CANDACE Owens claims she was denied medical treatment for a severe asthma attack because of “insane … government Covid mandates.”
The 31-year-old conservative commentator – who is seven months pregnant – said she was struggling to breathe when she presented at an asthma clinic in Washington, DC, on Tuesday.
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“I had a very scary situation happen to me and I can’t imagine how many people have died of similar situations,” she said in a video posted on Twitter yesterday.
“I’m already hearing horror stories.”
Owens said she was “wheezing heavily” and could “feel (her) chest constricting more and more” before the doctor determined that she was “having an actual asthma attack.”
According to Owens, she was told she required an immediate nebulizer treatment which generally takes about five minutes to administer.
But despite there being a machine “one foot” away the doctor, informed Owens he was no longer allowed to use the breathing device because of Covid restrictions, she said.
“He said we’re going to have to call an ambulance and get you to a hospital now,” she continued.
“He said there is a pressurized room in the hospital where they can allow you to have the breathing treatment that you need.
“They are not allowed to give it to you anywhere else in the entire city.”
Owens – who didn’t want to “add hours” to her suffering – said she instead requested a prescription but that the doctor secretly called a “swarm of paramedics” who appeared “in the hallway with a stretcher… to take (her).”
“This is what you imagine when someone gets put on a psych 51 hold and they’re threatening to hurt themselves or others,” she added.
According to Owens, the paramedics eventually agreed to give her the nebulizer but said it could not be administered in the asthma clinic or the ambulance and would have to be done “on the street” – as per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines.
She ended up being given the treatment in her “personal car” and quickly recovered. But the experience left her rattled.
“So much for black lives matter: happy to let me and my baby die,” Owens said.
“So much for social distancing: happy to call in the paramedics.
“So much for the hospitals are overwhelmed: they’re happy to send you (there) for something that could have been resolved in five minutes in the doctor’s office.”
The CDC did not immediately respond to questions from The Sun.
Owens has made a name for herself in recent years among the far-right by sharing her political opinions on social media and for founding the “Blexit” movement – which encourages black Americans to cut their historic ties with the Democrats.
She claims that the Democratic Party is creating and profiting from a “victim mentality” among African-Americans and previously referred to the Black Lives Matter movement as “whiny toddlers pretending to be oppressed.”
On June 3, Owens posted a video criticizing the black community for making a “martyr” out of George Floyd amid Black Lives Matter protests, while pointing out his various arrests over the years.
Some of her most-viewed videos feature titles including: “I don’t care about Charlottesville, the KKK, and white supremacy,” and “How to escape the Democrat Plantation.”
She has been an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, who has expressed his mutual fondness for Owens.
Earlier this week, Owens praised Trump and said America should “unmask” after Joe Biden ripped the president for not wearing a face covering.
On Tuesday, Owens pledged her support for Trump during his coronavirus battle, after he was discharged from Walter Reed hospital just 72 hours after his admission.
She was responding to a video posted by his Democrat rival, which showed Trump taking off his mask during his triumphant return to the White House and Biden putting his mask on at an event.
“Democrats are once again, categorically misreading America,” Owens wrote on Twitter. “Americans want to be unmasked and reopened.
“The fear of Covid has subsided and been replaced with a deeper fear of government overreach.”
“Trump is winning on this issue, BIGLY,” the conservative commentator concluded, followed by the hashtag: “UnMaskAmerica.”
Her use of the word “bigly” – meaning “with great force” – is an apparent reference to Trump’s “big league” statements during the 2016 debates against Hillary Clinton.
