Posted on 02/25/2020 4:03:42 AM PST by karpov
In early October, while campaigning in Nevada, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was rushed to the hospital experiencing chest pain. He was admitted and had two drug-eluting heart stents placed in his left anterior descending artery—the one commonly known as the “widow-maker.” Three days later, the campaign released a statement confirming what any practicing physician could deduce—the senator had experienced a heart attack.
In the months since, he’s emerged as the frontrunner in a competitive race, keeping up a busy campaigning schedule and performing energetically in the debates. The news of his heart attack largely receded from the coverage of the race, and he recently announced he won’t be sharing more information about it, despite his October promise to make all of his medical records public.
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[Sanders'] chance of another hospitalization between now and November alone likely remains between 30–35 percent. While the daily risk is low, around 0.17 percent, we have more than 250 days to go until Election Day. The risks add up.
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What are the long-term risks? Again, Medicare claims data, this time analyzed by researchers at UCLA and Duke, provides information. We know that at five years, about half of population who has had heart attacks like Sanders’ remains alive. Once he makes it a full year, his odds of surviving a first presidential term would be about 65 percent, and would be 40 percent for two terms. The risk of a second heart attack during his first term hovers at about 30 percent, and would reach about 50 percent by the end of a second term.
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He may heart attacked by the DNC long before the general election.
Here in Louisiana, there just might be some folks that could nudge that a bit!
I’m slightly older than this gonef and his schedule, travel, daily routine and pressures give me chest pains just thinking about it. Be a medical miracle if he makes it to Nov. Hopefully, divine intervention will take care of this problem.
we want Sanders to be the nominee!!! It will make the job of taking back the house much easier for the GOP...
Guy is too full of hate, has a veryc dodgy heart and is old. Well say “Hello” to President Ocasio Cortez you lucky people.
Ironic that this guy might lose the presidency because his heart refuses to work.
Worry some is his pick for VP. If he croaks while in office if he ever makes it their god forbid that person will now be the president
Stacey from Georgia. Let that steep in our heads for a bit.
I guess Bernie could Opt for a Shriver offspring....just to make the ‘72 analogies complete.
I also had the same Widow Maker 15 months ago at 73. Doing better every day, but in no way would my cardiologist say it would be okay to go on such a schedule daily as Comrade Bernie does.
The problem i have with a bernard sanders is i believe about 1/3-1/2 his votes are coming from people who are not legal citizens.
They should not have ever been issued a DL .
Not sure. But I’m willing to bet a lot of Dems will be having heart attacks over the summer when he wins the nomination. And - God Forbid - I’ll probably have one if he actually wins in November.
All we can do is pray.
Caption that: “Wasn’t me. It was those other guys”.
The DemocRATs are hoping for Bernie’s early demise... If I were Bernie, I would be wary of a grassy knolls on the ides of March.
Hoping he is well and gets the nomination. After that, the stress of the campaign will show that he doesn’t have the energy to be president.
Maybe they are lining him up to go ahead and win...then have him appoint ‘their chosen one’ to be VP, and the health issues arise, with the VP moving up a notch, and a new VP announced a week later.
No, that is not how probabilities work. They are assuming that the hospitalization is a random event, and each day's risk is independent of other days, and we know the days are not independent. His chances are either much higher than 35% or much lower. We do not have enough information to know which it is.
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