Herman Cain, the 74-year-old broadcaster and former 2012 presidential candidate, remains hospitalized for COVID-19. The Henry County resident entered an unnamed hospital early this month.
On Cain’s Instagram page, a Cain employee today wrote: “We want to give you a quick update on the boss’s progress battling his COVID symptoms. The doctors like the progress he’s making - although it’s still slow and requires much patience. If he continues to progress at the same pace, they will probably get a little more proactive today about moving him to some new treatments. Also, he was irritated they wouldn’t let him have a Snickers bar. That’s our boss! Please keep praying for him!”
Later Monday, a Cain rep posted this Twitter update: “He is still in the hospital being treated with oxygen for his lungs. In the meantime, the doctors say his other organs and systems are strong.”
Other details of symptoms or types of treatment have not been revealed.
Cain, on July 2, revealed he was first diagnosed with COVID-19 on June 29 and entered the hospital July 1.
Cain was a syndicated radio talk show host from 2013 to 2018, heard in Atlanta on 95.5/AM 750 WSB. More recently, he was hosting a radio show on his website and a talk show on conservative TV outlet NewsMaxTV.
Cain, former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and the National Restaurant Association, has been a strong supporter of President Trump and attended Trump’s rally June 20 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He posted a photo of himself in the crowd on his social media.
Dan Calabrese, editor of HermanCain.com, wrote earlier this month that Cain had traveled to multiple places in June besides Tulsa: “I don’t think there’s any way to trace this to the one specific contact that caused him to be infected. We’ll never know.”
Cain previously recuperated from colon cancer in 2006.
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