[newzjunkey]

I think they might've not been told the detail of the type of coma yet only that it's reversible. It does sound far-fetched.

This is ridiculous, however, and the secrecy and misinformation surrounding his illness and living-undead state is positively perverse.

At this juncture, I'm inclined to believe he's "brain dead" but his body is on life support until a transition (financial and political) can be made. This fits well with the vast majority of the reports: he's both dead and not dead.

My ignorance on his customs likely runs deep but I understand an autopsy would be out of the question and, as is true for an Orthodox Jew, by example, he'd need to be buried within 24 hrs.

[Robert_Paulson2]

Perhaps we should all be sending france a healthy supply of wooden stakes, no?