re: 45 yo NOLA atty is in critical condition with COVID

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But seriously. This poor guy is dealing with this and that’s what you get out of it?

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How do you know what I "got out of it"? You started a new thread on a topic that already has multiple threads, one of them extensive and in it you made an unsubstantiated claim and so I asked you where you came up with it.

Why would I not ask for you to substantiate such a claim? This isn't a time for spreading bullshite.

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McLemore

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Why would I not ask for you to substantiate such a claim? This isn't a time for spreading bull shite.

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Leave her alone, she meant no harm. Back off your hysterical soapbox and STFU with your righteous indignation

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So now the virus is ONLY lethal to you if you are: 1) Young 2) old 3) sickly 4) fat 5) have high blood pressure 6) actually work for a living 7) do cocaine Am I leaving anything out? Cause it seems like this would cover a whole hell of a lot of people. frick it people, shut this whole mother fricker down, what we have here is a PANDEMIC!!!

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Bull
The frail are at risk (there is no one monolithic group)

Traditionally we think of the elderly or people with a myriad of underlying medical problems

That said there will be a group of people who society views as healthy who by and large are objectively unhealthy. They fit into the bell curve of what we accept as normal because our overall health as a nation is so skewed. These people are also frail, but they dangerously do not realize it

Based off of that guys pictures (obesity) alone we can speculate that he may have had recognized or unrecognized:

Sleep apnea (The pictures reveal neck that is pretty classic) - Which leads to disrupted sleep creating a cascade of predictable problems ranging from poor blood sugar regulation, accentuated weight gain, impaired immune function

Insulin Resistance- Be willing to bet this gentleman has some degree of insulin resistance versus early diabetes. This is part and parcel for most people with body composition changes

I could go on, but if we couple this with the fact that he was likely living a stressful life of a 45-year-old “successful” professional, it is the perfect storm in the setting of recent exposure to an international event (Mardi Gras)

To answer your original question, if you are an average Louisiana you should indeed stay your arse at home...

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45 yo NOLA atty is in critical condition with COVID

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I don't believe this because all you millennials on the board say only those over 70 get sick enough to even know.

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Not sure if this is perfectly healthy

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I'd be willing to bet that this guy's body make up in terms of height and weight are similar to alot of folks here, so if we're counting him in the obese POS bucket, then...

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I’m pretty sure he is taking paralytic meds to keep his body from fighting the ventilator.

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Correct.
An endotracheal tube is unpleasant enough. Air being forced through it into the lungs by a ventilator is worse still. So, when possible, patients undergoing mechanical ventilation are sedated to unconsciousness. Then they are given muscle relaxants to prevent reflex coughing, bucking which would decrease ventilatory inefficiency and increase pulmonary complications.

Fatasses die from the flu every year, too. I mean sure, it’s sad and sucks but its disingenuous to use this story as a scare tactic.

People die from the flu daily that would’ve lived by getting a readily available flu shot, that’s a lot more sad to me. But you don’t see any big push to get everyone vaccinated from the flu (and a portion of them population actively avoids getting a flu shot)

Edward Aschoff was 34 and got taken out by pneumonia and something called HLH. I hope the guy recovers but sometimes the dominoes line up the wrong way.

No.