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OK, OK, Iām going to cross post this because my wife and kids are 
and Ardern is a friendās neighbour and totally genuine person and this is a ray of sunshine in my dayā¦
And also, itās what happens to politicians who deal with COVID-19 with compassionate but totally decisive actionā¦
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Well, that is a problem. Not conclusive, of course, but adds to the confusion over how best to deal with this thing. Oh, right, donāt get it. Mask, distance, you know the drill. Pharma is not coming to the rescue fast enough to stop doing these things.
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Iām glad it humbled him some, but itās still frustrating to hear him quoted as if him wearing a mask wouldāve protected him, even though most of the other attendees werenāt wearing masks. I wish the headline was that heād said we all should be wearing masks.
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I think it fits in with the description of pre-existing conditions (asthma and obesity). People with them were warned to wear masks to protect themselves. Folks of Christieās ilk tend to believe that rules are for other people, and thereās always an exception (until they have to deal with consequences).
On top of the selfish angle, it bothers me that people without those conditions might use that part of his story as another reason to avoid wearing masks. I havenāt seen anything from 45 on the subject, and Kushner hates Christie, so I wouldnāt be surprised to see some ugly name-calling and victim-blaming from that quarter. Last I checked, 45 claims his doctor said he wasnāt obese, heās cured of coronavirus, and heās immune - all of which fits into a āIām stronger and in better shape than other peopleā message. 
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WTAF.
Canāt ālikeā that, but thanks for the info. Thatās bloody awful.
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Question I so wish wouldāve been posed at his last town hall: Recently you claimed to be a perfect physical specimen. Can you please explain why you got a medical deferral from the Vietnam draft while the rest of us were either watching our friends and family members get sent over to fight, or being sent over ourselves?
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Not feeling enough rage in your life? Have we got a show for you!
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Always by design:
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Every time I see a story like this, a version of the intro to The Six Million Dollar Man plays in my head:
āā¦we can rebuild [it]ā¦we have the technologyā¦we have the capability to buildā¦better than [it] was beforeā¦better, stronger, faster.ā
Then I try not to think about the fact itās gonna cost us a lot more than six million dollars. I wonder how much the government could collect from 45ās tax penalties with interest? Maybe his criminal cases would lead to civil asset forfeiture, too. 
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āTrumpā is just a brand name for awful people. Otherwise, there are nominal assets and huge debts.
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Well, hereās the Guardian:
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One thing Iāve read about remdesivir is that it can be helpful when administered very early on since it can inhibit the virusā ability to replicate before it overruns the body.
This could have been a part of Trumpās quick recovery since he got it pretty much right away after testing positive. For those people that arenāt the president and are sick enough to be actually admitted, they are already in really bad shape so you get very diminishing returns since the virus is already running roughshod over you.
I am obviously not a scientist or medical professional but this seems completely plausible to me.
It just makes it all the more disgusting how Trump keeps bragging about how awesome he is because he recovered from COVID-19 while completely ignoring that he had access to the kind of treatment and care that basically no other American would have access to.
Iām so tired.
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Thatās accurate, and the big problem with this drug. It works if given very early in the course of illness, which means before we know whether this will be a critical case or not. Itās roughly $2500/dose. How many people will be able to shell out that kind of money before they know if they will need it? And by the time you know, it is too late to use it. Not all that useful.
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