Patrick Ewing Hospitalized With Corona
Thoughts and Prayers big man!
Great, great player and always seemed like a stand up guy.
Get better soon!
This is a false flag. He's not living in a nursing home so he can't possibly get seriously sick from this.
(Am I doing this right?)
Way to, you know, show goodwill toward the human race. It's almost like some care more about pushing their agenda and validating their own opinion rather than things getting better.
I think the man was being sarcastic.
You missed my point chief.
I didn't realize he was in his 80's. I figured more like 57.
Do you have a point to all the sarcasm, virtue signaling, and strawmen?
There are two choices.
Open up with social distancing or lockdown until vaccine. Im choosing open up. What about you?
Those are not the only two choices, but I get that your side needs to frame the argument that way. Funny that the people screaming the loudest about opening things back up are the ones not wearing masks or practicing social distancing.
And honestly I'm done caring about what happens. People are obviously willing to die for a haircut and a draft beer, so have at it.
Youre more than welcome to offer a more subtle solution. But yeah, you dont have one. Because there isnt one.
Funny how youve flaunted your trash lifestyle for years, and then suddenly became an expert on public health. Also, get a new fucking job if you want to work from home. It's 2020.
I loved my life before this lockdown. Excited for the gyms to open up next. Got to go to an outdoor restaurant last week. If you want to be miserable, you stay at home
My trash lifestyle? Are you confusing me with someone else?
I've been married to the same women for my entire adult life. We have two great kids, one of whom just finished her junior year in Ann Arbor.
Because I don't remember ever seeing you on this board before you started posting nonsense during the pandemic.
So go fuck yourself.
"He" is a troll, join date 5/18/20 with already 225 points. But I fully agree with your sentiment, MadHatter.
Given his syntax I'd bet my bottom dollar that he's not a UM-AA alumn. Probably not even a community college guy.
He's a herder at his core.
225 points? That's impressive
Nonsense like 'Opening up is the only practical solution. '
Didnt you start a topic about how we should quarantine more option? Yeah. Now that was some bullshit lol
I think I read today that 90% + of the bullshit this poster provided were produced by bots.
It made sense to me. No human could be that fucking stupid so it HAD to be a bot.
am i the only one that misses KAREN-FAX.COM?
The sit at home and let the govt keep paying him thousands a month option. The rich guys and business can foot the bill.
More hyperbolic shtick.
Point me to the hyperbole.
"Virtue signaling" is a meme new to me -- is it now a thing among uneducated Generation Z'ers like you?
It appears you're intent on using it as a pejorative but my take is you're employing it as a sophomoric tool to insult people who are far smarter than yourself.
Am I missing anything?
I've never seen anyone argue a point by calling themself smart. And yes, Im an alum. STEM degree, too, which I'm sure you don't have.
"It appears you're intent", huh?
Grand Valley State alum?
An alumn who is unable to use proper punctuation or literate sentence structure?
Sorry, not buying it.
And, oh, I've only seen you use that term in "debate" with others so, no, I didn't make any assumptions about our relative intelligence levels. I'd suggest, though, that you take a good hard look in the mirror before accusing others of using straw men.
I've never seen anyone argue a point by calling themself smart. And yes, Im an alum. STEM degree, too, which I'm sure you don't have.
nice irony there.
"It appears you're intent", huh?
always nice when someone talks up how smart they are, then incorrectly criticizes someone’s correct grammar. Dude, I feel like I’ve never seen you on this board before, and I’d like to go back to never seeing you again.
Yes, "you're intent on" is a phrase I probably learned in the fourth grade -- using a personal pronoun along with a contracted form of the verb "to be" is spot on.
Consider this to be a tuition-free lesson in elementary school level English.
Way to out yourself as being a moron. Frankly, I've never met a UM alumnus who would not be familiar with that phrase.
Perhaps I gave you far too much credit is saying you have a community college degree.
You sure your degree is not in STEMs and seeds?
no one with a STEM degree says 'i have a STEM degree'. they say i have a degree in microbiology or mechanical engineering etc.
You're shtick is tiresome. Just like ijohnb's on the flip side.
The yin and the yang of agitated, anxiety-driven musings. Toxic.
Yeah, wanting to open up isn't a shtick. It's literally what's happening because people are demanding it. Im recognizing it's the only practical option available and choosing it. No doom and gloom or anxiety from me.
I wasn't replying to you, but I would say the gun toting, mask refusalists are the most anxious of all. Sometimes the easiest way to handle fear and anxiety is belligerence.
I don't own a gun and am in favor of masks lol
Only the government should have guns
It won't shock anyone reading your rants here but you are clearly in the minority.
Likely a member of the "only $400 in the bank" crowd -- there is a reason for their anxiety.
Lol youre an embarrassment to the school. You call people poor and try to flex your degree in every argument.
That wife isnt coming back is she?
He's got city miles on him, meaning he's at least 75.
Get well soon coach. I heard during the NFL draft that after Sean Payton recovered he started donating plasma every month to help produce antibody treatments. If I recovered from this, I'd be doing the same thing.
Convalescent plasma is likely to be our first swing at a treatment. I'd be curious if any of the doctors on the board have a feel for when we'll know if it's effective or not. It would seem Regeneron's antibodies are next in queue. They are confident enough to be already be building manufacturing capacity. I was fortunate enough to have purchased some of their stock in February by chance.
We already know it works. The problem is that it can't be scaled up like a manufactured product and a limited number of hospitals are trained and equipped to run the transfer protocols.
I thought it was currently be trialed?
Just curious, how many times does a patient have to be infused with the plasma? I understand the scalability issues but I'd be willing to pay for it as a prophylactic treatment if it was to be effective. Can't we treat survivors as antigen producing machines and pay them well for it -- $5,000 a pint? In the big scheme of things that would be very cheap.
I swear I saw a story yesterday about the first person to recover via this method. Can't find it yet.
The wording here is odd, was he hospitalized bc his symptoms are so bad or due to the positive test to get some early treatment that might improve his outcome? Maybe I’m reading too much into the statement. Either way, hope he has a quick and full recovery.
I had the same reaction. He gave a quote about testing positive, which makes me think he's not in the worst shape, but I have no idea.
He was obviously angling to get a free hydroxychlorine cocktail on a Friday night,
Free cocktail? Are the bars open in DC?
Or, was he admitted because of his celebrity status, when you or I would have been sent home. It happens....
Trust me - a hospital COVID ward is not where you want to be hanging out if you don't have to be.
he is also a very large man and older age...two major risk factors. i dont know about his area, but hospitals here are running 70% capacity....i dont think it would be unreasonable to admit a symptomatic large man of his age, and he may have other comorbidities that make his situation even more dangerous
No no no, he was hospitalized and just so happens to have covid. This is just more fraudulent jacking up of the statistics!
Post that on Twitter and watch it trend. Might even get a retweet from some very important people. The best people.
He actually is just hungover, but There’s a clause in his contract that he gets paid more for being hospitalized with covid. all a racket to manipulate the numbers.