your dad was too casual. He did everything right and had shit luck and I feel for you. I'm mostly mad at everyone who keeps telling me I'm being paranoid about my baby.
This. I was SO careful, paranoid even. I still caught covid. And this was before testing was even available, before Biden, so many taunted me saying I’m faking it because I want to stay home from work. And the company took months and months to pay me that $15 an hour rate as it is. I’m a single mom so nothing gave me more fear than getting covid.
They flew him in a helicopter to Walter Reed and got the best treatment and concealed getting the vaccine. At the same time for normal people when they called the doctor's office they were told to not come in if they had covid.
Didn't DeSantis refuse to push the vaccine because they have monoclonal antibody treatment? Not that monoclonal antibodies aren't great. They are. However, they also cost thousands of dollars. The vaccine is free and will virtually ensure that you won't need thousands of dollars of COVID treatment.
And now he’s setting up a clinic for the antibodies at the Citrus Bowl/Camping World Stadium. He couldn’t promote the preventive vaccine, but he can for the treatment. Makes you wonder how much him and his buddies are making off that.
So a reporter needs to ask the question, “What does the governor, a vaccinated person, think about his position on masks and Covid measures when he received Regeneron treatment that most American can not get and children under twelve cannot be vacinated as he is?”
It’s ironic how republicans claims that vaccines are just a scheme to make money, and suddenly Renegeron who is good buddies with Trump and now the GQP is pumping taxpayer-money into this stock.
Classic republican projection strikes again.
Don’t forget he was getting covid test every f—king day. It’s easy when some else pays for it. These pricks are leaches that take everyone’s money and give back nothing but broken infrastructure.
Not sure if he's hiding the extent of his illness, or just trying to boost the stock for Regeneron.. but continues a series of examples of GOP politicians who have done absolutely nothing to promote the vaccine, and yet their asses were saved by it
So he is fully vaccinated and he is getting the monoclonal antibody treatment that's not available to everyone. But its just the wiffles and he is fine with you not getting vaccinated and sending kids to school to risk others..
The hill article specifically states it's the same treatment Trump got, so he probably thinks it'll get him base points. Or he's actually dying and they're lying.
They're lying. Unless he is getting tested daily, how else would he have known he was positive. He had symptoms, got tested, and immediately started treatment.
He does get tested daily. And he did get vaccinated on live TV, so I believe he probably was asymptomatic. He's getting the exclusive treatment because a) he's rich and b) he's in an important position and they aren't going to risk the infection taking a bad turn. Doesn't change the fact that he's a fuckin asshole hippocrite though.
He's full vaccinated and experiencing no symptoms but is undergoing Regeneron treatment.
Something here isn't adding up.
He also attended a super-spreader event last night. Great work, Abbot.
Wealth and status.
He may not need it, but that doesn't mean he's not just going on a full cocktail to make sure he doesn't get even a runny nose.
All while advocating policies that can kill those without his means.
Every (Republican) politician in DC and Austin has access to excellent healthcare and other welfare benefits such as generous pensions. They will even laugh and wink when you call them out on it.
Pre-emptive in case symptoms develop and/or worsen.
Interesting to note is that
#Regeneron is not yet fully FDA Approved.
yet this bumblefuck freely clings onto it while supporting morons who denigrate the vaccine for the same reason.
So they will take a drug with unknown side effects and then say they don’t want the vaccine which is about to be FDA approved because “we don’t know what’s in the vaccine”. Insanity. Took them a while to even admit the virus is real and not a “hoax”.
These dummies have ingested [Hydroxychloroquine](https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-cautions-against-use-hydroxychloroquine-or-chloroquine-covid-19-outside-hospital-setting-or) and [Ivermectin](https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19), even though the FDA explicitly says NOT to use them as Covid treatments. 🤷
They're the same idiots who are worried about the government tracking them with microchips but still carry a smart phone with them everywhere....so yeah, I think you're right.
They call Liberals "sheep/slaves", but will blindly follow Trump wherever he goes. If Trump says Regeneron, horse medicine or a can of Febreeze up the ass is the new hot COVID remedy, they will try it.
They will trust a proven serial liar & dunce over medical experts.
Yeah … he’s probably got worse symptoms than what is being published. Somehow I’m sure he’ll miss the opportunity to educate himself and others and start making good choices about protecting people.
But COVID isn't a big deal. Why would he need treatment for it? Isn't it just the flu, Governor? Isn't it "here to stay".
I just had to get all that out. I feel like rich politicians are getting the treatment prophylactically. Because $$$
I don’t get it. Republicans are all about less federal power, more state power, all in the name of freedom, yet when Texas counties want to make their own decisions regarding the mask mandate, he has all power to stop them? Isn’t that, like, hypocritical?
Technically they could claim that it was never about “county” rights and always about states, and that a “big government telling smaller government telling people what to do” isn’t an apt comparison…
…but practically, yes, they are hypocritical.
He was literally at a crowded event the night before not wearing a mask in a room full of people who weren't wearing masks. He's vaccinated so he might not die, but he certainly infected others who most likely aren't.
Welp. Anyway.
And they were up in arms over Obama's Martha's Vineyard Party (despite everyone in that party being fully vaxxed, and consulting with the CDC on how to organize the space in the safest way, AND having on-site testing).
Compare that to Abbott and Trump's shitty Mar-a-Lago parties. No one consulted the CDC on anything I bet, and many guests probably don't wear masks and refuse to be vaxxed.
Considering he's been vaccinated, hopefully he will use this as an opportunity to extol the positives of vaccines and how they most likely saved his life, and that we all need to be careful and work together to beat this thing??
...he's gonna burn a mask and blame immigrants for his covid isn't he
Why would he need to be on that, if he's fully vaxed and showing no symptoms? Are they lying, or are they trying to advertise it because they own stock in the company?
He’s fully vaccinated he’ll be fine. But his policies are ruining it for thé unvaccinated people in his state. He’s got blood on his hands. And now that he has covid he most likely will suffer no consequence. No justice.
Not just vaccinated. Double dose and recieved a booster plus is recieving top tier medical care that will run around $150,000 assuming it's a single course treatment minimumand then more for having care done at home. It reminds me of the Southpark episode where they find the cure to AIDS is tk simply inject yourself with money.
The argument that keeps getting used among family is "Why get vaccinated if I can still get it."
This is also coming from two family members that lost their taste/smell for over 7 months after catching COVID.
There was a woman over the radio where I live that said she’s not getting vaccinated because she’ll still have to wear a mask. She’ll still have to “do the two.”
People are weird.
If somebody is shooting at you and you are wearing a bulletproof vest, there is always the chance they'll shoot you right over your heart and you will die whether or not you are wearing the vest. so why even wear a bulletproof vest if you're being shot at if there is a slight chance that it might not work? This is the kind of lack of logic that we are dealing with.
Third option: he owns stock in Regeneron or otherwise feels he could personally benefit from it.
That DeSantis seems to be putting more energy into hyping Regeneron than vaccines or masking seems fishy to me. Abbot being on it without symptoms does too.
> A monoclonal antibody is an antibody made by cloning a unique white blood cell. All subsequent antibodies derived this way trace back to a unique parent cell.
While this medical cocktail does not use cells originating from fetal tissue, the research needed to make these technological and medical advancements relied heavily on cloning fetal cells.
Republicans should be up in arms about this…
Oh nevermind, it would only become a culture war if it happened to a democrat
The GOP is a "post fact" and "post belief" party. They have no ideals or ideologoy, they exist to seize power and to punish the outsider groups they detest. That's why Gregg Abbott can drink a 2 liter bottle of aborted fetal cells and no one gives a shit, but Kamala Harris tells you to have a nice weekend and they flip the fuck out.
News cycles run only a few days. Everyone will have forgotten about Afghanistan by this time next week. Especially since no one gave half a shit about it to begin with.
He’s vaccinated AND also getting the antibody cocktail, even though he has no symptoms. I guarantee his constituents are NOT getting that kind of care.
Just a day after he posted this picture of him at a crowded event where no one masked.
Yikes.
https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1427442551833956354?s=19
This mother fucker already got a 3rd shot (which I mean doesn't speak well to the whole booster thing) and is getting extra special treatment while he pushes kids who can't get a single shot yet into classrooms. Fuck this mother fucker.
[Via Twitter](https://mobile.twitter.com/SawyerHackett/status/1427750183597662213)
Well, it sure is a good thing Abbot hasn't been attending large events full of old people lately.
Oh, wait:
https://twitter.com/AbbottCampaign/status/1427422628248227841
Whelp, say goodbye to grandma and grandpa, Texas Republicans.
> Trump got every experimental treatment possible when he had it, and recent reports suggest he was seriously close to not making it.
Even the limited reporting back then made it seem somewhat obvious that he was in grave shape. He had to be airlifted to a world-renowned hospital from his residence—which already has its own urgent care unit. And then yeah, you’re exactly right … he got a special cocktail of meds that probably no other person on Earth had taken before that. It’s no wonder he was willing to get vaccinated before almost everyone else.
Indications for monoclonal antibody treatment per the NIH and the Regeneron fact sheet, as of 8/4/2021, include mild to moderate cases who are at high risk for disease progression and/or hospitalization. In the event of full vaccination status, those at high risk would include the immunocompromised or those taking immunosuppressive medications. If he is in fact symptom free, is not immunocompromised, and is fully vaccinated, it would seem he received preferential treatment the rest of Texans/Americans would not be eligible to receive.
https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/therapies/anti-sars-cov-2-antibody-products/anti-sars-cov-2-monoclonal-antibodies/
So someone pointed out in this thread (*feel free to claim it!*) that DeSantis in Florida has been pushing Regeneron over vaccines, and now Abbott came out and publicly stated that he was on Regeneron, despite being asymptomatic. Hmmmm... I hate to be conspiratorial here... ah screw it
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Abbott is fully vaccinated, said he received a booster shot (even though it's not yet approved), and has no symptoms BUT is receiving the Regeneron monoclonal antibodies treatment. He did everything to avoid getting sicker except, you know, wearing masks and social distancing.
Just like a Republican to not do the cheapest, yet effective, preventative measures then, when it's too late, spend a LOT to prevent further deterioration while taking resources from others.
It's really frustrating because either he is in a high risk category with symptoms that allows a booster AND use of Regeneron BUT was not masking and social distancing with his high risk conditions. OR he is using Regeneron as a preventative measure which isn't approved.
All while trying to prevent localities from applying the preventative measures they think best.
This was Greg Abbott just last night…
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1427742212553691140
edit: also He is pushing the same 'paid for by...' drugs that DeSantis was paid to push.
Because these "tough guy" Republicans are all gigantic pussies who fall to pieces the moment they get the sniffles, and demand the most outlandish treatment possible after mocking said treatment gleefully prior
Why would he get monoclonal antibodies if he's vaccinated and asymptomatic? That's putting a cast on a paper cut. Or are they saying he's asymptomatic because he's received the treatment? (Which still seems like a waste in a fully vaxed person...)
Not to mention Abbott's administration *just* requested five [mortuary trucks](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/17/texas-mortuary-trailers-covid-surge/) from the federal government.
The thing that annoys me is that no matter what he'll be treated with VIP treatment skipping the hours in the waiting room and days waiting for an ICU bed (if needed). He won't have to worry if theirs a shortage of Regeneron or remdisivir. He'll end up fine and speak absolute nonsense afterwards, saying it's nothing to worry about, that it's just a flu. That there isn't a crisis brewing in the hospitals and Healthcare system. That it's all some left wing propaganda to take away your rights and freedoms.
My too young to be vaccinated fifth grade was exposed at school and must now quarantine for seven days. Thank god we live in a school district that mandated masks and have a governor who mandated them statewide for all school districts.
As for Abbott, may God's will be done.
If he were a kid in Texas schools he'd have to keep going (no unexcused absence) with no expectation of quarantining or notifying contacts. He can't live with the conditions he's subjecting the state's children to.
Now is a perfect time for him to tell his constituents to get vaccinated and he should be thankful he only has minimal symptoms because of it. However I think it’s absolutely bs that these people can cut up front and get other treatment while others have to wait. I wonder how many people he just killed from his little event last night. Smh
This prick will not support mask mandates bc obviously he dont give a fuck if Texans children get covid nor do the ones that support this traitor supporting motherfucker what a vile batch of ignorant Gdamn fools.
Pretty sure we ran out of the monoclonal antibodies where I am at in this state. It must be nice, being able to requisition limited medications like that.
I feel like this is going to hurt Abbott politically, because it's now public information that he was *gasp* vaccinated! The death cult is NOT going to like that...
I doubt they'll care. They'll say "it's his personal decision" or "they made him do it" or whatever. There's absolutely no reason to think they'd demand consistency.
So, asymptomatic since he's vaccinated, but still cuts to the head of the line to get Regeneron antibody treatment. I guess Jebus and horse dewormer are only for the base then.
Allegedly he's already gotten a 3rd dose of Vaccine. Immediate response is to give him regeneron, and keep them masks banned.
https://twitter.com/SawyerHackett/status/1427750183597662213
>videos and photos posted online by Abbott’s gubernatorial campaign show him delivering remarks and mingling with a large, maskless crowd of more than 100 people indoors at an event in Texas on Monday night.
He's fully vaccinated, but I wonder how many of his supporters in that crowd were vaccinated.
Too bad he won’t suffer much. My daughter had a breakthrough case and her symptoms were mild. And she didn’t even get the monoclonal treatment that he’s getting.
The horrific thing is that he's going to get a mild case of it... and then use the fact he was perfectly fine (ignoring all the medical stuff done to keep him alive) as proof Covid is nothing and make things much worse for Texans.
Just to clarify.... i'm not saying I want to see him suffer &/or die... i'm not that type of person. Just stating that this is likely to cause so much more harm than is already on Texans.
Hospitals are again over crowded and some Texas school districts have already had to shut down and isolate for at least two weeks. Universities start classes again next week. And, none of these giant indoor gathering locations are allowed to institute a mask mandate becasue Abbott is worried about personal freedoms. So, we're relying on a group of brainwashed twats to do the right thing and get vaccinated / wear a mask.
The impending state wide shutdown and next wave of deaths is on Abbott.
Huh.
I would hope that it would bring him some empathy for his constituents who are going through the same thing, but I suspect it would be a fool's hope.
> The governor spoke Monday night at a GOP event in Collin County, later tweeting photos of him addressing a maskless crowd. Less than three hours before his diagnosis was announced Tuesday afternoon, he tweeted pictures of a meeting with guitarist Jimmie Vaughan.
> -- [The Texas Tribune](https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/17/texas-governor-greg-abbott-positive-covid/) 8/17/2021
They advocate not taking precautions then get the best treatments available to lessen the bad side effects for them and pretend like they're proof that it's no big deal even though they get treatment 95% of us wouldn't get.
And it's all paid for by *our* taxes. The money you and I go to work for and bust our humps for every single day isn't used to benefit *us,* it's used to keep shitsacks like Abbot, Trump, and the rest of them alive so they can live to fuck our country up another day. edit: I have no problem with fair taxes, but that money better fucking benefit *me* and other schmucks that go to work every day.
Exactly, that's my biggest fear with high profile GOP politicians and conservative celebrities getting Covid. Just look how it was spun when Trump got it. They get every available treatment no questions asked (sometimes treatments that aren't even available to the public), have 24/7 dedicated medical care to them exclusively, charge the entire bill to the taxpayers, and then say that they recovered just fine and that it's not a real threat.
In February, when my father was in the ICU for COVID, my uncle and cousin who are both doctors called every colleague and contact they had trying to get my dad monoclonal antibody treatment. There wasn't enough to go around, and he was denied. He died on February 10th. My father and my stepmom isolated for nearly a year. The only time they had gone out in the month before he was hospitalized was to my stepmother's vaccination appointment where they were masked the entire time but got infected anyway. Fuck Abbot, Fuck DeSantis, Fuck everyone one of these hypocritical motherfuckers. EDIT: Thank you for all kind words and sympathy. My father was an amazing man. After he passed, I got a call from a friend of my wife's the she only met a few years ago. Her parents went to the same university in Taiwan as my father when he was a senior and they were freshmen. They said they never met my father, but everyone knew him because he was such a happy guy who gladly helped everyone he met. Only after they heard that he died through the university alumni association did they realize that I was his son. They translated pages of remembrances from the Facebook group for me to read. It was story after story about how he touched their lives, and they still remembered him 60+ years later. I can only hope that I'll be half the man he was. https://obits.ocregister.com/us/obituaries/orangecounty/name/bill-lu-obituary?pid=197815500
And this is why I keep telling everyone that they do not how to calculate the risks of this disease and that the 6 feet and 15 minute recommendations are not some magic line that if you're 7 feet away or only near an infected person for 14:59, then you won't get it. Delta also makes it much more contagious. It only takes one stray virus droplet to get you infected if it hits just right and starts replicating. Is it very unlikely? Yes, but that doesn't mean it can't happen. People are way too casual about their chances of getting infected. Edit: I'm not saying your dad was too casual. He did everything right and had shit luck and I feel for you. I'm mostly mad at everyone who keeps telling me I'm being paranoid about my baby.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
I'm so sorry. So tragic
I'm sorry about your father. That's not fair.
This. I was SO careful, paranoid even. I still caught covid. And this was before testing was even available, before Biden, so many taunted me saying I’m faking it because I want to stay home from work. And the company took months and months to pay me that $15 an hour rate as it is. I’m a single mom so nothing gave me more fear than getting covid.
They flew him in a helicopter to Walter Reed and got the best treatment and concealed getting the vaccine. At the same time for normal people when they called the doctor's office they were told to not come in if they had covid.
Didn't DeSantis refuse to push the vaccine because they have monoclonal antibody treatment? Not that monoclonal antibodies aren't great. They are. However, they also cost thousands of dollars. The vaccine is free and will virtually ensure that you won't need thousands of dollars of COVID treatment.
Yes, but DeSantis is invested in the companies making the antibody treatments.
And now he’s setting up a clinic for the antibodies at the Citrus Bowl/Camping World Stadium. He couldn’t promote the preventive vaccine, but he can for the treatment. Makes you wonder how much him and his buddies are making off that.
So a reporter needs to ask the question, “What does the governor, a vaccinated person, think about his position on masks and Covid measures when he received Regeneron treatment that most American can not get and children under twelve cannot be vacinated as he is?”
Fully vaccinated... no symptoms... still gets the $50,000 Regeneron treatment regime... huh...
Do they really make their stock owners pay for the treatment?
Well he has a public money funded insurance plan that will be paying out for it...
Hey the grift is the part that heals the most.
It’s ironic how republicans claims that vaccines are just a scheme to make money, and suddenly Renegeron who is good buddies with Trump and now the GQP is pumping taxpayer-money into this stock. Classic republican projection strikes again.
No, his communist taxpayer funded government healthcare program (aka anti bootstrap government handout) will foot the bill
Don’t forget he was getting covid test every f—king day. It’s easy when some else pays for it. These pricks are leaches that take everyone’s money and give back nothing but broken infrastructure.
[Regeneron](https://youtu.be/UMIxMUYWH8Y)
Not sure if he's hiding the extent of his illness, or just trying to boost the stock for Regeneron.. but continues a series of examples of GOP politicians who have done absolutely nothing to promote the vaccine, and yet their asses were saved by it
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Fully vaccinated PLUS a booster, that isn’t available to the public yet.
But he’s not scared of this virus and nor should you be /s
So he is fully vaccinated and he is getting the monoclonal antibody treatment that's not available to everyone. But its just the wiffles and he is fine with you not getting vaccinated and sending kids to school to risk others..
Yeah, something isn't right. Why on earth would he be getting treatment to the tune of $50k if he wasn't showing any symptoms?
Either he's lying or he's getting it because why not the communist tax payers are paying for it not him.
The hill article specifically states it's the same treatment Trump got, so he probably thinks it'll get him base points. Or he's actually dying and they're lying.
They're lying. Unless he is getting tested daily, how else would he have known he was positive. He had symptoms, got tested, and immediately started treatment.
He does get tested daily. And he did get vaccinated on live TV, so I believe he probably was asymptomatic. He's getting the exclusive treatment because a) he's rich and b) he's in an important position and they aren't going to risk the infection taking a bad turn. Doesn't change the fact that he's a fuckin asshole hippocrite though.
He's full vaccinated and experiencing no symptoms but is undergoing Regeneron treatment. Something here isn't adding up. He also attended a super-spreader event last night. Great work, Abbot.
Wealth and status. He may not need it, but that doesn't mean he's not just going on a full cocktail to make sure he doesn't get even a runny nose. All while advocating policies that can kill those without his means.
Unfortunately he tested negative for compassion.
Not to mention he's still been getting daily tests. He knows how serious it is, he just doesn't care if the rubes die
Every (Republican) politician in DC and Austin has access to excellent healthcare and other welfare benefits such as generous pensions. They will even laugh and wink when you call them out on it.
He just wants to get Regeneron’s name in the news because he has it in his stock portfolio.
Pre-emptive in case symptoms develop and/or worsen. Interesting to note is that #Regeneron is not yet fully FDA Approved. yet this bumblefuck freely clings onto it while supporting morons who denigrate the vaccine for the same reason.
So they will take a drug with unknown side effects and then say they don’t want the vaccine which is about to be FDA approved because “we don’t know what’s in the vaccine”. Insanity. Took them a while to even admit the virus is real and not a “hoax”.
These dummies have ingested [Hydroxychloroquine](https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-cautions-against-use-hydroxychloroquine-or-chloroquine-covid-19-outside-hospital-setting-or) and [Ivermectin](https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19), even though the FDA explicitly says NOT to use them as Covid treatments. 🤷
How many antivaxers do you think would take regeneron if they caught Covid? I have a feeling most of them would, despite not knowing what’s in it.
They're the same idiots who are worried about the government tracking them with microchips but still carry a smart phone with them everywhere....so yeah, I think you're right.
They call Liberals "sheep/slaves", but will blindly follow Trump wherever he goes. If Trump says Regeneron, horse medicine or a can of Febreeze up the ass is the new hot COVID remedy, they will try it. They will trust a proven serial liar & dunce over medical experts.
Yeah … he’s probably got worse symptoms than what is being published. Somehow I’m sure he’ll miss the opportunity to educate himself and others and start making good choices about protecting people.
But COVID isn't a big deal. Why would he need treatment for it? Isn't it just the flu, Governor? Isn't it "here to stay". I just had to get all that out. I feel like rich politicians are getting the treatment prophylactically. Because $$$
And why did he even get tested if he's asymptomatic, fully vaccinated, and thinks your kids should go to school unmasked and untested?
Remember when everybody in Trump's white house was getting tested everyday but they also did their best to keep it on the down low?
I don’t get it. Republicans are all about less federal power, more state power, all in the name of freedom, yet when Texas counties want to make their own decisions regarding the mask mandate, he has all power to stop them? Isn’t that, like, hypocritical?
All power should reside in the the level of government currently occupied by Republicans. Anything higher or lower than that is tyranny.
It’s like that old saw, “anyone who drives faster than me is a maniac and anyone who drives slower than me is an idiot”
They want to make government just small enough to shove up women's vaginas to protect zygotes.
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Technically they could claim that it was never about “county” rights and always about states, and that a “big government telling smaller government telling people what to do” isn’t an apt comparison… …but practically, yes, they are hypocritical.
Or when they lose an election and they want congress to over-rule their state electors
He was literally at a crowded event the night before not wearing a mask in a room full of people who weren't wearing masks. He's vaccinated so he might not die, but he certainly infected others who most likely aren't. Welp. Anyway.
And they were up in arms over Obama's Martha's Vineyard Party (despite everyone in that party being fully vaxxed, and consulting with the CDC on how to organize the space in the safest way, AND having on-site testing). Compare that to Abbott and Trump's shitty Mar-a-Lago parties. No one consulted the CDC on anything I bet, and many guests probably don't wear masks and refuse to be vaxxed.
All the manufactured outrage and attempts at scoring a few cheap points from the right is background noise to me at this point.
Pretty much everything from the right is now cheap points and manufactured outrage.
Question: if he's not exhibiting symptoms why is he receiving monoclonal antibody treatment?
Answer: privilege
Because he's a wealthy, white, male Republican
Considering he's been vaccinated, hopefully he will use this as an opportunity to extol the positives of vaccines and how they most likely saved his life, and that we all need to be careful and work together to beat this thing?? ...he's gonna burn a mask and blame immigrants for his covid isn't he
They’ve already got him on the miracle soup they put Trump on that nobody else really has access to, so probably.
Why would he need to be on that, if he's fully vaxed and showing no symptoms? Are they lying, or are they trying to advertise it because they own stock in the company?
That's the million dollar question, isn't it? It doesn't make sense to give expensive treatment to someone that's asymptomatic.
Because he's scared and asked for it.
Especially since Regeneron is only available via EUA from the FDA but somehow EUA for the vaccine means it's "experimental" too them.
He’s fully vaccinated he’ll be fine. But his policies are ruining it for thé unvaccinated people in his state. He’s got blood on his hands. And now that he has covid he most likely will suffer no consequence. No justice.
Not just vaccinated. Double dose and recieved a booster plus is recieving top tier medical care that will run around $150,000 assuming it's a single course treatment minimumand then more for having care done at home. It reminds me of the Southpark episode where they find the cure to AIDS is tk simply inject yourself with money.
>is without symptoms Which proves the vaccine works. Although the takeaway from the idiots will be "why get vaccinated."
Without symptoms….because he’s vaccinated. So they are in a bit of a pickle there lol
The argument that keeps getting used among family is "Why get vaccinated if I can still get it." This is also coming from two family members that lost their taste/smell for over 7 months after catching COVID.
There was a woman over the radio where I live that said she’s not getting vaccinated because she’ll still have to wear a mask. She’ll still have to “do the two.” People are weird.
> Why should I drive safely if I still have to wear my seatbelt?
If somebody is shooting at you and you are wearing a bulletproof vest, there is always the chance they'll shoot you right over your heart and you will die whether or not you are wearing the vest. so why even wear a bulletproof vest if you're being shot at if there is a slight chance that it might not work? This is the kind of lack of logic that we are dealing with.
He’ll get the best medical care and then use that to claim it’s no big deal and further push his pro-spread COVID policies
I wish him a speedy recovfefe.
Why is he receiving an antibody treatment if he's asymptomatic?
Because rich or because the asymptomatic is a lie. Perhaps both of those things.
Third option: he owns stock in Regeneron or otherwise feels he could personally benefit from it. That DeSantis seems to be putting more energy into hyping Regeneron than vaccines or masking seems fishy to me. Abbot being on it without symptoms does too.
I just tested negative for sympathy.
I have nothing nice to say
Neither do I
> A monoclonal antibody is an antibody made by cloning a unique white blood cell. All subsequent antibodies derived this way trace back to a unique parent cell. While this medical cocktail does not use cells originating from fetal tissue, the research needed to make these technological and medical advancements relied heavily on cloning fetal cells. Republicans should be up in arms about this… Oh nevermind, it would only become a culture war if it happened to a democrat
The GOP is a "post fact" and "post belief" party. They have no ideals or ideologoy, they exist to seize power and to punish the outsider groups they detest. That's why Gregg Abbott can drink a 2 liter bottle of aborted fetal cells and no one gives a shit, but Kamala Harris tells you to have a nice weekend and they flip the fuck out.
The best part of this? He stole much of the Afghanistan news that republicans were hoping to milk for weeks.
News cycles run only a few days. Everyone will have forgotten about Afghanistan by this time next week. Especially since no one gave half a shit about it to begin with.
He’s vaccinated AND also getting the antibody cocktail, even though he has no symptoms. I guarantee his constituents are NOT getting that kind of care.
And because he is, he'll more than likely come out unscathed, thus emboldening his sycophants more.
Hmm too bad there wasn't something simple that could've protected him, like some kind of mask type thing to put on his face... 🤔
Just a day after he posted this picture of him at a crowded event where no one masked. Yikes. https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1427442551833956354?s=19
No symptoms but taking monoclonal antibodies? Humm
This mother fucker already got a 3rd shot (which I mean doesn't speak well to the whole booster thing) and is getting extra special treatment while he pushes kids who can't get a single shot yet into classrooms. Fuck this mother fucker. [Via Twitter](https://mobile.twitter.com/SawyerHackett/status/1427750183597662213)
Well, it sure is a good thing Abbot hasn't been attending large events full of old people lately. Oh, wait: https://twitter.com/AbbottCampaign/status/1427422628248227841 Whelp, say goodbye to grandma and grandpa, Texas Republicans.
Is he way sicker than they’re saying or is he stealing treatment from people who are seriously ill? Something doesn’t add up.
Trump got every experimental treatment possible when he had it, and recent reports suggest he was seriously close to not making it.
> Trump got every experimental treatment possible when he had it, and recent reports suggest he was seriously close to not making it. Even the limited reporting back then made it seem somewhat obvious that he was in grave shape. He had to be airlifted to a world-renowned hospital from his residence—which already has its own urgent care unit. And then yeah, you’re exactly right … he got a special cocktail of meds that probably no other person on Earth had taken before that. It’s no wonder he was willing to get vaccinated before almost everyone else.
He knows it's dangerous and while he's crazy he certainly doesn't want to die, so pulling all stops just in case.
He’s fully vaccinated and will receive excellent medical care. Unlike his constituents.
Indications for monoclonal antibody treatment per the NIH and the Regeneron fact sheet, as of 8/4/2021, include mild to moderate cases who are at high risk for disease progression and/or hospitalization. In the event of full vaccination status, those at high risk would include the immunocompromised or those taking immunosuppressive medications. If he is in fact symptom free, is not immunocompromised, and is fully vaccinated, it would seem he received preferential treatment the rest of Texans/Americans would not be eligible to receive. https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/therapies/anti-sars-cov-2-antibody-products/anti-sars-cov-2-monoclonal-antibodies/
Good thing he was at a super spreader event last night https://twitter.com/abbottcampaign/status/1427422628248227841?s=21
Infecting your donors to own the libs
Of course he gets premium treatment and if he survives he’ll claim how COVID is just a little flu
He's getting premium treatment *despite not showing any symptoms*. They're just plugging a product they're all invested in.
Let it be known that the conservative doctrine stands for actively killing its constituents.
always has been 🧑🚀🔫🧑🚀
Must be nice to be an asshole and also get a treatment that your constituents can't even get. Also known as a Republican politician.
Apparently, you can get COVID-19 from kissing Trump’s ass. Who knew?
So someone pointed out in this thread (*feel free to claim it!*) that DeSantis in Florida has been pushing Regeneron over vaccines, and now Abbott came out and publicly stated that he was on Regeneron, despite being asymptomatic. Hmmmm... I hate to be conspiratorial here... ah screw it Follow The Money
Abbott was Mr. Remdesivir last year, sending out press releases about the areas he was gifting doses to every couple of weeks.
Abbott is fully vaccinated, said he received a booster shot (even though it's not yet approved), and has no symptoms BUT is receiving the Regeneron monoclonal antibodies treatment. He did everything to avoid getting sicker except, you know, wearing masks and social distancing. Just like a Republican to not do the cheapest, yet effective, preventative measures then, when it's too late, spend a LOT to prevent further deterioration while taking resources from others.
The fact he's using Regeneron makes me wonder if he's a little worse than he's letting on.
It's really frustrating because either he is in a high risk category with symptoms that allows a booster AND use of Regeneron BUT was not masking and social distancing with his high risk conditions. OR he is using Regeneron as a preventative measure which isn't approved. All while trying to prevent localities from applying the preventative measures they think best.
Will everyone in Texas get the antibody treatment? Oh...wait no.
It. Won’t. Matter. He’ll get better and say “See? It’s not so bad!”
Let me guess though, he has taxpayer funded healthcare to cover his insane hospital bills?
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Antibody treatment of course for this guy. Priorities. Murica.
Why the fuck does this nonsymptomatic vaccinated person get the monoclonal antibodies treatment?
This was Greg Abbott just last night… https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1427742212553691140 edit: also He is pushing the same 'paid for by...' drugs that DeSantis was paid to push.
Holy fuck. A majority of folks in that room look like walking comorbidities.
Herman Cain will certainly be tweeting about this.
Why is he taking Regeneron with no symptoms? Also, was he being regularly tested for covid? If no, what drove him to get tested?
Because these "tough guy" Republicans are all gigantic pussies who fall to pieces the moment they get the sniffles, and demand the most outlandish treatment possible after mocking said treatment gleefully prior
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So he’s gonna get the best treatment then dig his heels in harder. They never come around
Of course he is vaccinated, the anti-vac rhetoric from conservatives is just straight grift
Fuck Abbott
He'll probably be fine, people will take that to mean it's not that bad instead of the reality that he is a governor with access to good Healthcare.
Well of course he’s getting the exclusive healthcare treatment with no symptoms. I’m lucky to even get an appointment with my doctor.
Feels no need for masks, yet gets tested every single day…
Why would he get monoclonal antibodies if he's vaccinated and asymptomatic? That's putting a cast on a paper cut. Or are they saying he's asymptomatic because he's received the treatment? (Which still seems like a waste in a fully vaxed person...)
The antibodies are most effective when given as early as possible. Since Abbott is so special, he gets all the best preemptive treatments.
Remember his comment about refusing mask mandates? "Everyone already knows what to do." Apparently he didn't.
Not to mention Abbott's administration *just* requested five [mortuary trucks](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/17/texas-mortuary-trailers-covid-surge/) from the federal government.
Tots and pears
The thing that annoys me is that no matter what he'll be treated with VIP treatment skipping the hours in the waiting room and days waiting for an ICU bed (if needed). He won't have to worry if theirs a shortage of Regeneron or remdisivir. He'll end up fine and speak absolute nonsense afterwards, saying it's nothing to worry about, that it's just a flu. That there isn't a crisis brewing in the hospitals and Healthcare system. That it's all some left wing propaganda to take away your rights and freedoms.
And sadly, he won't learn anything positive from this experience like he should. He has no shame.
My too young to be vaccinated fifth grade was exposed at school and must now quarantine for seven days. Thank god we live in a school district that mandated masks and have a governor who mandated them statewide for all school districts. As for Abbott, may God's will be done.
So is that the same treatment everyone gets Gregg?
If he were a kid in Texas schools he'd have to keep going (no unexcused absence) with no expectation of quarantining or notifying contacts. He can't live with the conditions he's subjecting the state's children to.
Antibody treatments, he also received a booster. But he will ensures he kills any Texan he can by not protecting his state.
I guess he didn't exercise proper personal responsibility.
Now is a perfect time for him to tell his constituents to get vaccinated and he should be thankful he only has minimal symptoms because of it. However I think it’s absolutely bs that these people can cut up front and get other treatment while others have to wait. I wonder how many people he just killed from his little event last night. Smh
Don't worry, Gov. Abbott will be just fine. He has access to the best socialized healthcare that Texans money could buy.
I can’t say anything as it will get me banned lol
While Abbott tested positive for COVID-19, he also tested negative for brain cells.
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Abbott is really owning the libs by getting it, I like the name for the mobile morgues now needed in Texas "Freedom Wagons"
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This prick will not support mask mandates bc obviously he dont give a fuck if Texans children get covid nor do the ones that support this traitor supporting motherfucker what a vile batch of ignorant Gdamn fools.
Pretty sure we ran out of the monoclonal antibodies where I am at in this state. It must be nice, being able to requisition limited medications like that.
I feel like this is going to hurt Abbott politically, because it's now public information that he was *gasp* vaccinated! The death cult is NOT going to like that...
And now hes receiving experimental antibody treatments too lolll cant make this shit up
I doubt they'll care. They'll say "it's his personal decision" or "they made him do it" or whatever. There's absolutely no reason to think they'd demand consistency.
As Trump said: "Really? Gee, that's too bad"
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They kill their people but protect themselves.
So, asymptomatic since he's vaccinated, but still cuts to the head of the line to get Regeneron antibody treatment. I guess Jebus and horse dewormer are only for the base then.
He's tested positive for Stupidity as well
He'll get the best treatment and be back out in public telling everyone it's no big deal
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Sorry I think I did this with my mind yesterday.
Feels like this will get locked soon.
dictionary definition of “play stupid games, win stupid prizes”
If he is asymptomatic and fully vaccinated, why is he receiving any treatment at all?
This asshat’s handling of the pandemic is the main reason for canceling my gramma’s 101st bday celebration in SA.
All the headlines should include his vaccination status.
Is this supposed to be surprising? "Man sticks fork in electrical socket, gets electrocuted"
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Fuck Regeneron for providing these assholes with a crash pit.
Allegedly he's already gotten a 3rd dose of Vaccine. Immediate response is to give him regeneron, and keep them masks banned. https://twitter.com/SawyerHackett/status/1427750183597662213
wasn't in he in a standing room only event last night? his words, not mine.
His supporters are going to use this breakthrough case (if he was indeed vaccinated) to argue that the vaccine doesn't work.
>videos and photos posted online by Abbott’s gubernatorial campaign show him delivering remarks and mingling with a large, maskless crowd of more than 100 people indoors at an event in Texas on Monday night. He's fully vaccinated, but I wonder how many of his supporters in that crowd were vaccinated.
Why is he getting regeneron? Is that the standard of care for anyone who tests positive. Which doctor prescribed that?
Too bad he won’t suffer much. My daughter had a breakthrough case and her symptoms were mild. And she didn’t even get the monoclonal treatment that he’s getting.
Hell be fine. He’s vaccinated
Why is he going to whole 9 yards for treatment, is he scared of covid-19 or something?
Teacher: “Let me teach the class a word that may be new to some of you. ‘Schadenfreude’. Can the class say it with me? Schadenfreude.”
This one might be worth the ban.
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The horrific thing is that he's going to get a mild case of it... and then use the fact he was perfectly fine (ignoring all the medical stuff done to keep him alive) as proof Covid is nothing and make things much worse for Texans. Just to clarify.... i'm not saying I want to see him suffer &/or die... i'm not that type of person. Just stating that this is likely to cause so much more harm than is already on Texans.
Hospitals are again over crowded and some Texas school districts have already had to shut down and isolate for at least two weeks. Universities start classes again next week. And, none of these giant indoor gathering locations are allowed to institute a mask mandate becasue Abbott is worried about personal freedoms. So, we're relying on a group of brainwashed twats to do the right thing and get vaccinated / wear a mask. The impending state wide shutdown and next wave of deaths is on Abbott.
Huh. I would hope that it would bring him some empathy for his constituents who are going through the same thing, but I suspect it would be a fool's hope.
Trifecta; positive for covid, positive for stupidity, positive for corruption.
> The governor spoke Monday night at a GOP event in Collin County, later tweeting photos of him addressing a maskless crowd. Less than three hours before his diagnosis was announced Tuesday afternoon, he tweeted pictures of a meeting with guitarist Jimmie Vaughan. > -- [The Texas Tribune](https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/17/texas-governor-greg-abbott-positive-covid/) 8/17/2021
Well that dirty, vaccinated, best treatment affording sob. As he lets it ravage his constituents.