According to WPTV, a Florida-based right-wing radio host who had publicly criticized vaccines advised his friends to get vaccinated within a few days of his death from COVID-19. Dick Farrell, a Newsmax anchor, often railed against vaccines via Facebook. Farrel posted a Facebook post on July 3 asking why anyone would take a vaccine promoted by people who have lied about the origin of the virus and the death rate. Farrell also raised doubts regarding vaccine effectiveness in another post. He claimed that two of his friends who were vaccinated later contracted the coronavirus.AdvertisementFarrell was a former President Donald Trump's fan. He frequently criticised Dr. Anthony Fauci in a Facebook posting, calling him a power-tripping lying freak. Farrell's friends claimed that he changed his mind on vaccines after being hospitalized with coronavirus. COVID killed one of my closest friends. Dick Farrel, RIP. He is the reason that I took the shot. He texted me and said to me, "Get it!" Amy Leigh Hair posted the message on her Facebook page.Mick Mcabe posted on Facebook that Farrell had died after three weeks of fighting COVID-19. He was 65.
