DU BiouS Bong Hits

[zeitgeist]

The smoking lamp is lit, scurry around as Pc_idiot fires up the bong. 

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213909739

   PCIntern (19,845 posts)
 
Will it eventually had to happen in my practice:
Since 1980, I have treated a family in my practice wherein the husband and father is a well-known local politician. He represented an area of the city that was extremely, Shall we say, caucasian-oriented. His politics were far right, his attitudes towards people of color were, and I’ll be polite, questionable, and he was a giant Trump supporter. He lived and breathed all things Trump. Trump was the man who led him to the promised land and I know you all understand exactly what I’m talking about. And I have to be circumspect here because this is a public figure and of course I am restrained by HIPAA from revealing who this is or discussing certain aspects in detail.

He was virulently anti-mask and anti-social distancing and anti-just about everything that you can imagine. As an aside, He and his whole family had a warm spot in his heart for me because I literally saved his 18 year-old son’s life , but That is a story for another day. Well, guess who died from COVID-19? He had been somewhat compromised medically and succumbed very rapidly. Three days from initial symptoms to termination. He had been to a mask-less party at the New Jersey Shore, sickened appropriately thereafter and just gave out.

For the record, his wife and children whom I’ve known my entire career have always been nothing but polite and gracious with me and interestingly, the only Jewish High Holiday card I received routinely from my patients in all these years is from this family. I once estimated that I’ve lost approximately 11,000 people who are my active patients, and as a great writer once wrote every man’s death diminishes me, but the rapidity with which this Mercilessly took this man’s life was positively frightening. In a way, this is like a discount Herman Cain story.

It just goes to show that the virus doesn’t care what you think or who your idol is.
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Where to begin?  Dive  right into the posts or analyze some of this amazing revelation ?

Meh.  Let’s start with the number of active patients lost, 11k??  It could just be this guy is a real lousy dentist.  Or, maybe, this might be the son of Dr. Kevorkian.  Of course it could also just be DUBiouS.   

I read and re-read this for bong assignment and using the standard rubric it doesn’t get much more than half.  No cops, conversion, bushes, nor applause.  But as a shaggy dog story that is quite another thing. But let’s jump to some comments.

Squinch (33,140 posts)
1. Jesus! 11,000! That's astonishing. And that's just the dead and not the permanently maimed, right
 

Response to Squinch (Reply #1)
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 07:30 AM
  PCIntern (19,845 posts)
3. Maimed is about 75000
 

This might be a DUBiouS stab at humor one or mere boasting.  But I strongly doubt this gebroni has ever seen that many patients. 

Response to PCIntern (Reply #3)
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 07:34 AM
Squinch (33,140 posts)
5. My beloved doctor has a very small practice and she is visibly devastated when she talks about the
 
patients she has lost despite her really heroic efforts

I am so sorry to hear this. I can't imagine the toll that takes on you. I hope you are taking care of your own mental as well as physical health.

Ah well, a guilty accomplice or just another useful DU idiot? 

   PCIntern (19,845 posts)
6. I'm a disaster area
 
This place keeps me sane. I’m not kidding.
 

I would say the jury is out on the sane part but a self-described disaster area sounds pretty accurate.   

   yardwork (51,088 posts)
24. I'm sorry for how this is affecting you.
 
In my community, the large health systems are providing mental health resources and support for their providers and employees. Do you have any support or resources that you could access?

My heart goes out to you and all the providers on the front lines of this. I see the toll it is taking on all of you.

PM me if you would like more details. I will be glad to share the resources local to my area.

I am guessing yardwork will have them delivered by Unicorn Express. 
Barbituates has an interesting take on things:

Response to PCIntern (Reply #6)
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 02:00 PM
  barbtries (23,477 posts)
36. i believe you.
 
we should all make a warm sheet with phone numbers and emails in case the russians invade again this election. DU is my virtual home.

Thank you for keep keeping on during this pandemic. None of us were trained for this.
 

I can’t help it.  I keep seeing the old MASH episode with Klinger saying “lousy Commies”.  And not just a warm sheet, a nice warm cup of milk. 
As things progress the ne-er-do-well is partially DOXED by DU. 

Sadly, social responsibilities prevent me from further posting.

You can pick up all the hilarity at the link, but please wipe your feet before returning.

[dutch508]

Star Member PCIntern (19,846 posts)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213909739

Well it eventually had to happen in my practice:

Since 1980, I have treated a family in my practice wherein the husband and father is a well-known local politician. He represented an area of the city that was extremely, Shall we say, caucasian-oriented. His politics were far right, his attitudes towards people of color were, and I’ll be polite, questionable, and he was a giant Trump supporter. He lived and breathed all things Trump. Trump was the man who led him to the promised land and I know you all understand exactly what I’m talking about. And I have to be circumspect here because this is a public figure and of course I am restrained by HIPAA from revealing who this is or discussing certain aspects in detail.

He was virulently anti-mask and anti-social distancing and anti-just about everything that you can imagine. As an aside, He and his whole family had a warm spot in his heart for me because I literally saved his 18 year-old son’s life , but That is a story for another day. Well, guess who died from COVID-19? He had been somewhat compromised medically and succumbed very rapidly. Three days from initial symptoms to termination. He had been to a mask-less party at the New Jersey Shore, sickened appropriately thereafter and just gave out.

For the record, his wife and children whom I’ve known my entire career have always been nothing but polite and gracious with me and interestingly, the only Jewish High Holiday card I received routinely from my patients in all these years is from this family. I once estimated that I’ve lost approximately 11,000 people who are my active patients, and as a great writer once wrote every man’s death diminishes me, but the rapidity with which this Mercilessly took this man’s life was positively frightening. In a way, this is like a discount Herman Cain story.

It just goes to show that the virus doesn’t care what you think or who your idol is.

Isn't this ****head a dental assistant?

Squinch (33,140 posts)

1. Jesus! 11,000! That's astonishing. And that's just the dead and not the permanently maimed, right

So, this retard has had 11,000 people die since 1980..

In other words, in 40 years, 275 people IN HIS/HER/ITs practice die each year...

That's 29 people each month! THREE PEOPLE EVERY TWO DAYS!!!

Star Member PCIntern (19,846 posts)

3. Maimed is about 75000

Holy ****!!!

1,875 people each year maimed!!! Every year for 40 years!!!

156.25 people a Month!!!

5.17 people a day... every day... for 40 years!!?!?!?!?!?

Get the **** out of here... 

Star Member PCIntern (19,846 posts)

6. I'm a disaster area

This place keeps me sane. I’m not kidding.

Apparently you are a disaster to your 'practice'...

Star Member samnsara (12,175 posts)

2. every damned one of these deaths is trumps fault...

..everything trump touches dies.

Im sorry for the loss of this man and the other people who made the wrong choice because of trump*

 

Star Member PJMcK (13,118 posts)

7. Your stories are gut-wrenching

This one illustrates a baffling feature of today's Luddites.

The science is unequivocal: Covid-19 is easily transmitted and can be fatal very quickly. If a patient survives, this virus can leave serious lasting effects.

Why is that so hard for some people to understand?

Thank you for the battles you fight. For what it's worth, you've earned my deepest respect.

USA
5,285,546
TOTAL CASES

USA
167,546
TOTAL DEATHS

Mortality rate (*as per the CDC numbers in the US) is 0.0316%

 

328.2 million (2019) with 5,285,546 is a 0.0161% infection rate...

Cause of Death   Numbers of deaths Rate Change since 2016
1   Heart disease     647,457   165.0   –0.3%
2   Malignant neoplasms (tumors)     599,108   152.5   –2.1
3   Accidents (unintentional injuries)     169,936   49.4   4.2
4   Chronic lower respiratory diseases     160,201   40.9   0.7
5   Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke)     146,383   37.6   0.8
6   Alzheimer's disease     121,404   31.0   2.3
7   Diabetes     83,564   21.5   2.4
8   Influenza and pneumonia     55,672   14.3   5.9
9   Kidney disease     50,633   13.0   –0.8
10   Intentional self-harm (suicide)     47,173   14.0   3.7
11   Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis     41,743   10.9   1.9
12   Septicemia     40,922   10.6   –0.9
13   Hypertension (2)     35,316   9.0   4.7
14   Parkinson's disease     31,963   8.4   5.0
15   Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids     20,108   5.1   –1.9

3Hotdogs (4,703 posts)

10. Step daughter, R.N. in a Newark hospital. When the virus hit, all nurses were

switched to virus care. During the first weeks, she reported, "No one has left the I.C.U., alive.

 

Star Member Martin Eden (10,113 posts)

21. He embraced a poisonous ideology

Ultimately, it killed him.

Too bad it's killing so many others who did not do it to themselves.

Roc2020 (327 posts)

31. three days. that's dizzying

sorry for your loss. This virus is like a rabid hyena shredding lives and lots of people think they can still toy and play with it.

Star Member GoneOffShore (14,528 posts)

46. Well, that took me about a minute to figure out who you were talking about.


I'm sorry that you lost a patient. And out of respect for you, I shan't post his name here.

Reading his obit, it's obvious that along with the bad things he did, there was a lot of good there.

Unfortunately he was a dinosaur.

 

Illumination (322 posts)

48. Wow! What a story! Thanks for sharing..."3 days from initial symptoms to termination"? He

went very quickly. Goes to show how serious C-19 is!

 

[dutch508]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA>.....

dammit...

some quack admin **** please merge mine with this one...

[franksolich]

I wanna hear what Chris did to save the guy's 18-year-old kid's life.

[SVPete]

A Philly pol who died recently of Covid-19?

Well, there's this guy, https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/philadelphia-city-councilman-francis-rafferty-coronavirus-obituary-20200814.html , Francis W. Rafferty. Problem is, he was a lifelong Den until 2016, so "His politics were far right" does not fit.

And that's about it, whether DDG or Google. So I'd rate Star Member PCIntern's dubious, if not outright .

[Ralph Wiggum]

So much horse crap in this supposed "dentist" tale.

First of all, I don't believe he even is a dentist.  Frank's axiom: All DUmmies lie, all the time.

Secondly, this nugget:

I once estimated that I’ve lost approximately 11,000 people who are my active patients

If this renowned liar truly is a dentist, in business for 40 years, even 11k sounds like a massive stretch of the truth.

Finally, as well pointed out by others, is he the Dr. Jack Kerkorian of dentistry?

Negative 7 bongs for pure bull-sh*t.

[67 Rover]

I wanna hear what Chris did to save the guy's 18-year-old kid's life.

Gingivitis is not a hoax!