A top conservative radio host says he will refuse to get vaccinated for the coronavirus if a vaccine becomes available.
Dr. Michael Savage, whose show Savage Nation is broadcast on more than 400 terrestrial radio stations, tweeted on Sunday night that he has never taken a flu shot, and he does not plan to get vaccinated if a coronavirus vaccination is developed.
“Covid vaccine!” Savage tweeted. “I will refuse to take it! It will be ineffective and dangerous. There are now 20 known mutations. I have never taken a flu shot, and I will refuse to take a COVID VACCINE. If the Govt makes it ‘mandatory’ what will you do?”
Covid vaccine! I will refuse to take it! It will be ineffective and dangerous. There are now 20 known mutations. I have never taken a flu shot, and I will refuse to take a COVID VACCINE. If the Govt makes it ‘mandatory’ what will you do?
— Michael Savage (@ASavageNation) May 4, 2020
Savage, who holds a Ph.D. in nutritional ethnomedicine from the University of California, Berkeley has struck a sharp contrast with other commentators on the Right who have backed the controversial anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus patients. In the early days of the pandemic, Savage ripped Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Rush Limbaugh for downplaying the seriousness of the disease on his talk show.
“President Trump declares a national emergency but Limbaugh continues to spread the panic of complacency,” tweeted Savage on March 13. “Did Rush ever study the germ theory of disease-or, does he think all disease caused by the miasma of liberalism.”
On April 9, Savage attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, claiming the White House task force doctor was working with Microsoft founder Bill Gates to boost demand for a “lucrative” coronavirus vaccination.
In mid-April, former Trump associate Roger Stone backed Savage’s claims when he suggested Gates was attempting to microchip U.S. citizens through forced vaccinations.
