For the first time since January 10, Neil Cavuto returned to his “Cavuto Coast to Coast” on Fox Business Network. On his first day back, Cavuto addressed the elephant in the room, his absence.
The Fox News Business anchor stated he had been battling Covid pneumonia, which put him in intensive care. Over the past month, the company was quiet regarding Cavuto’s absence.
I did get Covid again…but a far, far more serious strand…what doctors call Covid pneumonia,” Cavuto told his viewers on Monday. “It landed me in intensive care for quite a while, and it really was touch-and-go.”
Cavuto then went on to state that the vaccine didn’t cause his stay in the ICU, reminding people that his previous battle with cancer and living with Multiple Sclerosis were causes for his absence.
“No, the vaccine didn’t cause that. That grassy knoll theory has come up a lot. My very compromised immune system did,” Cavuto said.
“Because I’ve had cancer and right now I have Multiple Sclerosis, I’m among the vulnerable three percenters or so of the population that cannot sustain the full benefits of a vaccine. In other words, it simply doesn’t last.”
Cavuto went on to add that he had not been vaccinated; there’s a good chance that the anchor might not be alive right now.
“But let me be clear, doctors say had I not been vaccinated at all; I wouldn’t be here. It provided some defense, but that is still better than no defense. Maybe not great comfort for some of you. And frankly, not great comfort for me either!” Cavuto said.
“This was scary. How scary? I’m talking, ‘Ponderosa suddenly out of the prime rib in the middle of the buffet line scary!’ That’s how scary.”
Finally, Cavuto thanked Fox News for “honoring my wishes, out of respect for my privacy” by not disclosing why he had not been working for over a month on his show.
“I wasn’t really hiding anything. I just felt I wasn’t the story,” Cavuto said. “The stories on this show were and are the story. It’s about you; it’s not about me. Just like this show. My opinions don’t matter. You matter. The news matters.”
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
