A man who thought the coronavirus was a 'scamdemic' wrote a powerful essay warning against virus deniers after he hosted a party and got his entire family sick

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  • A conservative man in Texas has recounted in an essay for the Dallas Voice how he went from coronavirus denier to believer after he hosted a party and almost his entire family got sick.
  • Believing the virus was a hoax, Tony Green and his partner hosted a house party wth family on June 12, he said.
  • Within days the virus spread rapidly throughout their families, and Green himself was hospitalized. 
  • "To ignore or question the validity of this virus, its contagiousness or the consequences of selfish attitudes is — at this stage — completely stupid," Green wrote.
  • President Donald Trump's initial refusal to acknowledge the severity of the US coronavirus outbreak has left many Republicans refusing to take public-health advice seriously.
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A conservative man in Texas has written a powerful essay saying he once believed the coronavirus was a hoax, but has now had a dramatic change of heart after he and his entire family tested positive for COVID-19 following a party at his house.

In a column for Texas LGBTQ news outlet Dallas Voice, published last weekend, consultant and lobbyist Tony Green admitted to "traveling deep into the conspiracy trap over COVID-19," adding that he is a "gay conservative" who voted for President Donald Trump in 2016.

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