Actress Kristy Swanson, best known for starring in the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has been hospitalized with COVID-19.
After being transported to a New Jersey hospital by an ambulance, the 51-year old shared her diagnosis via Twitter today.
Swanson said she has COVID-related pneumonia and is being treated with oxygen, Baricitinib, and blood thinners since the virus ‘jumped to my lungs.’
Swanson has not stated explicitly that she was not vaccinated for COVID, but she has been vocal about her opposition to the vaccine on social media.
Actress Kristy Swingson has been admitted with COVID-19. She is currently being treated with oxygen as well as blood thinners.
Swanson, now 51, is best known for his role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). He asked for prayers after he was taken to a New Jersey hospital by an ambulance.
She wrote, “Prayers please for me,” “Yesterday, I took an ambulance ride from the hospital. I’m still here with pneumonia, I’m on oxygen etc, all covid related of course. I’m in good spirits and in great hands.
She continued, “I was just at my tail end of my Covid diagnosis that it jumped into mine lungs.” ‘So they are treating me with baricitinib & blood thinners so I don’t clot. I’m ok.’
In July, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for baricitinib, an anti-inflammatory drug, to be used to treat COVID-19. It was previously only approved for use with Remdesivir.
It was an amazing experience to visit the ‘Virtua Memory in Mount Holly. They are extremely professional and have a wonderful staff. My night nurse is Rose and I love her because she takes care of me and that’s my moms name. The paramedics from NJ are awesome, amazing, and hot! I’m doing great.’
All staff at Virtua Health have been required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 since September 15.
Swanson is best known for her role as Buffy Summers, in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This role was later reprised by Sarah Michelle Gellar on the TV series.
Swanson doesn’t appear to have stated explicitly that she was not vaccinated against COVID. However, she has been vocal against the vaccine on social networks.
She was a vocal Trump supporter and attended a rally in advance of the 2020 election. She also posted tweets supporting him frequently.
She stated that she had COVID-related pneumonia. She is currently being treated with oxygen, Baricitinib and blood thinners, since the virus ‘jumped up to my lungs’.
She also appeared in 20 episodes of Early Edition, 2000’s Dude, Where’s My Car?, and six episodes of Psych.
In 2020, she acted opposite ‘Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman’ star Dean Cain in ObamaGate Movie, which was performed as a live play recorded for YouTube.
Swanson played FBI attorney Lisa Page, while Cain played FBI agent Peter Strzok. During their affair, the pair exchanged text messages slamming Trump.
She was a vocal Trump supporter, attending a rally before the 2020 election and posting frequent tweets in support of him.
Her Twitter page is full of anti-vaccine messages, one of which promotes a conspiracy theory that the government created the Pandemic to enforce obedience.
On Twitter, she shared her diagnosis. However, critics have criticized her for not getting a vaccine. Vaccines are highly effective in preventing COVID.
‘So you’re getting medical care when you could’ve just used preventative medicine to begin with?’ One was asked.
“You were given every opportunity for risk mitigation and chose to ignore them.” I’ll just pray that your hospital bed wasn’t required for someone with an issue that couldn’t be avoided.
“But now, you’ll use science in order to save your life and take over an ICU bed,” said a third.
Get well! Celebrities have sent well wishes, such as Alyssa Milano – who Swanson has mocked via Twitter in the past
“Weird that you don’t trust medical research for the vaccine, but now you do for things saving your life?” It seems that the issue with vaccines is less medical than a political attention-grabbing stunt,’ another critic added.
Nevertheless, some of her celebrity friends have sent well wishes.
Josh Gad wrote: “Wishing for a very quick recovery.”
‘OMG I’m so sorry to hear this but glad to hear you are in great hands and getting good care,’ tweeted Jon Cryer. ‘You and all your family are in my thoughts. I wish you strength, peace, happiness, and health.
Alyssa Milano was criticized by Swanson on Twitter many times in the past. She wrote: “Praying for your quick recovery and no long-term symptoms.”
In 2020, she acted opposite ‘Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman’ star Dean Cain in ObamaGate Movie, which was performed as a live play recorded for YouTube
Swanson is best known for her role as Buffy Summers, in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This role was later reprised by Sarah Michelle Gellar on the TV series.
Swanson also tweeted last December about being afflicted by a mysterious illness during the week before Christmas in 2019. She claimed that she was unable to get a proper diagnosis after COVID-19 was discovered in the US several months later. Whether she may have had COVID-19 at that time.
“On Christmas Day, we flew LAX to Orlando Florida. My son and me were both horribly ill when we arrived in Fort Myers on that night. We went to urgent medical care the next day, she wrote on April 16.
“I have never been so sick with fevers or coughing. It was horrible. They tested us for almost everything. My son was diagnosed with the flu.
“But all of my tests didn’t give them the results that they wanted. They rejected everything. They even tested me twice. They couldn’t find the answer. They said, the closest they could come to a diagnosis would be, “swine flu” but then continued to tell me it wasn’t “swine.”
“They were clearly confused and surprised that they couldn’t give me a complete diagnosis. They didn’t even know how to fully treat it either.’
She went on: ‘I was horribly sick with this mystery illness for 5 days.
‘I am now sitting here wondering if it’s possible I was exposed to COVID-19? Where did the plane that I was on come from? Did it even make it to the plane? It could have been in the airport shuttle, rental car or rental car. I don’t know.
‘But now I’m thinking, I want to call that urgent care in Fort Myers, Florida and get my labs. Why couldn’t they pin point the mystery flu I had?’