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To: nwrep

Do only famous people get this disease? The media seems to have non-stop articles about movie stars, politicians and athletes who have got this.


2 posted on 03/31/2020 7:57:00 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

All the cool kids are getting it.


3 posted on 03/31/2020 7:57:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PGR88
Do only famous people get this disease? The media seems to have non-stop articles about movie stars, politicians and athletes who have got this.

And journalists. Sadly one of the CBS employees out on medical leave from battling cancer for 20 years succumbed. CBS never mentioned her immune system was compromised.

5 posted on 03/31/2020 7:58:44 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: PGR88
"The media seems to have non-stop articles about movie stars, politicians and athletes who have got this."

They have to mingle with every caste to get their paycheck. It may be the first time First World problems have truly intersected with Third World problems...

6 posted on 03/31/2020 8:00:34 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (CNN's Dana B: "Show of hands: Coverage for undocumented immigrants?" ***all Democrat hands raised***)
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To: PGR88

I think the point is that _anyone_ can get it. But yeah, it’s getting to where having it has a certain weird chic about it depending on who you are.

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7 posted on 03/31/2020 8:04:54 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: PGR88

Only famous people famously get it. Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita got it. They’re fine now.The virus itself was apparently a non-event for them. As it is with most people who test positive.


9 posted on 03/31/2020 8:05:52 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: PGR88
Yes, ordinary people die from it too:

Sorry, I have no sympathy for string players or theater people.

10 posted on 03/31/2020 8:06:59 AM PDT by real saxophonist (If you don't have a gun, sell some toilet paper, and go buy a gun. - Colion Noir)
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To: PGR88
Do only famous people get this disease?

Only famous and connected people get tested before they are really sick, early in the course of the disease.

Everyone else runs a gauntlet of symptom analysis which puts off the test until late in the course of the infection. In other words, you have to convince someone you're pretty sick.

On the other hand, if you're well connected, you can get a precautionary test early.

11 posted on 03/31/2020 8:07:50 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: PGR88

Not just a garden variety star, folks. A MEGA-star! Never heard of this bird.


16 posted on 03/31/2020 8:12:20 AM PDT by lado
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To: PGR88

Apparently so. I contacted several news outlets to tell them my nephew has it but they weren’t interested.....


23 posted on 03/31/2020 8:41:14 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I went to China and all I got was a cheap face mask and a cold)
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