Fox News Host Neil Cavuto begs viewers to ‘stop the suffering’ and get vaccinated

Fox News host Neil Cavuto has spoken out in favor of Covid-19 vaccines (Picture: Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Fox News host Neil Cavuto has begged viewers to ‘stop the politics’ and get the Covid-19 vaccine in his first interview since testing positive for coronavirus.

In a complete 180 from what most other anchors on his network have been saying about the vaccine, the 63-year-old urged viewers to ‘stop the suffering’.

The longtime host stated: ‘Life is too short to be an ass. Life is way too short to be ignorant of the promise of something that is helping people worldwide.

‘Stop the deaths. Stop the suffering. Please get vaccinated. Please.’

He had opened up the discussion by talking about his own health as he said: ‘I’m feeling better. (My wife) tested positive for COVID as well soon after I did. I feel bad about that. The dog’s OK, so hopefully that remains the case.’

Cavuto faced cancer in the 1980s and underwent open heart surgery in 2016. 

The 63-year-old anchor begged viewers to ‘stop the politics’ and get vaccinated (Picture: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Adding that he understood how the decision to get the jab is a private decision, the TV host took time to explain that it was an important way to help protect others.

‘Half the cases on the breakthrough front are among the immunocompromised, people like me who have had and have MS or prior heart situations or cancer,’ he said. 

He continued: ‘In the end, if you can get vaccinated and think of someone else and think of what that could mean to them and their survivability from this, we’d all be better off.’

The longtime host explained that he was vaccinated because he is immunocompromised (Picture: Lloyd Bishop/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

Speaking on Fox News’ Media Buzz on Sunday, he told viewers: ‘Take the political speaking points and toss them for now. I’m begging you – toss them and think of what’s good, not only for yourself, but for those around you.’

The anchor has multiple sclerosis, underwent triple bypass heart surgery in 2016 and is in remission from stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

He previously revealed that his doctors said that he would be in a ‘far more dire situation’ without the vaccine, as he told well-wishers: ‘It’s not, because I (got vaccinated) and I’m surviving this because I did.’

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Several personalities on Fox News, including Cavuto, Bill Hemmer, Dana Perino, Bret Baier, and Greg Gutfeld, have been public about their vaccinated status. 

However, their message differs from some popular Fox News colleagues, including Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham.

At Fox, employees are required to either be fully vaccinated or to take daily Covid-19 tests.

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