--- title: "Ted Nugent, Who Said COVID Was a Hoax, Catches COVID" description: "Country musician, gun nut and staunch Trump supporter Ted Nugent tested positive for COVID-19 after repeatedly writing off the pandemic as a hoax." date: "2021-04-21" modified: "2021-04-21" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/celebrity-who-said-covid-was-hoax-catches-covid" categories: - "Developments" - "Health & Medicine" tags: - "coronavirus" - "covid19" - "vaccines" --- # Ted Nugent, Who Said COVID Was a Hoax, Catches COVID ![Country musician, gun nut and staunch Trump supporter Ted Nugent tested positive for COVID-19 after repeatedly writing off the pandemic as a hoax.]() *\Image: Gage Skidmore\* Musician, renowned loudmouth, and staunch Trump supporter Ted Nugent tested positive for COVID-19 after writing off the pandemic — which, for the record, has killed more than three million people worldwide so far — as a hoax, [*People* reports](). "I was tested positive today. I got the Chinese sh\*t," he said in a video uploaded to Facebook on Monday, in an apparent reference to the [blatantly racist conspiracy theory]() that China released the virus deliberately. "Everybody told me I should not announce this, but can you hear it?" he added, referring to his hoarse voice. "I have had flu symptoms for the last 10 days that have just, I thought I was dying." "I literally can hardly crawl out of bed the last few days," Nugent complained. "But I did, I crawled." Nugent has repeatedly misled his followers by spreading lies and disinformation about the pandemic. He even [previously referred]() to the coronavirus as a "leftist scam to destroy" Trump. Despite his personal battle with COVID, Nugent still refuses to take the vaccine, claiming that "nobody knows what's in it," he said in Monday's video. Even his idol, former president Donald Trump has finally given in after almost a year of using his platform as a world leader to disseminate hateful conspiracy theories and dangerous misinformation about the virus. "I would recommend \[the vaccine\]," Trump said during a rambling [*Fox News* appearance]() last month, "and I would recommend it to a lot of people who don't want to get it and a lot of people who voted for me, frankly, and we have our freedoms, and we have to live by that, and I agree with that also." It's a shame we have to continue to acknowledge the existence of both Nugent and Trump — but here we are. Anything we can do to get the message across: the virus is dangerous. Vacccines are safe. Go get vaccinated and save lives. ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()