Wow-just heard that Tom Hanks has Coronavirus....

Betcha the baseball season goes too. And what about hockey? The PGA? It's a wise move. One of the NBA players tested positive for COVID-19 so it's a wise decision to suspend the season and protect others, while preventing this disease from spreading.
 

Pepper said:
What tipped you off?
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He had to look like he was starving for the second half of the movie. He was never a "skinny" person. He lost at least 60 lbs. To do that, he had to keep his blood sugar high for several weeks; that's how he got that bony look. He probably did it under monitoring & supervision by his doctor to minimize risk & frequent testing for ketoacidosis.
A diabetic's blood sugar is high because their body is not using sugar for energy; so it uses fat, instead, resulting in weight loss. That's why one of the first signs of diabetes is unexplained weight loss.
 
win231 said:
He had to look like he was starving for the second half of the movie. He was never a "skinny" person. He lost at least 60 lbs. To do that, he had to keep his blood sugar high for several weeks; that's how he got that bony look. He probably did it under monitoring & supervision by his doctor to minimize risk & frequent testing for ketoacidosis.
A diabetic's blood sugar is high because their body is not using sugar for energy; so it uses fat, instead, resulting in weight loss. That's why one of the first signs of diabetes is unexplained weight loss.
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I never knew exactly why weight loss was a symptom of diabetes. Thanks for the simple, clear explanation.
 
I think it was Hank's own tweet said it felt like they had a cold with some chills. How far into the virus progression would they be? If they say it takes upto 2 weeks theoretically wouldn't they be well into the progression.
 
Jim W. said:
Best that (a whole lot of) money can buy.

Shame that one has to be obscenely wealthy to get the level of health care that people in their strata can afford.
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I don't think wealth enables someone to survive any longer than anyone else.
When celebrities have a deadly disease, they don't live any longer than regular-income people - Patrick Swayze, Michael Landon, John Ritter, etc.
In fact, wealth can work against a celebrity's life - Michael Jackson could afford to have his doctor move in with him - at $186,000.00/month. He provided Jackson with the drugs that killed him. Same with many other celebrities - Elvis Presley, Tom Petty, Prnce, etc.
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win231 said:
I don't think wealth enables someone to survive any longer than anyone else.
When celebrities have a deadly disease, they don't live any longer than regular-income people - Patrick Swayze, Michael Landon, John Ritter, etc.
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Agreed.

Not making that claim.

But having loads of money certainly increases one's chances of a better outcome and it also provides one with the means to stay on top of things via preventative care. Certainly great wealth does not guarantee that one will be wise or intelligent enough to utilize the advantage they have over the rest of us, by getting annual or semi-annual check ups and screenings, etc.

Side note: not sure exactly how wealthy Patrick Swayze, Michael Landon, John Ritter, etc. were, but Hanks is on a whole different level than those guys, with a net worth in the hundreds of millions.
 
win231 said:
He had to look like he was starving for the second half of the movie. He was never a "skinny" person. He lost at least 60 lbs. To do that, he had to keep his blood sugar high for several weeks; that's how he got that bony look. He probably did it under monitoring & supervision by his doctor to minimize risk & frequent testing for ketoacidosis.
A diabetic's blood sugar is high because their body is not using sugar for energy; so it uses fat, instead, resulting in weight loss. That's why one of the first signs of diabetes is unexplained weight loss.
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That's baloney. He first gained weight for that role, then went on a special diet/exercise program to lose weight to look the part.
 
win231 said:
In fact, wealth can work against a celebrity's life - Michael Jackson could afford to have his doctor move in with him - at $186,000.00/month. He provided Jackson with the drugs that killed him. Same with many other celebrities - Elvis Presley, Tom Petty, Prnce, etc.
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Well, with regards to Elvis, Prince and MJ, they killed themselves with drugs. Obviously that is an outlier that skews things. I'm talking about normal people who DON'T spend decades poisoning themselves.

Some common sense is necessary.

In the case of Tom Petty, he didn't OD like the others, but he still smoked cigarettes after decades and probably didn't bother to go in for regular physicals. Chances are, he could've saved his life by taking advantage of the opportunities his wealth created and utilizing the preventative measures at his disposal. And by giving up cigarettes.

Frank Zappa is another case in point. He died of prostate cancer. Why? Given that it's a slow growing cancer, he probably could have caught it early by having an annual physical and extended his life indefinitely.

Point remains.... his wealth gave him opportunities to prolong his life that people of lesser means don't have at their disposal, or at least, not as conveniently at their disposal as very wealthy people do.

The fact that he didn't take advantage of them is irrelevant.
 
Jim W. said:
Well, with regards to Elvis, Prince and MJ, they killed themselves with drugs. Obviously that is an outlier that skews things. I'm talking about normal people who DON'T spend decades poisoning themselves.

Some common sense is necessary.

In the case of Tom Petty, he didn't OD like the others, but he still smoked cigarettes after decades and probably didn't bother to go in for regular physicals. Chances are, he could've saved his life by taking advantage of the opportunities his wealth created and utilizing the preventative measures at his disposal. And by giving up cigarettes.

Frank Zappa is another case in point. He died of prostate cancer. Why? Given that it's a slow growing cancer, he probably could have caught it early by having an annual physical and extended his life indefinitely.

Point remains.... his wealth gave him opportunities to prolong his life that people of lesser means don't have at their disposal, or at least, not as conveniently at their disposal as very wealthy people do.

The fact that he didn't take advantage of them is irrelevant.
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It's my understanding from talking to my dad's doctor that prostate cancer is slow growing in an elderly man; not a younger man (like Frank Zappa or Dan Fogelberg). My dad had prostate cancer at 75 & his doctor said to not treat it because the treatment would make him sick with no benefit. He died of a fall - 26 years later.
There is a big difference between a recreational drug (like cocaine) & a drug prescribed by a doctor. Elvis, Prince & Michael Jackson were under their doctors' care & took prescription drugs prescribed by their doctors - like most celebrities. Their doctors know a gold mine when they see it & a drug-addicted celebrity is just that.

Some people who want to place blame on the celebrity will say, "Well, they asked for the drugs, so it's not the doctor's fault." Uh, no. On one side of the room, we have a pop star or actor with no medical education. On the other side of the room, we have a medical doctor with a medical degree. Which one is qualified to decide whether their patient should get drugs? If a patient asks their doctor for drugs, it's up to the doctor to say, "No, I won't prescribe that because it would be too dangerous."
Of course, that's where the money thing comes in; doctors make a fortune prescribing, so they don't want to do what's best for the patient....especially when the patient is wealthy & doesn't mind paying him so much.

"In the last years of his life, Jackson suffered from insomnia and like Elvis, had a physician only too happy to prescribe whatever drugs he demanded. On June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson's death shocked the world. He died in his rented Beverly Hills home from cardiac arrest caused by propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication. His autopsy found an incredible array of mood and anti-depressant drugs in his system, including Valium, Lorazepam, midazolam, lidocaine, propofol, and others. Jackson's personal doctor would later stand trial and be convicted for involuntary manslaughter and spend two years in prison."

Elvis' doctor made over $30,000.00 per month just on his prescriptions. Prescribing incentive? Perish the thought....
 
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