Neil Cavuto has been with Fox News since it started in 1996 — and much to the chagrin of those who aren’t fans, he joked, he’s going to stick around a little longer. The veteran host went on air Monday and told viewers he had just recovered from a “scary” battle with COVID pneumonia that landed him in hospital. He said that he felt an obligation to his audience to explain his absence. “I did get COVID again, but a far far more serious strand,” the 63-year-old broadcaster said. Cavuto also was infected by the virus in October. Unlike some of his colleagues at his right-wing cable channel, Cavut…