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A healthy woman suddenly died. She was the first known coronavirus fatality in US
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | April 22, 2020 | Matt Hamilton and Paige St. John

Posted on 04/24/2020 7:56:21 AM PDT by artichokegrower

A mystery clouded the death of Patricia Dowd in early February.

The San Jose, Calif., woman was a seemingly healthy 57-year-old who exercised routinely, watched her diet and took no medication. She had flu-like symptoms for a few days, then appeared to recover, family members said. Then she was found dead Feb. 6, and the initial culprit appeared to be a heart attack.

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“None of these cases had a significant travel history,” Cody said Wednesday of the three deaths.

.........Dowd had a history of foreign travel, as did her co-workers at Lam Research in the Bay Area.

Her brother-in-law, Jeff Macias, said Dowd had planned to travel to China later this year and went abroad “multiple times a year to different global locations.”


I wonder if these reporters read their own stories before publishing them.

1 posted on 04/24/2020 7:56:21 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

The latest series of scare stories.

“Look; healthy people are dying.”

Yes, some do. Disease works in strange ways. But statistically, these are fairly rare cases. You could say “anecdotal.”


2 posted on 04/24/2020 7:59:44 AM PDT by henkster ("We can always fool the foreigner" - Chinese Proverb)
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To: artichokegrower

I wonder if they even write their own stories


3 posted on 04/24/2020 8:00:01 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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so....she died of a heart attack after recovering from some flu-like illness.

I don’t see the cause and effect here.


4 posted on 04/24/2020 8:05:29 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: henkster

Yes, even the Dr. Fauci has admitted that you have odd one-off cases that they aren’t able to explain.

Lots of people have hidden coronary issues which don’t surface until it’s too late (John Ritter comes to mind).


5 posted on 04/24/2020 8:06:24 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: artichokegrower

Often they merely copy and paste from original content providers. They may add their own spin (of course). They add conflict to the story. Without some sort of conflict you have no story. Reprting facts or relaying them isn’t good enough today.

How do you add conflict with the Corona virus? You tell about how someone somewhere that was not a high risk group died. You talk about shortages in ventilators. Politicians will always be an endless source as they tear into each other or grand stand, you show some disparity in care between the races... The so called “news” is a lot like the old Jerry Springer show.


6 posted on 04/24/2020 8:07:35 AM PDT by Red6
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To: artichokegrower
Current MSM template:

No safe cure
Everybody at risk to die
Total lockdown until vaccine
Orange Man bad!

7 posted on 04/24/2020 8:07:40 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Or Hank Gathers....


8 posted on 04/24/2020 8:10:38 AM PDT by henkster ("We can always fool the foreigner" - Chinese Proverb)
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To: henkster

Except for her traveling to China many times.


9 posted on 04/24/2020 8:11:00 AM PDT by funfan
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To: henkster

I was healthy once until I got sick. Then I got better.


10 posted on 04/24/2020 8:11:27 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: artichokegrower

How old was basketball legend, “Pistol” Pete Maravich when he died? 37? Maybe he was the first Covid-19 victim.


11 posted on 04/24/2020 8:11:43 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberaln would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: artichokegrower

MSNBC Maddow went on and on Wednesday night praising Dr. Sara Cody for her “insight” in banning gatherings of >100 people on March 13, 2020.

The witch never mentioned PDJT’s travel ban on January 31, 2020.


12 posted on 04/24/2020 8:12:28 AM PDT by gasport (A lamppost is too dignified for the ChiCom thugs.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

A guy in Colorado died from “COVID,” but they found out he really died of ketoacidosis from undiagnosed diabetes.


13 posted on 04/24/2020 8:14:18 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: artichokegrower

A friend of mine died of a heart attack out of the clear blue sky at the age of 57 back in January. Maybe he was the first Covid-19 fatality.


14 posted on 04/24/2020 8:14:26 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberaln would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: henkster

Law of averages... no matter the disease some perfectly healthy people will die from it.

Biodiversity is a blessing in the macro, but can be a curse in the micro...

Have the wrong combination, in a situation most others would be fine, you can die... but the majority will not... Survival of the species and all that.


15 posted on 04/24/2020 8:14:35 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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..a seemingly healthy 57-year-old who exercised routinely, watched her diet and took no medication.

Talk about your anecdotal stories. The evidence for claims of seemingly healthy? Friends, close relatives?

To splash a little cold water on this narrative, what was her BMI? What did her medical records reveal? Did she take drugs recreationally? What was the life span of her close female relatives? Did she have a congenital heart defect?

Finally, all of the reports of death by Wuhan Flu do not indicate sudden cardiac arrest without a period of debilitation.

This story appears to be a scare screed by the MSM.

16 posted on 04/24/2020 8:16:46 AM PDT by Thommas
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I wonder if these reporters read their own stories before publishing them.

They just submit whatever that are given.

During the Great Depression a nicely dressed couple would show up at the churches and offer them $100 per week if only they would read the sermons they provided...

17 posted on 04/24/2020 8:19:25 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: gasport

You maybe a masochist if you choose to watch Mr. Maddow without being threatened for not doing so. Still, I admire your strong stomach and the ability to endure the vile stench that emanates from the TV during her program. Somebody has to be watching the enemy.


18 posted on 04/24/2020 8:19:42 AM PDT by PresidentFelon
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To: al baby

Bingo.


19 posted on 04/24/2020 8:19:52 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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Not exactly the picture of good health. Looks overweight and possible obese to me.

Just because a reporter says so doesn't mean its true.


20 posted on 04/24/2020 8:24:21 AM PDT by fso301
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