Allen West, former Florida congressman became Texas Republican, has COVID-19

GARLAND, Texas â€" Tea birthday party firebrand Allen West, a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Texas, talked about Saturday that he has bought monoclonal antibody injections after being diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia.

The antibodies are used to treat those in the early levels of a coronavirus infection.

“My chest X-rays do exhibit COVID pneumonia, not critical. i'm likely going to be admitted to the sanatorium,” West wrote. “There’s a priority about my oxygen saturation degrees, which can be at 89 and they should still be at ninety five.”

He also stated his spouse, Angela West, also proven wonderful and has got monoclonal antibodies. in line with his Twitter account, Allen West did not get vaccinated towards the virus, but his wife did.

Allen West on Thursday observed he had attended a “packed apartment” Mission technology Annual Gala & Fundraiser in Seabrook, Texas. On Saturday he tweeted that he's “suspending in-adult routine except receiving an all-clear indication.”

West is a former Texas Republican celebration chair and Florida congressman. He introduced in July that he would problem Republican Gov. Greg Abbot, who's working for a third term and has been recommended by Donald Trump.

West’s announcement came a month after he resigned as chair of the Republican birthday party of Texas.

West received a U.S. apartment seat in Florida in 2010 and straight away grew to be a tea party favourite and lightning rod, at one aspect accusing Democrats of having as many as eighty communists in their condominium caucus. He did not win reelection in 2012.

He later moved to Texas and generally stayed out of the spotlight except running for chairman of the state GOP birthday party ultimate year.

West then started criticizing Republicans as tons as Democrats, calling the GOP speaker of the Texas condo a “traitor” for working throughout the aisle, then main a protest backyard Abbott’s mansion over coronavirus restrictions.

In October 2020, West took half in a protest outside Abbot’s domestic, criticizing the Republican governor’s govt orders â€" together with a statewide mask mandate and lockdowns as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. these restrictions aren't any longer in location.