420bootywizard [he/him]

You don’t “catch” pneumonia - it’s a disease state that can result from an infection. You catch the causative agent of pneumonia.

Sorry if that sounds pedantic but I think it’s emblematic of how easy it is to mischaracterize something this complex by not knowing the correct medical terminology.

I think it’s a perfect example of how the general public has a limited vocabulary with which to discuss these things.

I’m also a clinical lab scientist, so speaking in very specific terms about this stuff is kind of my bag.

It doesn’t change your point about comorbidities. It was only tangentially related, tbh.

Reminds me of Brace quote tweeting some psycho right-winger going “I can fix her” lol

Finally found my branch of enlightened centrism

My new “get shot and die” weight loss program owns

this is Biden’s base, honestly lol

somewhere in the DPRK

to the type of people who normally only do politics every 4 years? abso-fucking-lutely

I’ve had a chud argue with me that we should go back to using asbestos, because it’s a good insulator.

Never mind that mesothelioma almost exclusively kills working class people with an insanely high mortality rate.