Yeah, that’s not what I said.
You made an assertion (that pneumonia only affects those with deeply compromised health) that has been shown to be patently false. Despite being shown this error, you continue to assert that you are correct. This is not the case.
My comment was to inform you that continuing to assert a false fact would be belligerent- especially if you’re not bringing any new facts to bolster your claims (besides your dubious anecdotal claims of never knowing anyone who’s had pneumonia).
There are two basic types of thyroid problems (excluding things like tumors or cancer):
Hypo-thyroidism is an underactive thyroid - which means it’s not producing enough hormone and causes your body functions like digestion and metabolism to slow down. Results are typically weight gain, fatigue and joint pain. Usually patients are prescribed synthetic hormones like synthroid or levothyroxine (Eltroxin) to replace the hormones that the thyroid is not producing. This condition is very common for middle aged adults.
Hyper-thyroidism is an overactive thyroid - which means it’s producing too much hormone and causes body functions to speed up. Symptoms are reversed - weight loss, rapid heartbeat, nervousness, etc. Treatments include antithyroid medication like Tapazole.
Both conditions can lead to more serious health problems if not properly managed. I had hypothyroism myself up until a year ago. I started eating healthier and working out regularly and it actually returned my hormone levels to normal enough to stop taking synthroid.
My boy had it this summer, too. He’s a super-fit 7 year old. A contagious form was going around this summer, no “extreme conditions” required, just people coughing on surfaces that don’t get sanitized, like shopping carts and door handles.
::facepalm:: Criticism of factually incorrect comments does not equal support for Clinton.
An hour and a half later, most everyone has left the offices for a pizza party. I am alone, like Cinderella after her sisters trotted off to the ball. My nose is running like a faucet, so I’m not too upset at missing the pizza. Besides, I’ve got work to do.
I go around the room licking doorknobs. They are filthy, no doubt, but there isn’t time to find a rag to spit on. If for some reason I don’t manage to get a pen from my mouth to Gary’s hands at the conference, I want to seed his office with germs, get as many of his people sick as I can, and hopefully one of them will infect the candidate. I lick office doorknobs, bathroom doorknobs. When that’s done, I start on the staplers, phones, and computer keyboards. Then I stand in the kitchen and lick the rims of all the clean coffee cups drying in the rack. I grab my coat and head out.
All this attention to Mrs. Clinton’s state of health is bizarre. For the simple reason that she has done the responsible thing and made herself dispensable. Mr. Keene is practically her twin regarding policy stances. He has cultivated roughly the same relationships inside DC. And he is a competent manager.
Hillary Clinton could die tomorrow, and the democratic party’s policy offerings for the presidency would not change by one iota, for better or for worse. She could die in office, and nothing would change.
All this talk about her pneumonia just shows how far we are from being a serious nation.
I’ve had a couple bad bouts of it over the years – typically when under stress. Of course, I would usually ignore it until it was bad enough that I was blacking out while crossing the street at a brisk pace. Once I got treatment and a couple days of rest I was fine.
This is the problem with something like pneumonia, it’s irritating and tiring but doesn’t knock you out until it’s almost too late, which is why doctors prescribe bedrest but people ignore it. That’s what happened to Jim Henson; he had pneumonia, ignored it, and it advanced to debilitating organ failure.
Trump’s health is not a problem. He is deathless. His soul is safely hidden inside a needle, which is in an egg, which is in a duck, which is in a hare, which is in an iron chest, which is under a green oak tree, which is on a mysterious, disappearing island.
If only there were some way to look up how common pneumonia is! Then we could know if it were something that never happened to anybody, or perhaps the most common reason for hospitalization in the US (not counting childbirth).
