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Doug Kuzma, 61, died on January 3 after he was hospitalized for 10 days after catching the virus. The podcaster attended ReAwaken America in Dallas on the weekend of December 11. Kuzma posted images from the conference that showed large crowds. One picture was captioned "podcaster room overrun with people. Chaos." He later reported feeling ill but claimed that it was just his chronic bronchitis. Then on December 15, he said that he had a fever and had to call a doctor. Someone commented that he should have a Covid test, but Kuzma responded "no way." He added: "I'll die...

A QAnon and anti-vaccine podcaster has died from complications due to COVID-19 after contracting the virus at a conspiracy theory conference that turned into a superspreader event, and where fellow attendees baselessly blamed their illness on an anthrax attack. Doug Kuzma, 61, from Newport News, Virginia, died on January 3 after being hospitalized 10 days earlier. Kuzma broadcasted on the FROG News podcasting network, which stands for “Fully Rely On God.” Kuzma and his FROG fellow hosts pushed an array of conspiracy theories ranging from QAnon to COVID denial and election fraud lies. Kuzma attended the ReAwaken America conference in...

Attorney Lin Wood announced on Friday that podcaster Doug Kuzma, a supporter of former President Donald Trump known for his anti-vaccine stance, is in the hospital due to COVID after attending a QAnon-friendly conference in Texas earlier this month. Wood wrote in a Telegram post that he received a call for help from Kuzma's administrator, who said the Frog News Network host had been suffering from the disease and his lungs were not responding to treatment. According to Telegram posts by Frog News Network on Saturday, Kuzma was placed on a ventilator early Christmas morning and was unconscious and unable...