TheModerateTankie [any]
Team Monsanto’s Lead Junior Red Dawn war re-enactor/co-ordinator for Anniston, Alabama
I have a friend in a nursing home, and I don’t know how it’s going for other illnesses, but for the past two years they have been getting 3-4 covid outbreaks a year, and it seems to take out a few residents each time. Better than the start, were it was taking out dozens, I guess, but they clearly need to implement some kind of plan to prevent the spread of airborne illnesses year round. I still can’t believe the government okayed going back to normal in hospitals and places serving the medically vulnerable.
“Together, these observations suggest that even clinically mild infection could have long-term consequences on tissue-based immune homeostasis and potentially result in an active viral reservoir in deeper tissues.”
“By the way, I’m proud to be, as I said, the first Vice President, first Black woman, to serve with a Black president,” Mr. Biden said, apparently garbling a line he often uses about both serving as vice president under Barack Obama, the first Black president, and choosing Kamala Harris as his running mate, making her the first Black woman to become vice president.
This passage describes how he was in 2019-2020
A campaign trail is a grueling exercise for anybody of any age, from the youngest network embeds to the oldest would-be presidents, and back then, there were days when Biden appeared sharper than on others. I knew it was a good day when he saw me and winked. On such occasions, he joked and prayed and cried with voters. He stayed to take a photo with every supporter. He might even entertain a question or two from the press. He had color in his face. There was no question he was alive and present. On bad days, which were unpredictable but reliably occurred during a challenging news cycle, he was less animated. He stared off. He did not make eye contact. He would trip over his words, even if they were programmed in a teleprompter. On such occasions, he was hurried out of the venue quickly and ushered into a waiting SUV.
Did they think his condition would improve?
For many inclined to support the president, this was good enough. They did not need to monitor the president’s public appearances, because under his leadership the country had returned to the kind of normal state in which members of a First World democratic society had the privilege to forget about the president for hours or days or even weeks at a time.
Brunch time is over
There’s talk a major donors refusing to give any more money. Will he destroy the chances of the democrats by refusing to step down?
Its like watching a visibly drunk guy getting into a car to drive home from a bar, while assuring everyone he’s fine and fighting them off when they try taking his keys.
Amazing.
