This liar's similar to the one that claimed "RUSH, 104 DEGREE, DANGER" in Duma's

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..COVID vaccine thread. But then he also said, he "can't wait to get vaccinated" and even posted a fake COVID shot card just to get called out by the neutral PH members for lying  :

George Santos claimed to be one of the first people in the US diagnosed with COVID-19. That looks to be bogus too.


George Santos' latest dubious claim involves a COVID-19 diagnosis from 2020.

The timeline of testing positive and getting sick differs in various retellings of the story.

His descriptions of the severity of his illness have also changed over time, The Daily Beast said.

Rep. George Santos has been accused of fabricating much of his life story, and the hits keep on coming.

On Tuesday, The Daily Beast reported his latest dubious claim revolved around a COVID-19 diagnosis at the start of the pandemic.

The first case of COVID-19 in New York was confirmed on March 1, 2020, and Santos said in a conservative podcast that he became symptomatic with the virus just over a week later.

"Unfortunately, on the 9th of March, I became symptomatic with what we all know now very well, COVID-19, aka coronavirus, commonly known as the Chinese flu," he said. "On the 11th, I ended up in the hospital. It was really bad, fever, body aches."

Santos said he was taken to a hospital in Queens, New York, by ambulance and spent about five hours there in isolation. He said he then had a high fever and hallucinations for several days, ultimately testing positive on March 14.

The Republican said he tested negative on March 26.

"So, I'm free, coronavirus-free, so they're calling me a survivor," he said. "I don't know if I really survived anything. It's just flu."

Later retellings of his experience, in terms of both severity and timeline, are at odds with what he said on the podcast, The Daily Beast reported.

On the day that Santos said he received his positive test and was bedridden with a fever, his campaign put out a press release on the unfolding COVID-19 crisis, including a quote from Santos. It didn't mention his illness.

Four days later, Santos appeared on Fox Business showing no signs of the disease.

Meanwhile, in a September 2020 interview with the local Long Island outlet The Island Now, Santos said the hospital provided him only with a recommendation of taking Advil or Aleve.