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CU77 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 9:10 pm

In a radio interview Wednesday, [Chicago Cubs pitching coach] Tommy Hottovy detailed his month-long experience with the virus, which he contracted in May. According to the former pitcher, his ordeal included a trip to the hospital, viral pneumonia and six straight days of a fever. It took him 30 days to produce a negative test, and he lost 18 pounds.

“It is important to understand that, guys, I’m 38 years old,” Hottovy told the Mully & Haugh Show on Chicago’s 670 the Score. “I’ve been poked, prodded, tested for the last 16 years in Major League Baseball. I’ve had no underlying issues, nothing that would red flag me as somebody that would get hit pretty hard with this virus. But I did. My journey through this virus was not like ones you hear of younger people who are asymptomatic or only have it for a few days. I got crushed.”

Hottovy’s symptoms were mild at first, but at the start of the second week he developed “COVID pneumonia.” He had trouble breathing and ran a near-constant fever. On the 12th day, it got bad enough that he drove to the hospital.

“I was able to be released later in the day, and a lot of that was because they needed the room for people that were worse than I was,” he said. “And actually going to the hospital and seeing what the front-line workers and the hospitals were dealing with, honestly it’s eye-opening.”

Hottovy said that even today, more than six weeks after the onset of his symptoms, he experiences shortness of breath and his cardiovascular health is “nowhere near” where it was before he got sick.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2 ... ronavirus/

6ftstick wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:53 amplayed.jpg

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:18 pm https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/us/alaba ... index.html

youthathletics wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:20 am

6ftstick wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:53 amplayed.jpg

Sad....but quite true. And now they want to double down and blame the opening of bars. My guess is that most minded people see and understand this, but are astonished it is happening, to them... but their heels are dug in so deep they can not openly admit they are being played.

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:52 pm https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/18/us/gop-s ... d-19-trnd/

youthathletics wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:20 am

6ftstick wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:53 amplayed.jpg

Sad....but quite true. And now they want to double down and blame the opening of bars. My guess is that most minded people see and understand this, but are astonished it is happening, to them... but their heels are dug in so deep they can not openly admit they are being played.

ardilla secreta wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:38 pm Vanilla Ice cancels show in Austin TX this weekend due to Covid concerns. What’s the point of even living anymore?

RedFromMI wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:16 pm Herman Cain, who attended the Tulsa OK Trump rally, has been hospitalized with COVID-19.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/herm ... spitalized

Serious enough symptoms for hospitalization, but no ventilator at this time according to the report.

runrussellrun wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:47 pm

RedFromMI wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:16 pm Herman Cain, who attended the Tulsa OK Trump rally, has been hospitalized with COVID-19.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/herm ... spitalized

Serious enough symptoms for hospitalization, but no ventilator at this time according to the report.

based on some of the comments....you hang with such loving people. some actually hoping he dies. So nice. You sound nice, red. real real nice.

guilt by association works in all circles, my friends......ALL circles.

ardilla secreta wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:38 pm Vanilla Ice cancels show in Austin TX this weekend due to Covid concerns. What’s the point of even living anymore?

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:45 pm

youthathletics wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:20 am

6ftstick wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:53 amplayed.jpg

Sad....but quite true. And now they want to double down and blame the opening of bars. My guess is that most minded people see and understand this, but are astonished it is happening, to them... but their heels are dug in so deep they can not openly admit they are being played.

I was talking yesterday to a buddy in the real estate business in the Outer Banks. They're having a banner year so far, rentals all full. They've recently had an outbreak of the virus and of course the knee jerk reaction was that must have been from the out of towners, but nope, tracing brought 50 cases back to a 17 year old party of locals as the nexus...almost all of this little outbreak are locals...the virus really doesn't care where people congregate together in close quarters or where they're from. It's all fresh tinder.

Bars are just one such place...the point is to not congregate and wear the darn masks!

do that, and we can all work and some play.

Don't and we face crushing hospital systems, medical workers, first responders...but yeah, we can still get drunk with others doing the same...

RedFromMI wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:50 pm

runrussellrun wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:47 pm

RedFromMI wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:16 pm Herman Cain, who attended the Tulsa OK Trump rally, has been hospitalized with COVID-19.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/herm ... spitalized

Serious enough symptoms for hospitalization, but no ventilator at this time according to the report.

based on some of the comments....you hang with such loving people. some actually hoping he dies. So nice. You sound nice, red. real real nice.

guilt by association works in all circles, my friends......ALL circles.

You are completely mischaracterizing what I posted - which contained no comment by me at all, just a summary of the article. If you are referring to some of the comments to the article, I claim no responsibility for those views, and quite well would disagree. I actually hope Mr. Cain comes out of this fine. But there were those of us who thought the Tulsa rally was a bad idea...

RedFromMI wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:50 pm

runrussellrun wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:47 pm

RedFromMI wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:16 pm Herman Cain, who attended the Tulsa OK Trump rally, has been hospitalized with COVID-19.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/herm ... spitalized

Serious enough symptoms for hospitalization, but no ventilator at this time according to the report.

based on some of the comments....you hang with such loving people. some actually hoping he dies. So nice. You sound nice, red. real real nice.

guilt by association works in all circles, my friends......ALL circles.

You are completely mischaracterizing what I posted - which contained no comment by me at all, just a summary of the article. If you are referring to some of the comments to the article, I claim no responsibility for those views, and quite well would disagree. I actually hope Mr. Cain comes out of this fine. But there were those of us who thought the Tulsa rally was a bad idea...