The title for this Associated Press story is "Conservative radio host regrets COVID vaccine hesitancy." But that's misleading. Like most conservatives, Valentine wasn't hesitant at all. He just didn't want to take the vaccine. He was making a statement. A stupid one, but a statement. Source: Associated Press A conservative talk radio host from Tennessee who had been a vaccine skeptic until he was hospitalized from COVID-19 now says his listeners should get vaccinated. Phil Valentine's brother, Mark Valentine, spoke at length on WWTN-FM in Nashville on Thursday about his brother's condition, saying he is in a critical care unit on supplemental oxygen, but not on a ventilator.