Conservative Radio Host Phil Valentine, Who Regretted Vaccine Skepticism, Dead After COVID Battle

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Phil Valentine, a conservative radio talk show host whochanged his mind about refusing the COVID-19 vaccineafter contracting the virus, has died after a battle with COVID-19. He was 61.

Nashville radio station WWTN — home of the radio host’sThe Phil Valentine Show— announced his death on Saturday.

“We are saddened to report that our host and friend Phil Valentine has passed away,” the radio stationtweeted. “Please keep the Valentine family in your thoughts and prayers.”

Phil’s death came over a month after he was hospitalized due to COVID-19 in July. The Tennessee native had said on multiple occasions that although he was not an anti-vaxxer, he did not want to get the COVID-19 one because he considered himself low risk.

Phil’s brother, Mark Valentine, said in a priorstatementthat his sibling saw things differently after his hospitalization.

“Phil contracted the COVID virus a little over a week ago & has since been hospitalized & is in very serious condition, suffering from COVID Pneumonia and the attendant side effects,” Mark said in July. “He is in the hospital in the critical care unit breathing with assistance but is NOT on a ventilator.”

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“Phil would like for his listeners to know that while he has never been an ‘anti-vaxxer’ he regrets not being more vehemently ‘Pro-Vaccine’ and looks forward to being able to more vigorously advocate that position as soon as he is back on the air, which we all hope will be soon,” he added.

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