In
hospital with COVID, conservative Texan running for governor condemns
vaccine mandates
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[October 11, 2021]
(Reuters) - Conservative firebrand and
Texas Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen West was receiving care
for COVID-19 in a hospital on Sunday, he said on Twitter, noting that
his experience with the illness had strengthened his opposition to
vaccine mandates.
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West, 60, served as chairman of the Republican Party of Texas for
less than a year before stepping down in June
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He has opposed vaccine mandates and is not vaccinated against
COVID-19, according to his Twitter page.
A former one-term Florida congressman, he is now campaigning to
unseat Republican Governor Greg Abbott in 2022.
"I can attest that, after this experience, I am even more dedicated
to fighting against vaccine mandates," West said on Sunday, in a
series of tweets he sent while receiving care at a hospital in
Plano, Texas.
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![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2021/Oct/11/images/ads/current/safety-tip-daily-6.png) West said he was receiving monoclonal antibody
treatment and his condition was improving,
although there were still "concerns of COVID-related
pneumonia."
His wife Angela, who was hospitalized with the
virus at the same time as he was on Saturday but
who was vaccinated, has been released to go
home, West said.
(Reporting by Gabriella Borter; Editing by Lisa
Shumaker)
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