After 7 Days in ICU, Chris Christie Says to Take COVID Seriously, Wear Masks, Admits He was Wrong

Hopefully he gets past this. At least somebody tells the truth Mr. President....

 

At least he admitted he was wrong

 

He clicks all the risk boxes so he probably was pretty sick. My problem is, has been, and always will be the one size fits all solution approach to a solution.

I know 4 people who have had it. Three were from the same family. Only one of them got really sick and the 18 year old would never have even known he had if not for a screening test after vacation so he could go back to work.

 

Yes, there are many positive cases that resolve quickly however, almost 1 in 30 of all positive cases die. Lousy odds to be cavalier and mask free in public. Those odds are worse for those with underlying conditions.

 

Does he have any health advice on obesity?

 

There are also people who have had their family practically wiped out with multiple deaths, but of course death isn’t the only negative outcome, don’t think anyone wants to spend 7 days in an ICU, let alone 14 or 30 days in more serious cases. We don’t hear about or count those people so much, mostly the focus is on the deaths which are approaching 220k.

That’s actually the biggest problem with this, many people are asymptomatic including some older people. But then others get severe symptoms.

Maybe that’s the way the flu works too, but I’d never heard of “asymptomatic spread” of a virus before COVID. I always thought if you caught the flu you would at least know it. This virus is very different in that regard.

 

The disease is very infectious. The danger is that individuals who are asymptomatic, presymptomatic or have minor or moderate symptoms can infect those who are more vulnerable and although very rare, even individuals that do not have any risk factors can experience serious or even fatal infections.

 

Does Trump?

 

Good for him. I hope him and his family remain healthy.

 

Trump is also obese but I commented on Christie because this is a thread about Christie’s health.

 

Not one word from Trump while Christie was hospitalized along the lines of, "get well soon."

 

RINO!

 

They run him through the Willy Wonka juicer while he was in?

 

You mean you personally jabbed about Christie. Please, spare us your disingenuity about pretending to make relevant comment in this thread.

 

Most do survive and many with few if any symptoms. But that's the exact reason wearing masks in public is important. The masking is to protect others, not you. Your friend's 18 year old could have easily and very unknowingly infected others, perhaps some who would be affected much more severely than he was, if he was out and about without a mask, not realizing that he was infected himself.

I understand arguments against shutting things down, or arguments about how much to limit crowds, etc., I can see how the extent and timing of those things can be fairly debatable - even the cost/benefit arguments. But wearing a mask is such a minor inconvenience and seems well worth it to try to help protect our fellow citizens.

 

Your own story just made the point for the "one size fits all - oh, by the way this is a pandemic of a novel virus borne disease" approach. The 18 year old in your story was asymptomatic I take it. Which means he/she had the potential to infect people around him/her. It every that person would wear a mask 100% of the time out side the house, the likelihood of him/her inadvertently infecting others drops dramatically. Thus....they one size fits all approach.

 

Just staggering that it requires a 7 day ICU stay for, what I assume, is an average to above average intelligence human being to understand that practicing a few easy behaviors would dramatically reduce the likelihood of anyone having to suffer in ICU for a week. The willful ignorance among a segment of this population is beyond confounding.

 

I made a joke about Christie's obesity that was tangentially related because it was a thread about his health. Is Chris Christie's weight a touchy subject with you? It seems to have angered you.

 

I know a guy that's been in ICU for going on 8 weeks now. Was in a medically induced coma for 4 weeks. Overweight, not morbidly, otherwise healthy 48yo. Could write a book on this saga. He's still not out of the woods.

They're pretty wealthy so can absorb this. But damn. I can't imagine what that bill will be.