Teen city councilman in Alabama who voted against masks has Covid-19

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A teenage city council member in Alabama who had voted to end a mask mandate is encouraging residents to get vaccinated after he contracted Covid-19.

Hunter Pepper, 19, who is unvaccinated, said he's encouraging vaccinations. "This is a virus that is tearing down everybody," he said.

“I am going to get the vaccine after I’m cleared of the virus,” Hunter Pepper, 19, said Friday. “Let’s stop the spread. Let’s do what we can to do our part. I encourage people to get vaccinated. This is a virus that is tearing down everybody.” The Decatur city councilman said he received two positive Covid-19 tests Wednesday and has dealt with uncomfortable symptoms, including labored breathing, fever, headaches, vomiting and a raspy cough. He said his condition was improving and he was quarantining at home.

 

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Aaaaaannnddd there it is.

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Change of heart? The faces of death will do that. MASK UP AND GET VACCINATED

Who cares

A diet and working on building your immune system would be better.

Another one who didn't care what rhetoric he spewed until he caught the disease himself. Oh well...

A teen on their city council ,, no need to go further.

MarcVegan This is getting really old. First they are adamantly against masks and vaccines,all things CDC then when it happens to them they become advocates in favor. This just shows their true indifference to life other than their own.

Stop mandates! Make masks a civic duty by letting the 65% who wear, offer at doors, entrances, everywhere. Allow businesses to mandate .

So “Peter Griffin” realizes what an idiot he is …

rolandsmartin My like is him telling folks to get vaccinated

Please listen to round-boy...

Repubs, Propaganda continues to kill young and old, and neither seems to slow down. It is strange so many people believe the GOP's than all the Scientists and Doctors in the world over. Supposedly the US is one of the most educated countries in the world

MyDesiSelf 'Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.'

Well, at least he can learn

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.

Man they really do set the bar very low in Alabama huh. Personally I wouldn't look at an obese teenager and think wow they would make a great choice to make decisions for me. But I guess I'm just a 'weirdo' west coaster 😅

Does the Network News have an agenda? They always have an agenda. It may seem hidden but it’s always there. Unintentionally, it so obvious they can’t even keep it secretive. It’s clouds everything even a poor attempt at trying to be objective.

Not being funny but he looks like he's in a high risk category so should have known better to begin with...

One must still wear a mask until both shots and up to 14 days after the second shot. Unless it’s changed and it’s longer after the second shot.please read the CDC guidelines before voting out protective measures.

Gotta love how people don't care until it effects them.

THIS BE THE PROBLEM! It only became real to THEM when IT infected THEM! What does THAT tell YOU! 🤔🤔 YOU aren't REAL to THEM! WTFacts? SociaDistance Vaccinate WearAMask SaveALife YOURS!

Why do people have to get it to “get it”? Smh

That is a bit concerning. Teenagers, although smart, don't have the life experience to serve on a city council. The people who voted him in were ill-advised when they did. What if all of the members of the council were inexperienced teenagers? This is not a bash against teenagers

Takes almost dying or someone they care about actually dying for them to get with the program! This is completely ridiculous!

Better late than never I suppose.

nah please don't treat him, let natural selection take its course

I’m done with these stories.

WHAT?! HE FINALLY FLIPPED. I definitely thought he would rather die than acknowledge the benefit of vaccines.

He seems healthy. Just kidding.

Why? Covid-19 has a 90% or better recovery rate. The vaccines don't get rid of Covid-19. The makers of the vaccines know they don't get rid of Covid-19. Folks recover because they have a good healthy immune system. But don't take my word let the vaccine makers tell you.

What a shock.

Suddenly it gets real

Bet his sister/wife told him to

And?

Darwin was right, its survival of mentally fittest.

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“NATIONAL” news

Next time learn faster and better

Looks to me like he should be focusing on the larger problem of heart disease!

The poorly educated 😂😂

Oh well

rolandsmartin Is that his prison uniform? Kind of a slob.

How is this news? One can be pro-vaccine and anti-mandate at the same time. 🙄

He is now taking up space in a hospital and benefitting from the science he doesn't believe in. Too little too late

And he looks so fit!

'All the fixin's' - Dave Chappelle

See? Some are coming around. Sadly, they catch COVID just to make a point. Get well soon.

No...my, my...what a news headline...gee...such a brave young man...

Alabama

Ya.Teens that only been on earth for 18 years really know a lot

The next move will be go fund me.

Are you all completely missing the fact that these idiots have a teenager in their city council? Gotta be some great decisions going in there…..then again it is Alabama

The metamorphosis of stupid.

Meh, it's just another media story expressing 'empathy for COVIDIOTS'.

This isn't news, we're all gonna get covid. No, it's not gonna be pretty.

Typical GOP behavior starts early… truth and reason when it hits home

How in the world did a fat teen like this get elected to council

The EMT in training should not be allowed near any one.

rolandsmartin Alabama. Color me not surprised.

rolandsmartin At 19 he has not experienced enuff of life to be making decisions that others will b affected by

Who cares vaccine are ineffective tbh wesr your masks 😷

People in Alabama have too learn the hard way don’t they

Well, so?

Isn’t this usually how it goes. For some experience is the best teacher

More mature than his counterparts 5x his age!!

Why do they have to keep getting COVID and nearly dying to change their minds? WTF?

So until he became sick he was against the vaccine. We can only imagine how many people he influenced with his denouncement for the vaccine.

Looks like somebody Found Out.

Who votes for a teenager to be on the city council anyway?

Teen What’s going on in Alabama? Pfft

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Se cree muy 'valiente' retando a la salud pública ... hasta que lamentablemente se contagia y pide no solo concientización, sino ayuda de los servicios sanitarios. Ojalá viva para contarlo.

Typical

Cough, cough

Why does it take getting infected to be affected?

Teenager’s brain is half-cooked to begin with to even comprehend let alone vote on public policy. Sadly, now that he’s contracted COVID he changes his tune. Too bad the 600K+ who have died didn’t convince him.

I guess some people just have to learn the hard way..

I'm very grateful we are safe in Africa,

It's too late chief

A big problem with America's over-indexed subjectivity is that everybody has to make the same mistake in order to believe the problem.

Mama said the stove was hot and still he touched it.

Turning red states into blue states one COVID death at a time. -- Dunning-Kruger Effect

Too bad too sad

🤣🤣🤣

All going well, he will live to make good use of the lesson.

So he was one of the lucky ones who got to live and tell his story. How does he feel about wearing a mask now? What was his drive behind NOT getting the Vaccine? People forget its not just about living its also the stress we put our healthcare in & our workers don’t deserve this

desde 10/13/2015 está patentado esa mierda. 😡😡

And? Lots of people are getting COVID, Mask or not. I’m sorry… is he dying? Would that thrill you? Seriously! Why the hell are we supposed to care if he’s sick?

i guess all the research is going really well GOPLeader GOP POTUS SpeakerPelosi

That is not a “healthy” adult , cmon, who you all trying to fool

Weird because he looks so healthy.

SMART KID

You hear 3 of these stories a week now.

Another example, it’s only serious when it happens to them.

Florida take notes, Alabama is making you look like a normal state.

Sometimes I root for the virus.

see, too poor in judgment, learn only after get hurt , why not get vaccinated first before getting hurt?

What a shock.

when tf did he have the knowledge or expertise to determine that masks and vaccinations were unnecessary? Never, he just heard some shit on Fox News and probably started telling everyone as if it was the word of god🤡

In tired of 'this isn't an issue until it happens to me'-type stories. It's an inability to think about anyone else but yourself.

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