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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

August 8, 2020 10:38 AM Forum: Politics

5 Million Cases/161,000 Dead/Trump: "Pandemic's Going Away"

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

Rod, your TDS seems to be flaring up again.😷
What, I give you good news that the pandemic's going away per Mr Trump's announcement and now I have TDS?  

August 9, 2020 01:14 AM Forum: Politics

5 Million Cases/161,000 Dead/Trump: "Pandemic's Going Away"

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Mel Maki
Will it increase positives a lot or a little?
Well, there's 250,000 chances that it will...

August 9, 2020 11:35 AM Forum: Politics

5 Million Cases/161,000 Dead/Trump: "Pandemic's Going Away"

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Well, there's 250,000 chances that it will...
"The rest of the world is laughing at us"...

https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2020/08/08/sturgis-south-dakota-coronavirus-reiner-nr-sot-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/coronavirus/

August 10, 2020 12:59 AM Forum: Politics

5 Million Cases/161,000 Dead/Trump: "Pandemic's Going Away"

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

James, I guess the 250,000 people attending this event have a bit of a different perspective on the matter. I suspect they lack an element of fear that some seem to possess. Contracting the virus is not a death sentence. I know several people that supposedly tested positive for the virus. One or two had a bit of fever, others had no symptoms at all. One fellow that I know contracted the virus, was hospitalized and put on a respirator(or possibly oxygen?). During the night he became disorientated, removed the respirator(oxygen?), got out of bed, fell to the floor, and died. No relative was able to be in the room with him because of restrictions, otherwise, he'd have received help. Was his death caused by the virus? Not really, but I suspect that it may have been counted as such. 
His death should be attributed Covid; to think otherwise is ludicrous. And, of course, no family friend or relative should have been in that room to be exposed to it and put themselves or others in harm's way. Finally, since you're getting that information second hand from somebody else it's quite possible that version is wrong and I''d want to take the reports from the hospital first and examine those before I draw any conclusions about anybody being in the room at the time who could have somehow saved him...

August 10, 2020 01:47 AM Forum: Politics

5 Million Cases/161,000 Dead/Trump: "Pandemic's Going Away"

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

Rod, if the man died from lack of oxygen, even if he tested positive, it seems to me that asphyxiation should be the cause of death.
The information on what occurred to cause his death is what I was told by the family. I suspect that if given the choice, a family member would have chosen to be in the room with him.
I think the man unfortunately but likely died from complications due to Covid. Of course a family member would also likely want to be present but the risk is too great and that's the policy of hospitals across the country and probably in the world. And assuming a family member would have been allowed in the room with the patient, would that person be there at the precise time the incident took place? Would they run to help him by trying to carry a delirious patient back onto the bed? Or, would they run out into a hallway looking for a nurse? Or, was the patient likely on a monitor anyway and by the short time it took a nurse to intercede it was already too late?
I don't know the particulars here but neither do you...

August 10, 2020 01:49 AM Forum: Politics

5 Million Cases/161,000 Dead/Trump: "Pandemic's Going Away"

Posted By Rod Kaufman

BTW, I think asphyxiation is a complication of covid because dyspnea (difficulty in breathing) is a major symptom of Covid19.

August 8, 2020 09:17 AM Forum: Politics

5 Million Cases/161,000 Dead/Trump: "Pandemic's Going Away"

Posted By Rod Kaufman

It's well beyond reality check time, this guy has got to be voted away...
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/08/08/bedminster-nj-trump-presser-masks-gupta-ac360-sot-vpx.cnn

August 9, 2020 01:07 AM Forum: Politics

No More Eskimo Nebula Or Siamese Twins Galaxies!

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck
I think the Inuit Nebula has a nicer ring to it than the Indigenous People's Nebula. 

The Conjoined Twins Nebula? 


grin
Trump and Toid?

August 9, 2020 12:42 AM Forum: Politics

No More Eskimo Nebula Or Siamese Twins Galaxies!

Posted By Rod Kaufman

It's not politically correct!
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/08/us/nasa-nicknames-eskimo-siamese-trnd/index.html

August 9, 2020 01:24 AM Forum: Politics

The Guy Biden Should Pick For VP...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/08/politics/michelle-obama-bernie-sanders-john-kasich-dnc/index.html
AND:
https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/us/john-kasich-fast-facts/index.html