43-year-old Travis Campbell tested
positive for COVID-19 fairly
recently on July 22.
And it wasn't long before his
symptoms worsened and
he was hospitalized.
Now he initially didn't think it
was important to get vaccinated.
He was one of these people who
followed through with vaccine
hesitancy, a huge portion of our
country unfortunately does.
And now he regrets it.
And so he's been filming himself in
his hospital bed, urging his
community to get vaccinated.
The virus also infected
his wife and kids.
Luckily, they have not been
hospitalized.
It seems like
they're going to be okay.
But he's really
struggling right now.
So I want to warn you guys,
obviously, this is a man in
a hospital.
These are difficult
videos to watch.
But I commend him for
sharing his story with people
because this is the story that
people need to be aware of.
Let's watch.
>> Last night my wife and
I had to make a decision if I
were going to allow them to put
me on a ventilator,
the worst case scenario.
And I know all and
beyond that I want to live.
I messed up big time guys.
I didn't get the vaccine.
That's okay, I made a mistake.
I admit it, and
I'm taking the responsibility now.
So please for the love of god,
if you really want to have
a chance, don't fall for all the TV
rhetoric and social media,
just protect yourself.
>> Man, my heart goes out to this
guy, and it takes a lot of humility
and a lot of courage to put those
videos out there, because he cares.
He cares about people.
He wants them to avoid making
the same mistake that he did.
He also said,
I'm testifying to all of my
bulletproof friends holding out.
It's time to protect your family.
It's not worth getting long term
lung damage or death,
please go get the vaccine.
The second wave is coming.
Well, it's already here
unfortunately, and is going to
be stronger than the first.
And now we're also hearing about,
not just the Delta variant, but
the Delta plus variant which is
starting to spread in Europe.
So it continues to get worse and
you have a way of protecting
yourself, please do it.
>> I'm actually amazed by them.
If I didn't have the vaccine
already, I'd be so worried.
The Delta variant is super
contagious.
It's even more
contagious than the original one.
So that's why, I think,
99% of the cases in the UK, last I
checked, was the Delta variant.
And so these folks are walking
around without masks, walking into
big indoor places with a massively
contagious disease out there.
And they are not vaccinated.
People who are vaccinated
are worried.
Sometimes they'll have masks and
they'll be worried, right?
And you don't have the vaccine and
you're just going to walk
into a deathtrap.
You guys are nuts.
>> It reminds me of the story we
did about the Ozarks and
how people are partying,
they're having a great time.
In fact, there was a woman there
who decided to wear a mask.
And they were harassing this woman
for doing so.
Because it's become a culture war
issue for people,
when this is the furthest
thing from a culture war issue.
This is a public health issue.
And this is about keeping yourself
and your loved ones safe
from a highly contagious virus that
continues to mutate.
We're seeing more and
more cases of young people
hospitalized right now.
I just saw a video today
of an eight year
old who was on a ventilator
in the hospital because of COVID.
Like it's- >> Look, and our kids
aren't vaccinated, right, because
under 12 you can't get vaccinated.
So it also affects us.
Now it's more unlikely for kids.
But still you got an eight year old
on a ventilator, so you're not just
taking a chance with your life,
you're taking a chance with other
people's lives.
And we didn't sign up for that.
But look, guys, sometimes I get
super frustrated and
say all sorts of terrible,
mean things about Republicans.
I've been known to do that from
time to time.
And I think that most of the time
they amply deserve it.
And so especially on this,
and it's hard not to think of it in
terms of political darwinism.
You're part of a death cult, you
chose to expose yourself to death,
and then some of you die.
Almost everyone who's dying is
unvaccinated.
And most of the unvaccinated
overwhelming majority
are Republicans.
So that's part of the reason why,
by the way, now Republican
politicians are freaking out and
half of them have turned around
because they're losing voters
by the day.
They're literally losing
thousands of voters.
And these elections in places like
Georgia and Arizona are decided by
thousands of votes.
>> That's right, yeah. >> So,
I mean, you can keep blocking
Democratic voters, but your voters,
you're encouraging them to die.
But I say that all as a prelude to
when you actually see a human
being, and somebody says I made
a mistake, of course you want to
reach out to that person, right?
Of course, if you're a decent
person your heart goes out to them.
And so I feel terrible
for that guy.
I hope he's okay.
I hope his family's okay.
And I hope that a lot of folks come
back around to it.
Look, I had a friend friend who got
coronavirus, who didn't believe in
masks or vaccines.
And, yeah, he sent me a message
from the hospital bed saying
whatever you do wear a mask.
I was wrong, right?.
And then later, of course,
he got the vaccine even though he'd
already had coronavirus.
Because when you have it,
you realize it ain't no joke.
He said he was hospitalized and
it was the worst thing he's ever
gone through in his life.
>> I found out just a few days ago
that a childhood friend of mine
died from coronavirus at the age
of 40.
She has two young kids.
No, I mean, she didn't need to die.
But I want to read from Kelly, and
that's Travis Campbell's, his wife,
because it's interesting to hear
from the people who didn't
believe in the vaccine and now do.
What was their thinking?
And she said, we just thought
we were invincible and
we weren't going to get it.
And we've just been so
busy and we just moved and
we prolonged getting the vaccine.
He just doesn't want anyone to have
to endure the pain that he has.
And if a vaccine will help them,
that's what they need to do.
And obviously I agree
with her on that.
And then one other thing, because I
think this ends up getting left
out of our conversations because we
move on to other stories.
I want to be clear about something.
We're hearing more and
more about possible vaccine
mandates on a local level,
especially when it comes to going
to certain businesses or
enjoying certain public events.
There's still some places in this
country, there are rural
parts of this country,
where it's still kind of difficult
to get vaccinated, right?
And so, if they're going to
implement mandates,
I think it's important to ensure
that they provide as much
accessibility as humanly possible.
But with that said,
in most parts of the country it is
incredibly easy to get vaccinated.
You could literally walk into
a CVS, a Walgreens, a Rite Aid,
no appointment, no nothing, and
they vaccinate you for free,
no questions asked.
It's easy.
And despite what some disinfo
merchants are saying online,
including pseudo leftists,
they do give you a giant amount of
information regarding possible
side effects and things like that.
But the side effects pale in
comparison to being hospitalized
and dying from this virus.
Or if you survive it from having
long term organ damage as
a result of this virus.
>> Yeah, side effect of not getting
vaccinated is death.
And so, look, if you notice that
guy from his hospital bed talked
about social media and TV rhetoric.
Why?
It's conservative media that's
driving the culture, right, and
the culture wars.
And so we used to call them
cultural wars, and before it was
an interesting piece of rhetoric.
And guys if you want to say
Happy Holidays instead of
Merry Christmas, I can assure you,
or the vice versa, you want to say
Merry Christmas, have at it.
I can ensure you, I don't know
a single leftist who cares, okay?
No one cares.
That's a good safe place to have
a culture war, right?
Just Merry Christmas, like crazy,
say it a 1,000 times.
We don't care.
If you say it to me 2,000 times,
I don't care.
But when you do cultural wars on
a deadly disease,
the war actually kills people and
it kills your own people.
So I can't imagine anything more
counterproductive and disastrous.
So we're not like you guys.
We don't think like, haha,
we own the cons.
And so since we own the
conservatives and we live rent free
inside their heads, they didn't
get the vaccine and they died,
haha, we don't think that way.
We actually want you to be healthy.
We want to get you Medicare for
all, so everyone has health care
including you and your loved ones.
I know it's hard for
you to believe because you've been
taught the culture wars where
everybody hates each other.
And you're supposed to own the libs
and you're going to own the libs by
not getting the vaccine,
by telling people Merry Christmas,
and not drinking Starbucks coffee.
What, that was
a Tucker Carlson one.
Okay, nobody's figured
that one out.
But you're not going to own us by
dying.
So go please help yourself and your
family by doing what doctors say,
not what dumb ass
Tucker Carlson says.
>> Let's take a break.
When we come back,
police departments are bragging
about qualified immunity
in order to recruit new hires.
We'll give
you those
details and
more when we
come back.
[MUSIC]
>> All right,
back from the social break.
Let's read some member comments.
Rainbow Brite says,
these people were clapping and
proud of being an accessory to
murder in their deaths.
That was about the Marjorie Taylor
Greene story, podcast coming soon.
Which is true,
that we do have them.
Well, our podcasts are here.
It's with the A-Cast Network.
Anyway, says I live in Florida and
I got the shot and then got COVID.
Thank god the vaccine is working
exactly as it should.
So there's a lot of talk and
then hype in the press about
breakthrough cases.
You're still getting coronavirus.
Some people are.
We told you it's a tiny percentage,
but like you if you got it,
you're alive.
So thank God, the vaccine worked.
So I love it.
Thank you for taking it,
thank you for saving your life,
let alone being a member.
[LAUGH] Okay, but I care a lot more
about you saving your life.
Little Mac McChee wrote in, not to
mention if these jerks took the
vaccine when they were supposed to
and the first Delta variant would
have never become an issue, right?
And so maybe it would have
been an issue, maybe it would have
been a smaller issue.
But partly the Delta variant
exists because not enough people
took the vaccine.
James Provolon writes in, as a TYT
member I'm asking you that you do
not use the term first world and
third world, etc.
I grew up hearing these terms that
led me in the direction of American
exceptionalism and
I feel a progressive movement needs
to put an end to that ideology.
Thanks for writing in, James.
I appreciate that, it's a good
critique, and it's something that's
stuck in my head from the old days.
But I don't mean to use it,
happy to use other terms.
And I remember thinking when I was
younger, who's in the second world?
We never hear about that.
[LAUGH].
>> [LAUGH} Is there a fourth world?
Okay, Anxiety Dragon writes in.
Anyway, Anxiety Dragon writes in,
a compassionate right winger,
it's like seeing a unicorn.
Indeed, enjoy.
All right, we go to
YouTube Super Chat.
Little Mac says, Ana,
that's the issue.
We've assumed for years the crazies
were just the outliers and
have discovered that the entire
Republican voter base is
that crazy.
The ones manipulating them
are the only sane ones left and
they are sociopaths.
It's that bad.
And guys,
it is a vicious circle though.
In some ways racism has actually
gotten worse.
I can show you polling in
regards to that.
So, yes, Trump was picked because
he was more racist, sexist, etc,
by the Republican voters.
But then he gave them permission
and it created a vicious circle
where they encourage each other to
get crazier and crazier.
All right, Steven Mathias says
pretty much everything Marjorie
Taylor Greene listed is info you
have to give your employee to get
hired, GOP logic not included.
Adam Prowl says about same story,
dear law enforcement,
here's a video of Marjorie the liar
Greene inciting violence against
census workers and government reps.
J Fergie writes, this skater dragon
here to share that my
partner worked the census this last
year and the only folks that made
her uncomfortable were MAGAs.
Shocker, right?
Unfortunately it is not at all
a shocker.
But good,
if you're a census worker and
the MAGA guys are bothering you, or
you feel endangered in any way,
please don't risk your life.
Use the police way of thinking,
I'm not going to take any dangers,
just don't count them and move on.
Let them cry later.
J Bay said, Cenk, the government
does come to your door every day.
It's us, the postal workers.
Great point, yes.
At least you guys have a uniform
on, so they're a little bit
more used to you.
But these guys are going to get
a lot of people killed talking
about Second Amendment rights.